Antonio Lopez-Ortiz, owner, lead engineer and project manager has held various managerial roles at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. before moving to the food processing industry in 1990. These companies range from Cadbury Schweppes (chocolate, gum and hard candy), Mission Foods (tortillas), and Tomatek (tomatoes). Since 2006, Antonio has specialized in tree nut processing (pasteurizing, blanching, roasting, slicing, dicing, flouring, sorting, grading) and packaging projects for some of the world leaders in the tree nut industry.

Christopher is a Lead Designer with nearly a decade of design engineering experience. Christopher has worked on multiple MEP design projects as well as numerous process engineering projects for the food and beverage industry. These projects range from the State of California, City of Sacramento, City of Fresno, CSU Fresno, Kaiser Permanente, Wonderful Pistachios and Almonds, POM Wonderful, E. & J. Gallo Winery, and Blue Diamond Growers.

Michael Hunt is a Junior Engineer at Process Consultants. Michael helps engineer, design, and detail equipment for food-processing lines.  Michael received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from California State University of Fresno in 2017 and has since been working on tree nut processing and packaging projects since.

Kyle entered the engineering consulting field supporting Oil and Gas clients in Kern County and began supporting Food and Beverage clients after relocating to Fresno. Kyle diversified his experiences by becoming a Project Coordinator for a machine builder and then a construction company, where he tracked projects and met milestones by ensuring stakeholder alignment. He has returned to engineering consulting and joins Process Consultants as a Senior Designer. 

Grant is a Senior Designer who started his career serving a tool maker apprenticeship in the auto industry and worked in that career for 15 years. Grant then transitioned in 2009 into a design project engineering role and worked for a general engineering firm who serviced offshore cable industries, paper mills and power plants. From there he moved into the food industry and joined Mettler Toledo Safeline as a senior designer designing X-Ray inspection machines for 6 years before joining Process Consultants.

Jerry has extensive experience in engineering, and construction management with projects that include food & beverage, water & wastewater, greenfield and FEMA. Jerry has successfully completed projects for Kraft General Foods, Ernest and Julio Gallo, Nestle, California Olive Ranch and Blue Diamond Almond Growers. 

Since 1989, Todd Reed has worked in the food and beverage industry specializing in machine design, material flow, food processing and packaging. Past responsibilities include business development, project management, equipment layout, and optimizing process flow and plant utilities.

Since 2007, Todd has managed the Fresno food & beverage group overseeing mechanical, electrical, process engineering, automation teams, and managed a panel fabrication shop.