Steve Heffernan
President, MAC Automation
Education
- B.Sc. Electrical Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, 2004
- PLC Applications Diploma, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, 2005
Designations
- P.Eng., Alberta
Expertise
Steven is a Professional Engineer with a degree in Electrical Engineering and a diploma in PLC programming, specializing in Industrial Automation, SCADA, Cybersecurity and Networking.
SCADA
Steven has 20 years of SCADA experience, leading major greenfield and brownfield projects across North America and in the Middle East. Considered a CygNet SCADA expert, his range of technologies from VTSCADA, ClearSCADA, Wonderware to Ignition allows him to lead projects through various verticals bringing cutting edge, standardized systems and practices to the forefront.
AUTOMATION
With over 20 years of experience in automation and control system design, Steven has designed control systems from inception to commissioning on major facilities across Canada and the US.
INDUSTRIAL IoT
Embracing the movement towards Industry 4.0 in 2018, Steven has led his team into learning and advancing the next phase in automation known as Industrial Internet of Things. With a team of cloud and edge experts he continues to push the benefits of AI, ML and edge/cloud compute to aid the optimization of people, places and things.
EXPLORE STEVE’S WORK
Steven’s diverse experience encompasses critical sectors such as Nuclear, Manufacturing, Power Distribution, Petrochemical and Oil & Gas.
MAC Automation
MAC Engineering