As President of Excel Engineering, Justin is involved in a variety of functions, including crafting and guiding Excel’s strategic vision, developing Client relationships,  and broadening the reach and extent of Excel’s capabilities. Given his technical background and abilities, he is able to  effectively communicate with Clients on their needs and ensure that these needs are being met by Excel. He has a vested interest in sharing his knowledge with Excel’s engineers and helping them succeed in their careers. Justin has been involved in controls and automation engineering since 1999 and has a strong background in the pharmaceutical, chemical, and power generation industries. Justin has been the lead for control system engineering on several multi-million dollar controls system upgrade projects for key clients; he was a lead on-site control system engineer at the Genmab Brooklyn Park, Minn., facility and was also a technical consultant for Rockwell Automation.  Nielsen is an International Society of Automation (ISA) member, an ISA-certified automation professional, and a registered professional control systems engineer in Minnesota, as well as other states. At home, Nielsen is a dedicated father of two boys. He enjoys coaching their sports teams, such as baseball and basketball, as well as participating in any activity that captures his sons’ interests.