The machine and the softwareThe machine and the software
I’m Bill Kishonti, a fluid power and controls specialist who also builds software. Both jobs come down to the same thing for me: taking the wasted steps out of how work gets done.
Fluid power & controls
25+ years in hydraulics, pneumatics and EPLAN/PLC controls design. Fluid Power Automation & Robotics Technologist, CFPHS-certified. Designing real systems where precision and reliability aren’t optional; they’re the whole job.
Software
AutoCAD automation, Windows desktop apps and web platforms, designed, built, shipped and supported end to end. Hurricane has been on sale since 2003.
The journeyThe journey
From moving machines to shipping software.
Fluid Power diploma, Centennial College
Fluid Power Automation & Robotics Technologist (3-year + 1-year co-op). The foundation: hydraulics, pneumatics and PLC controls.
Controls & automation across industry
Fluid-power and controls design at ABB, Husky, Trinamic and more: multi-million-dollar OEM welding & press systems, PLC programming, robotics and safety circuits. CFPHS-certified (2001).
Senior Controls Designer, Fluid Power
Pneumatic, hydraulic and water systems for automated welding lines; VBA-driven design tooling that cut errors ~30% and design time ~25%.
74mph Solutions: full-stack product studio
Turning decades of automation into software: Hurricane and Tornado for AutoCAD, the HomeJet and ShoutSpot web platforms, and Windows apps WavSniper, Media Codec Scanner and ScreenStorm.
ToolsTools
Two disciplines, one goal: efficiency.
I’m not loyal to any tool. I use whichever one gets your work done faster and with fewer mistakes.
On the software side: AutoCAD scripting, VBA, Windows desktop apps, Web apps, Databases, Stripe payments, Office automation