About
Hi, I’m
Alan Sledd
I enjoy partnering with friends I’ve made along the way for consulting work, but Iteratus Consulting is mostly a one-man operation.
I am currently living in France working remotely and am ready to travel.
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Multiple contracts advising startup manufacturing organizations (Terms of contracts prevent naming them)
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Drawing on over a decade of notes, personal experiences, and stories from friends to write the resource I never had
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Established pilot line and mfg team, Berkeley, CA
Established Pack team and first production, Weriton, WV
Drove critical capital equipment projects across organization
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Set up pilot line and US mfg team, Union City, CA
Set up production and PH mfg team, Batangas, Philippines
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Took a year to see the world before 30- visited 38 countries, had many adventures
Took another year and a half to teach myself coding and build my own web business from scratch. Learned a lot about business and self-discipline but most importantly that I missed manufacturing.
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Learning via fire hose across Roaster, OEM powertrains, and Model S launch
One of the original 5 at the start of the manufacturing engineering team in 2008
Owned and delivered Tesla’s first robotic workcell, first outsourced automation project, and first multi-station automated line
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Focus in Design Methodology & Mechatronics
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Focus in System Dynamics and Controls, Published MAHI Lab Researcher, Chip-Covered Machine Shop Rat