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What is it like to build a thriving controls engineering company with your partner?
The Automation Ladies sit down with Caitlyn Young from Integrated Controls and Engineering to discuss what it takes to balance business, engineering, and partnership—all while serving the local industry at the highest level.
Join us as Caitlyn shares the secrets of navigating roles, playing to strengths, handling challenges as a couple, and why Kansas City’s manufacturing ecosystem is booming.
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Co-Hosts are Alicia Gilpin Director of Engineering at Process and Controls Engineering LLC, Nikki Gonzales Director of Business Development at Weintek USA, and Courtney Fernandez Robot Master at FAST One Solutions.
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Caitlyn Young
Engineer - Adjunct Instructor - Owner
Caitlyn is a chemical engineer with a strong emphasis on controls. After graduating, she joined a large integrator, where she gained invaluable experience working on a major greenfield project. Later, she were assigned to a reaction skid project, during which they met their now-husband. While balancing career growth, she watched as her husband launched his own controls company. Eventually, the timing was right, and she made the leap to join him full-time.
Since then, they have worked together to grow the business, expanding their team and navigating the ups and downs of entrepreneurship. Alongside her engineering work, they also teach PLC classes at a local college, sharing their knowledge with the next generation of engineers. In her spare time, she loves traveling with their husband, spending weekends visiting farmers markets, and trying out fresh restaurants in Kansas City.
