We develop and integrate controls, software, and connected systems for equipment owners and machine builders.
We get close to the equipment and the people using it. That is where the friction becomes clear, assumptions get tested, and a useful solution starts to take shape.
Talk to ShepherdBased in central Alberta and grounded in real world operating conditions.
OUR APPROACH
Get close to the equipment and the people operating and maintaining it. Spend time alongside them doing the job, observing the friction, and understanding what causes it. Work out together what an optimized solution looks like in real operating conditions.
Shape the controls, communications, and software around that understanding. Choose technology to suit the work, rather than forcing the work to fit the technology.
Work alongside the people operating and maintaining the equipment to bring the system online and into production. Test behaviour, work through faults, and make sure the system delivers the improvements that matter in practice.
CAPABILITIES
Controller programming in IEC 61131-3 Structured Text, together with operator interface development, all within the CODESYS ecosystem.
Custom applications built on open protocols and frameworks to empower owners and maintainers to understand, support, and build on their systems over the long term.
Connecting controls, instruments, drives, software, and supporting infrastructure across disparate communication protocols.
Edge computing, telemetry, dashboards, and data infrastructure that make operational information trustworthy and actionable.
ABOUT SHEPHERD
We are forward deployed practitioners with extensive hands on experience across a wide range of industries. Our experience comes from seeing systems work, seeing them fail, and working through the details to understand why.
We help equipment owners and machine builders turn ideas, operational requirements, and difficult technical problems into working machines, processes, and connected systems.
Good systems should handle complexity without passing it on to the person doing the job. They should work quietly in the background, provide useful information when attention is needed, and remain understandable to the people responsible for maintaining them.
START A CONVERSATION
Bring the problem to Shepherd. Tell us what the equipment needs to do, what is getting in the way, or what you want to build. We can work through the requirements and a practical path forward.