About Grey Shed — Grey Shed Enterprises

Grey Shed Enterprises was founded by David Rackmales in 2023, after a 32-year engineering career focused on process design and control. He found success largely as a product of his adaptability to new environments, industries and collaborators. This ability to effectively navigate novelty and change could stem from his upbringing as the son of a Foreign Service officer. He grew up as a world citizen in a multiplicity of cultures, connecting with people of diverse backgrounds. He became fluent in Italian and conversant in French. He enjoyed and excelled at puzzles and analytical and logical games. He pursued and then received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Lafayette College in 1990.

David started his professional career in the Steel and Metals industry with the Drever Group. In 2000, he began a 17-year stint with General Electric supporting Power Generation, including both traditional generation and renewables, as well as the Oil and Gas industry. He then went back to the Steel industry spending five years with Primetals Technologies. Throughout, he continued to travel the world, supporting equipment installations and meeting key partners and stakeholders to improve the products and processes for which he was responsible.

The following technical domains were areas of focus and practice during his career in industry:

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       Heat transfer
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       Fluid systems
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       Combustion and Emissions control and monitoring

       Instrumentation and Controls

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       Quality management
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       Control theory
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       Process modeling and Model-based controls

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       User-interface design
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       Analytics/Root-cause analysis

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       Process optimization
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       Safety engineering
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       Systems engineering
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       Project management / Program management

David received praise and recognition for the clarity of his technical writing, as well as his critical thinking and creative problem solving skills. In the field, his ability to relate, learn from and collaborate with diverse personnel has led to team success on equipment installations and startups. And his responsibility and discretion allowed for the execution of sensitive investigations and remediations.

He continues to seek opportunities to broaden his experience and novel contexts in which to leverage his talents.