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Thomas W. Lamb, P.E., Founder
Thomas Lamb is a certified professional engineer licensed in Maryland. He obtained a Masters Degree from the University of Virginia and a B.S. (Mechanical Engineering) from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He has more than 15 years experience in providing engineering support for all project phases, from system and equipment specifications to installation and startup.

Prior to forming E-Merge, he created LTech Services which provided industrial automation engineering services. He managed projects in industrial control systems and factory automation, primarily in the converting industry. At Telemecanique, he standardized common project designs to reduce engineering and manufacturing time and to minimize field support. At Eurotherm, he formed a Systems Test Department through development of test procedures, design and acquisition of equipment, and revision of layout for improved material flow. While a graduate student at the University of Virginia, he produced ground breaking research in real-world manufacturing simulation which formed the basis for subsequent research by the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department. Prior to pursuing graduate school, he headed one of only two GM in-house blowmolding operations.

At E-Merge, he is primarily responsible for providing technical direction and overseeing the operations of the company.

He is interested in effectively bringing together technologies, equipment and personnel to deliver solutions to customers that optimize manufacturing operations.

Inderdeep S. Huja, Founder
Inderdeep Huja has more than 14 years of experience in process control and automation, manufacturing systems, as well as client-server systems design and development. Prior to forming E-Merge, he worked for more than seven years for a systems integration company. He held business development, divisional management and project engineering positions. As the Director of Business Development, he helped build a $10 million controls and instrumentation group focusing on the Water/Wastewater industry. His responsibilities included proposal preparation, bidding, estimation and formation of strategic alliances with various vendors and contractors.

He served as primary technical contributor on engineering projects, including distributed computing environments/client-server implementations for municipal Water/Wastewater treatment plants. Technologies utilized included workstation based SCADA Systems, ODBC databases and PLCs networked with fiber optics using TCP/IP Ethernet protocol.

Inderdeep Huja holds a Masters Degree from the University of Virginia as well as a B.S. (Mechanical Engineering) from University of Poona in India. At the University of Virginia, he performed research in the area of CAD/CAM, specifically in Design for Manufacturability and Feature Based Design. Prior to pursuing graduate school, he worked for Siemens, where he assisted in various shop floor automation projects.

At E-Merge he is responsible for customer relationships and corporate direction.

His interests lie in applying component technologies in linking manufacturing/shop floor systems to ERP systems, such that corporations can truly realize their bottom lines in a real time manner.

J.S. Lal
Lal has over 10 years of extensive experience in management information system design and development for discrete and process industries. He has been responsible for developing "web enabled" applications to serve process data over internet/intranet. He provides clients with customized solutions that optimize their processes. He utilizes digital technologies including object oriented programming languages, databases on highly available, scalable and fault tolerant computing platforms. He provides technical direction to engineering teams. Maintains strong customer relationships through project lifecycle. Successfully implemented systems that became industry benchmarks.

Lal was intimately involved with the execution of the original Cimplicity/SQL Server based Wastewater SCADA system at City of Virginia Beach and worked closely with the Sierra development team and GE Fanuc's I/O server group to enhance the firmware and communications performance of a Sierra Bridge (Ethernet to Modbus).

Hardware that Mr. Lal has worked with includes DEC Alpha Servers, Intel Servers, RAID storage device, Bridges & Routers, Telemetry Systems, 8085, 80x86 Family Processors, GE-Fanuc PLCs, Modicon PLCs, Quantum PLCs, Siemens PLCs, AB PLCs, ABB AC 500 Series Drives, ABB AC and DC Vector Drives, Siemens AC Spindle drives, Baldor Drives, Siemens CNCs, Moore & Foxboro Single loop Controllers.

Software tools include MS Cluster Service, MS SQL Server, MS Access, Visual Basic, Visual Interdev, Active Server Pages, Network Management Software, Cimplicty HMI Package, GE PLC Packages, Cimplicity, Schnieder PLC Packages, Siemens Step 5/7, RSLogix 5/500, Taylor, Concept, Wonderware Intouch, FixDMACS/iFIX, Wintelligent Icom, ABB MP90, Teledac, MS Office packages, ACAD, Visio.

Networking technologies include redundant Ethernet networks, OPC Servers, Frame Relay technology, Fiber optic networking, Sierra Bridges, Radio telemetry with spread spectrum and licensed radios, TCP /IP, NETDDE, RS232 and RS485, Modbus RTU, DF1, interfacing between FIX 32 and BB BSAP based devices. Investigated telemetry for system using BB DPC 3330 RTUs.

Lal is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), as well as a MCDBA.

Anand Dixit
Anand's job responsibilities include design, develop and implement HMI, database and PLC applications for process control and automation. He is involved with system design, development and installation/commissioning of manufacturing automation systems. He has experience with InTouch Wonderware with I/O servers, Cimplicity HMI, RSView, OPC Servers, AB Panelview development, GE Fanuc LM90, AB RSLogix PLC programming software. DH+, DF1, Genius LAN , DeviceNet. Windows95/98 and WNT/2000 environments. Prior to E‑Merge, he worked at VSAS Automation Services Ltd.

His educational qualifications include an MS in Instrumentation and a BS in Electronics.

Milan Bhensdadia
Milan is a Control Systems Engineer responsible to design, develop and implement industrial controls applications with innovation and attention to detail. He is responsible for customer interactions and plant visits required for start-up support and performance evaluation of each project. He assist with project proposals and quotations. Milan also d evelops design and documentation standards. He has worked with Wonderware InTouch, InSQL, Active Factory, OPC Servers, SQL Server databases and Allen Bradley PLCs. Prior to joining E-Merge, he was a Network Administrator for Illinois Institute of Technology, where he administered Windows NT based LAN, IIS web server and website. He was also responsible for troubleshooting and resolving hardware and software related problems.

He has a Masters in Electrical Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology.

Jim Lester
Jim is a Systems Design Engineer. He designs PLC/RTU/Drive control panels and also responsible for PLC and HMI development. He has over ten years of formal training, and hands-on experience in the field of instrumentation and controls. He has programmed and maintained Allen-Bradley and Modicon PLCs, Rockwell RSView, Allen-Bradley Panelview, and Schneider Electric MAGELiS HMIs, National Instruments and IOTech data acquisition systems. His additional programming skills to include C and C++. Prior to joining E-Merge, he worked for G.D. Package Machinery and the U.S. Air Force.  

He has Bachelors in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering from NC State University.

Michael Kalajian
Mike Kalajian has over 14 years of experience with systems intergation, with focus and responsibility in control systems. Mike's work experience includes: SCADA development with GE Fanuc CIMPLICITY, Rockwell Automation RSView32 and RSViewSE, Wonderware InTouch, Intellution Fix32. DVT Vision Systems, including integration with various HMIs. National Instruments LabView. Allen Bradley Series 2, Series 3, Series 5 and SLC PLCs, and GE Fanuc Series 90-30 PLCs. Allen Bradley ControlLogix PLCs and Modicon Quantum PLCs. Visual Basic, C, and PL/1. Microsoft Windows platforms (Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 95/98), VMS, and many Unix platforms including AIX and Digital Unix. ISA S88 batch development with Wonderware InBatch. Familiarity with 21 CFR compliance issues, including GAMP documentation and validation requirements. Project management and coordination of efforts between several levels of personnel, from plant floor to upper management.

Mike designed, developed and implemented HMI and PLC applications in diverse industries, including pharmaceutical, semiconductor, powered metals, food processing, thin-film coating, and automotive assembly. Mike designed and coordinated plans for full manufacturing systems integration and product tracking from manufacturing control systems to MES/ERP. He planned, coordinated and executed several initiatives to replace vital systems with advanced hardware and software solutions at major industrial customers.

Paul Boucher
Paul Boucher is our Account Manager. He was previously with the General Electric Company for 33 years. Paul graduated from St. John Fisher College, Rochester NY, with a BS in Physics. After college he worked as a high school science teacher. He then joined GE in 1970 and began his sales career. His first involvement was in the electrical contracting market, but his interest and experience in technology drew him into the industrial market and eventually involved him in industrial automation. He served GE as a Sales Engineer for Western NY, selling industrial drives and programmable controllers until his transfer to GE Fanuc Automation in Charlottesville, VA in 1989. There he was involved with Industrial Distribution for GE Fanuc for a brief period, and returned to sales as an Account Manager, then finally as the Territory Manager for the State of Virginia.

Paul has been involved with E-Merge Systems since it's founding in 1997 and has worked with E-Merge Systems on many successful projects. He is very technically savvy and can assist customers with solutions involving industrial devices, PLCs, AC/DC drives, HMIs, Historians and web enabled products.