Jason Rhodewalt

Managing Partner, Control System Integration @ BW Design Group

About

As a Managing Partner at BW Design Group, a top 10 system integration firm serving multiple industries, I provide executive level leadership for our team of over 600 automation professionals. With an MBA and two decades of experience I have the skills to lead large teams and grow businesses. I have worked in the F&B, Life Science, and Industrial markets and currently have a special focus on the Data Center industry. In parallel with organizational leadership, I also actively engage with enterprise clients directly. My specialties include leadership, strategic planning, and general problem solving. I am passionate about developing and empowering our leaders to ensure we are taking care of the people in our span of care. My goal is to help our clients optimize their operations, enhance their performance, and achieve their business objectives.

Country

United States

City

Greater Sacramento

Industry

Industrial Automation

Skill

Cross-functional Team Leadership, Group Presentations, Executive Leadership, Leadership Development, Business Strategy, Leadership, Commercial Operation, Manufacturing execution system, Software Architecture, Build Strong Relationships, Business Development, Allen Bradley, GE, ControlLogix, HMIs, Visual Studio, PHP, SQL, Network Architecture, Problem Solving

Experience

Managing Partner, Control System Integration

BW Design Group

2025-4 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

Roseville, California, United States

• Spearheaded the global strategy for the Control System Integration business at BW Design Group. • Collaborated with the executive team to align organizational goals and drive growth. • Ensure technical teams are delivering world class products with consistency and efficiency.

Partner

BW Design Group

2019-3 - 2025-10 · 6 yrs 8 mos

Roseville, CA

Provide executive level leadership related to our national Control System Integration (CSI) business with a focus on our Information Solutions (IS) team. With over 1,500 professionals total and 450 of them focused on automation Design Group can support projects of any size across many different industries. I also lead our Data Center industry offering working with many hyperscale (and smaller) data centers around the country.

Director, Information Solutions

BW Design Group

2015-6 - 2019-2 · 3 yrs 9 mos

Roseville, CA

Responsible for the Information Solutions practice group within the Firm. This includes overall business strategy, forecasting, technical standards, and business development. This group focuses on "server room and above" solutions in the manufacturing space including OEE, SCADA, Historian, MES, networking, and server infrastructure.

Information Solutions Manager

BW Design Group

2012-11 - 2015-6 · 2 yrs 8 mos

Roseville CA

Lead a group of engineers in securing and executing MI projects including SCADA, OEE, Batching, MES, Quality Control, Asset Management and more.

Process Controls Engineer

BW Design Group

2010-11 - 2012-11 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Roseville CA

As a Process Control's Engineer I design automation systems across a number of industries. I execute complete projects from over all system design, panel engineering, PLC programming, networking, and HMI design/programming. Furthermore I use higher level programming languages such as VB for data collection from the factory floor up to MES systems

Sr. Applications Engineer

Galil Motion Control

2006-9 - 2010-11 · 4 yrs 3 mos

Work with customers to develop their motion control systems. This includes -design recommendations -system wide troubleshooting -hardware design and troubleshooting (including motors, mechanics, sensors) -software design and troubleshooting (creating software front ends to communicate with motion controllers. Various languages including VB, C++, Labview, Matlab...) -Work with customer to spec out hardware/firmware specials

Student Lead Supervisor

UCSC Cowell College

2003-1 - 2006-6 · 3 yrs 6 mos

Hire and manage a group of 12-15 workers during the summer to renovate the dorms. This includes painting and repairing any damaged furniture and walls. My primary tasks involved managing the time and efficiency of the team.