Meet Our Team

Karen Pigler

Chief Executive Officer

Curriculum Vitae

• Born, raised and educated in Germany
• Degree in Electrical Engineering from Fachhochschule Kiel, Germany
• 17+ years of employment with Siemens AG before starting Pigler Automation, LLC.
• US Citizen since October, 17th 2011
• PCS7 Certification by Siemens since September 2013

Phone: (866) 871-1456 EXT 01| Email Karen

Harald S. Pigler “Harry”

Chief Operating Officer

Curriculum Vitae

• Born, raised, and educated in Germany
• Degree in Electrical Engineering from Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg, Germany
• 20+ years of employment with Siemens AG before starting Pigler Automation, LLC.
• US Citizen since July 22, 2013
• PCS7 Certification by Siemens since September 2013

Phone: (866) 871-1456 EXT 02| Email Harry

Alex North

Director of Engineering

Curriculum Vitae

• Educated in Boulder, Colorado
• Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Colorado, Boulder
• Director of Engineering since July 2019.
• Promoted to Principal Engineer January 2019.
• Promoted to Lead Process Controls Engineer in April 2017.
• Process Controls Engineer with Pigler Automation since May 2013.
• PCS7 Certification by Siemens since September 2014

Phone: (866) 871-1456 EXT 06 | Email Alex

Christina Hassan

Office Manager

• Promoted to Office Manager January 2020
• Promoted to Business Administrator in January 2017
• Administrative Assistant with Pigler Automation since August 2016

Phone: (866) 871-1456 EXT 03 | Email Christina

Cassandra Maydew

Lead Controls Engineer

Curriculum Vitae

• Educated in Golden, CO
• Degree in Chemical and Biological Engineering from Colorado School of Mines in Golden, CO
• Minor in Biomedical Engineering
• Lead Engineer since January 2019. Process Control Engineer with Pigler Automation since July 2017.
• PCS7 Certification by Siemens since September 2019

Phone: (866) 871-1456 EXT 04 | Email Cassandra

Zachary Jones

Lead Controls Engineer

Curriculum Vitae

• Educated in Golden, CO
• Degree in Chemical Engineering from Colorado School of Mines in Golden, CO
• Minor in Computational and Applied Mathematics
• Lead Engineer since January 2019.  Process Control Engineer with Pigler Automation since July 2017.
• PCS7 Certification by Siemens since September 2019

Phone: (866) 871-1456 EXT 11 | Email Zachary

Jordan Johnston

Lead Controls Engineer

Curriculum Vitae

• Educated in Boulder, CO
• Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Colorado, Boulder
• Certificate in Biomedical Engineering
• Lead Engineer since July 2019.  Process Control Engineer with Pigler Automation since October 2017

Phone: (866) 871-1456 EXT 12 | Email Jordan

Karina Schlosser

Controls Engineer

Curriculum Vitae

• Educated in Golden, CO
• Bachelors Degree in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering from Colorado School of Mines in Golden, CO
• Minor in Biomedical Engineering and Minor in Computer Science
• Process Control Engineer with Pigler Automation since July 2018
• PCS7 Certification by Siemens since September 2019

Phone: (866) 871-1456 EXT 07 | Email Karina

Emily Syvertson

Controls Engineer

Curriculum Vitae

• Educated in Boulder, CO
• Bachelors Degree in Chemical and Biological Engineering from the University of Colorado, Boulder
• Minor in Biomedical Engineering
• Process Control Engineer with Pigler Automation since January 2019

Phone: (866) 871-1456 EXT 15 | Email Emily

Josh Wardell

IT Engineer

Curriculum Vitae

• Educated in Hastings, NE
• Degree in Computer Science with an emphasis in Information Systems at Hastings College.
• IT Engineer at Pigler Automation since March 2019

Phone: (866) 871-1456 EXT 08| Email Josh

Jason George

Controls Engineer

Curriculum Vitae

• Educated in Boulder, CO
• Bachelor’s in Chemical and Biological Engineering at University of Colorado – Boulder
• Minor in Political Science
• Process Control Engineer with Pigler Automation since May 2019

Phone: (866) 871-1456 EXT 10 | Email Jason

Annie Zhang

Controls Engineer

Curriculum Vitae

• Educated in Golden, CO
• Bachelor’s in Chemical and Biological Engineering at Colorado School of Mines, Golden
• Minors in Biology and Biomedical Engineering
• Process Control Engineer with Pigler Automation since May 2019

Phone: (866) 871-1456 EXT 14 | Email Annie

Diana McKinney

Administrative Assistant

• Educated in Fort Collins, CO
• Bachelor’s in Technical Journalism at Colorado State University
• Minor in business
• Administrative Assistant with Pigler Automation since June 2019

Phone: (866) 871-1456 EXT 13 | Email Diana

Vince Salinas

Controls Engineer

Curriculum Vitae

• Educated in Golden, CO
• Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering at Colorado School of Mines, Golden
• Process Control Engineer with Pigler Automation since July 2019

Phone: (866) 871-1456 EXT 05 | Email Vince