Kevin Pilch

Integration & platform services for mechanical engineering

Connect engineeringtools, data & AI.

I build platforms that help engineering teams deploy custom applications, connect systems and automate workflows — without rebuilding infrastructure and integrations for every project.

Your engineering work, connected in one platform.

I connect the systems, data and software your teams rely on so applications are easier to deploy, information flows automatically, and workflows can run across tools and AI.

PDM
ERP
CAD
Simulation
Test Data
Internal Apps
Engineering Platform
Connected Data
Automation
AI
  • Connect your systems

    Replace exports and manual handoffs with direct integrations, so engineering data is available where it is needed and downstream processes can react automatically.

  • Orchestrate engineering work

    Coordinate tools, services and AI with scheduling, state and orchestration, so multi-step engineering workflows run reliably without people moving every step forward.

  • Deploy your engineering apps

    Give teams a repeatable, secure way to move custom applications into production without solving authentication, networking, databases and deployment from scratch every time.

Built from both sides of engineering.

My background spans mechanical engineering, industrial product development, cloud platforms, data systems and AI. I work across the engineering workflow and the software architecture required to connect it.

More about my background

Thinking on software-enabled engineering

  • Engineering Data

    Why Engineering Data Is the Foundation for Industrial AI

    Most industrial companies have vast amounts of engineering data, yet AI initiatives still struggle to use it. The problem is not a lack of data. It is that essential product information remains trapped in systems, files and departmental workflows.

  • AI Agents in Product Engineering

    When Should Product Engineering Use AI Agents?

    Many agentic AI initiatives become brittle because agents are asked to infer business rules, move information between documents and hold incomplete workflows together. Reliable agents need dependable software capabilities beneath them.

  • AI-Ready Product Engineering

    What Is an AI-Ready Product Engineering Organization?

    AI readiness is not a question of how many tools an engineering organization has adopted. It is the ability to connect people, workflows, systems and data so that AI can improve how products are developed at scale.

  • Engineering Operating Model

    How Should IT and Product Engineering Work Together in the AI Era?

    Central IT cannot build every specialized engineering solution, but unmanaged local development creates more fragmentation. AI-ready organizations replace this false choice with shared platforms, clear guardrails and ownership inside engineering domains.

  • AI Transformation in Product Engineering

    What Is the AI Investment–Impact Gap in Product Engineering?

    Product engineering organizations can have more copilots, agents and successful pilots without achieving faster development or lasting operational change. The gap is created by missing foundations, not insufficient AI activity.

  • AI Transformation in Product Engineering

    Why AI Transformations in Product Engineering Fail to Scale

    AI initiatives in product engineering rarely fail because of the technology. They fail because engineering organizations weren't designed for humans and AI to work together. This article explores the root causes and the organizational capabilities required to scale AI successfully.

Have a workflow that should work better?

If engineering data, tools or applications aren't working together the way they should, tell me what you're trying to connect.