Independent automation consulting built on 15+ years of hands-on PLC, HMI, and SCADA engineering — including over a decade working directly inside Phoenix Contact USA.
We enable OEMs and industrial automation partners to build lasting solutions by bringing deep technical expertise, honest tradeoff analysis, and a commitment to doing the work right — solving problems at their root.
To be the automation firm our clients fully trust — one that treats every challenge as its own, delivers honest counsel, and produces work worth standing behind.
Kevin Manieri is a Principal Solutions Engineer with over a decade at Phoenix Contact USA, focused on PLC programming, HMI, and SCADA development. He authored official training materials for PLCnext Engineer, PC Worx, and Visu+, and served as an instructor-of-instructors — training the people responsible for training Phoenix Contact's own customers.
When Kevin left Phoenix Contact, the clients he'd been working with asked to continue working with him. Insightful Engineering was founded to make that possible.
Since then, Kevin has applied that depth to demanding applications — from critical power distribution infrastructure in hyperscale datacenters to complex grain processing and agricultural automation — control systems work where getting it wrong has real consequences.
HMI development for Remote Power Panels, Power Distribution Units, and Static Transfer Switches in hyperscale datacenter environments. Real-time monitoring, alarm management, and operator control for critical power infrastructure.
SCADA and PLC development for dynamic interconnection of agricultural grain processing, storage, monitoring, and material handling equipment. Complex sequencing across dryers, bins, pneumatic air systems, bucket elevators, distributors, conveyors, and augers.
PLC and HMI system for AWWA-compliant water meter testing. Automated test sequences, data logging, and pass/fail reporting integrated into a repeatable, auditable test process.
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