Mission Statement:
To efficiently produce sand and gravel bags at the highest rate possible using robotic bag filling machines.
Baggerbots are easily transportable, and designed for large scale sustainable bag production to handle emergency and day-to-day demands for our future customers.
Meet the Baggerbot Team
Recycling deconstructed waste material is a key part of the circular economy. By deconstruction, we mean the process of taking apart a building or other structure so that the materials can be reused or recycled. This can be done in a number of ways, depending on the materials involved. For example, concrete can be crushed and reused as aggregate, wood can be chipped and used as mulch, and metals can be melted down and reused. Thus, meet the Baggerbot team who are dedicated to this cause…
Thomas Burns
President / CFO
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Tom Burns has serviced the Mechanical Construction and Service Field for over 30 years. He has managed a diverse portfolio of projects and facilities. Tom holds the following degrees and licenses: 1. Associate of Science Degree in Plant Maintenance Engineering, 2. Certificate of Science in Air Conditioning/Refrigeration Technology, 3. Certified Energy Manager License #147772 through the Association of Energy Engineers, 4. Licensed Stationary Engineer #12-00003643, 5. State of California Contractor’s License #646854 which maintains the following State of California Contractor’s Certifications: (C-20) Warm-Air Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning, (C-16) Fire Protection Contractor, (C-10) Electrical, and (B) General Building Contractor, and 6.
Tom has also been named as inventor or co-inventor on patents in the USA and China.
Mr. Burns currently is the President and CFO of Brigade Automation Corporation, and the President of Brigade’s majority owner, Golden Gate Mechanical, Inc.
Mr. Burns currently splits his time 50/50 between both companies while he is developing the Baggerbot business.
Virginia Burns
Vice President
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Virginia is an experienced Manufacturing Engineer and comes to Brigade Automation Corporation with 15+ years of engineering experience in the biotech, fiber-optic, and HVAC industries.
Virginia is currently serving as Vice President of Golden Gate Mechanical, Inc., a Mechanical and HVAC services firm that is located in the heart of the Silicon Valley.
Mark Ensor
Engineering Advisor
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Mark Ensor has over 25+ years as a manufacturing design engineer and has worked in the sand and gravel industry for 10+ years. Mark has extensive experience designing high speed industrial bagging machines.
Mark is a contracted advisor and not an employee of Brigade Automation Corporation.
Mitch Dougherty
Engineering Advisor
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Mitch Dougherty has over 20+ years in project management and mechanical engineering design and has contributed innovative solutions on complex systems. He has expertise is conceptualizing, designing, developing, testing new products and taking them to production. Mitch has been directly involved with designing and engineering 3 separate bagging machines.
Mitch is a contracted advisor and not an employee of Brigade Automation Corporation.
Virginia Burns
Vice President
Read Virginia's Bio
Virginia is an experienced Manufacturing Engineer and comes to Brigade Automation Corporation with 15+ years of engineering experience in the biotech, fiber-optic, and HVAC industries.
Virginia is currently serving as Vice President of Golden Gate Mechanical, Inc., a Mechanical and HVAC services firm that is located in the heart of the Silicon Valley.
Nicole Aquino
Corporate Secretary
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Nicole has worked with Tom and Virginia Burns for the past 5 1/2 years in a commercial industrial HVAC and mechanical construction environment and is currently working towards her Associates Degree in Small Business Management.
Nicole’s drive and ambition have landed her a seat in each area of a contractor’s office environment including management of the office and field operations, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, and Project Management.
Mark Ensor
Engineering Advisor
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Mark Ensor has over 25+ years as a manufacturing design engineer and has worked in the sand and gravel industry for 10+ years. Mark has extensive experience designing high speed industrial bagging machines.
Mark is a contracted advisor and not an employee of Brigade Automation Corporation.
Johua Orellana
Operations Associate
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Joshua Orellana is an Operations Supervisor with an interest in exploring ways to use technology to reduce the environmental impact of business activities. He is a recent honors graduate from San Jose State University, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration / Entrepreneurship.
Prior to joining his current role, Joshua served as the Head of Operations for Hardworkers Inc., a family-owned moving service.
In this role, he was responsible for overseeing all aspects of the company’s operations, including scheduling, dispatching, and customer service.
Recent Podcasts
Tom Burns, president and CFO of Brigade Automation Corporation (BAC) was interviewed on America’s Web Radio on April 22, 2022.
During the discussion, Tom provided an update on how the Baggerbot team is working to solve a environmental problem for recyclers who are interested in bagging deconstructed / recycled waste material in biodegradable bags. The goal is repurpose the deconstructed content for public use and not have any of the content nor the bag (itself) return to a landfill.
American Web Radio Podcasts about the Baggerbot
Baggerbot Interview April 22, 2022
Baggerbot Interview July 8, 2022
How? The ‘deconstructed’ contents and the bag – everything – will gradually decompose over a period of time. Thus, reducing the amount of waste returning back to a landfill.
Tune in to the Americas Web Radio podcasts for those details and more to learn about the Baggerbot.
Baggerbot by Brigade Automation.
Why Baggerbot?
The demands for a high-speed bagging bot is at an all-time high. Industry needs include temporary housing, natural disasters, landscaping, waterway reinforcement, military applications, and the oil industry.
Baggerbot is an innovative solution to an environmental issue that affects us all. This robot will quickly and efficiently fill various types of bags with multiple types of fill in response to global demands which could have a significant positive impact on our environment. Second, Tom Burns’ team has already put thousands of hours into developing this technology and are ready to deploy it as soon as possible. Finally, Brigade Automation Corporation (BAC) is dedicated to repurposing deconstructed content for public use without any waste returning back into landfills – something we can all get behind!
Investing in the Baggerbot project would be beneficial not only environmentally but also economically; by creating jobs within the company while providing cost savings through increased efficiency and productivity compared with manual bagging processes currently used today.. Additionally, there may be potential opportunities down the line such as using artificial intelligence or robotics further refine their operations process resulting even greater economic benefits from this investment opportunity. Investing now will help accelerate future robotics projects while helping address current Environmental Circular Economy needs at hand today!
In conclusion, investing in Brigade Automation Corporation’s Baggerbot project makes sense both financially and ecologically speaking due financial gains from increased efficiency/productivity plus reducing landfill waste simultaneously . Therefore , I strongly encourage you to invest your resources into making sure that Baggerbot becomes reality so everyone can benefit from its many advantages .
