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Industrial AI Portfolio
Seth Robins
Industrial AI Architect | Manufacturing Optimization Specialist | Systems Thinker
📍 Pasadena, Texas
Autistic systems thinker with a strong bias toward structure, pattern, and explicit reasoning. Specialized in the intersection of industrial control, machine learning, and live manufacturing operations. Proven track record of contributing architectural frameworks to global and regional cross-functional teams, delivering constraint-aware, intelligent systems that run in live plants (not sandboxes) and are measured strictly by operational and financial outcomes.
Key Performance Indicators
Multi-million €
Recurring EBITDA Impact
Recurring annual impact through global and regional cross-functional architectural frameworks.
Eight-figure €
EBITDA Opportunity Pipeline
Active pipeline — coordinating agentic AI optimization across Covestro sites.
6,000+
Peak Concurrent Users
Active globally within 24 hours during a coordinated global AI adoption initiative.
Multi-million $
Workshop ROI
Potential annual EBITDA surfaced in a single rapid sprint — coordinating 5+ cross-functional teams.
3x+
MAU Growth
Monthly active user growth with sustained plateaus — driven by global adoption programs.
Case Study
Featured Engagement
Rapid Cross-Functional Value Discovery Sprint
Methodology
“Translating cognitive science into actionable methodology to bridge the 'reality gap' — applied across Engineering, Commercial, and Operations teams.”
Role
Architect & Facilitator — coordinating 5+ cross-functional teams (Engineering, Commercial, Operations) across global and regional stakeholders.
Impact
Multi-million dollar EBITDA opportunities identified through constraint-aware system modeling with cross-functional team input.
Professional Experience
Artificial Intelligence Adoption Consultant
CovestroJan 2025 – Present- Contributed architectural delivery frameworks to global and regional cross-functional initiatives, enabling multi-million Euro recurring EBITDA impact.
- Collaborated with global engineering and operations teams to design end-to-end AI architectures spanning data ingestion, forecasting, and validated setpoint recommendations.
- Co-developed reusable platforms and internal AI use case catalogs in partnership with regional teams to support scalable deployment across multiple sites.
- Coordinated concurrent AI initiatives across global and regional stakeholders, targeting energy efficiency, throughput, and margin protection.
Industrial Mobility & Intelligent Operations Architect
CovestroApr 2022 – Jan 2025- Partnered with plant operations and safety teams to deploy intrinsically safe smart devices integrated with plant Wi-Fi for hazardous industrial environments.
- Coordinated cross-functional delivery of 100+ mobile devices for emergency mustering, improving incident response readiness across site operations.
- Collaborated with turnaround teams to equip operations with 80+ mobile devices for real-time task execution and data capture.
Process Control Capability Development Specialist
CovestroApr 2019 – Apr 2022- Coordinated global learning and capability development programs for ~250 direct and 2,000+ indirect personnel across sites.
- Partnered with operations and safety leaders to design qualification-based training for safety-critical plant functions (DCS, APC, and Process Safety).
Process Control Technology Engineer / Production Technician
Bayer Technology Services / Material ScienceAug 2007 – Apr 2015- Contributed to cross-functional DCS Migration Projects and supported system continuity through site acquisitions and mergers.
- Provided production support within a multi-team effort for an enterprise-scale DCS Migration Project.
Instrumentation Technician
Dow ChemicalOct 2006 – Aug 2007- Provided expert consultation on instrumentation design and Allen Bradley PLC systems in support of plant engineering teams.
Independent Leadership
Founder / Applied AI Researcher
Recursive Intelligence- Architected multi-agent AI research pipeline on AWS (Lambda, Bedrock, DynamoDB) analyzing 50+ AI/ML sources every 12 hours and synthesizing structured intelligence briefs via LLM.
- Authors applied AI methodology research at recursiveintelligence.io — frameworks for constraint-aware, human-AI collaboration grounded in cognitive science.
Core Competencies
Industrial Stack
Systems Architecture
Data Governance
AI & Automation
Education
Postgraduate Degree, AI (2024)
Texas McCombs School of Business
BS, IT/Software Engineering
University of Phoenix
AAS, Instrumentation Technology
Lee College