Modernize the plant you already have.

Stagehead is the engineering team your plant doesn't have on staff. We take the jobs that are:

  • Too small for big integrators
  • Too technical for your maintenance crew

We specialize in industrial jobs that need advanced electronics and software: computer vision, machine learning, RF and wireless links, advanced sensors, high-speed connectivity, cloud dashboards and LLM integration.

Too small for an integrator. Too technical for maintenance.

Project size, CAD, log scale
Your maintenance teamUnder $10k

Keeps the plant running. Vision, robots and circuit boards aren't their job.

Stagehead$10k to $250k

Everything in between. One line or one station, fixed price, done in weeks.

Big integrators$250k and up

New lines and big projects. Your one-station fix waits in their queue.

What we do

Not sure where to start?

Find the bottleneck first

A line study measures your line and tests fixes on a model before you spend. The fee is credited toward the fix.

See the line study

How we work

  1. 1 day
    1

    Walk the floor

    Written scope, fixed price. We spend a day on your floor with your supervisors and maintenance lead and pick the problem worth fixing first. If the bottleneck isn't clear, we start with a line study.

    You get: scope, fixed quote, payback estimate

  2. 2–6 weeks
    2

    Prove it on one line

    Measured on your numbers. We install on one line or station, then check it against the target we agreed: rejects caught, downtime logged, hours saved.

    You get: a working system, before and after numbers

  3. Line by line
    3

    Roll it out

    Same hardware, same screens. If the numbers hold, we copy it to your other lines, so your team only learns it once.

    You get: drawings, code, spares list, operator training

  4. Monthly
    4

    Keep it running

    On call. You own it all. Remote access you control, a bypass so the line never waits on us, spares on site, and a local electrician for the panel.

    You get: a monthly support plan, no lock-in

About the founders

Best friends since middle school. Now we build for your plant.

Frank Walsh
Fig. 1, F. Walsh

Frank Walsh

Co-founder, hardware

Seven years designing production electronics at Tesla, now in systems integration at Apple. Frank builds the boards, harnesses and test stations that factories run on, and wins hackathons in his spare time.

  • Designed the world's first 48 V automotive USB-C charger
  • Lead electrical architect, 2024 Tesla Model Y refresh
  • Released the Tesla Semi's production wire harnesses
  • M.Eng. in Industrial Engineering, Oregon State University (2027)
Andrew Nash
Fig. 2, A. Nash

Andrew Nash

Co-founder, software

Staff autonomous-driving engineer at Aurrigo in Ottawa. Andrew builds software that sees, measures and decides in real time, on computers small enough to bolt to a machine.

  • Tech lead of Aurrigo's self-driving team
  • Built the autonomy for Canada's first medium-speed driverless shuttle
  • Created Aurrigo's airport simulator, millions of times faster than real time
  • M.Sc. in Computer Science, Memorial University

Based in Ottawa and St. John's. We come to you, anywhere in Canada.

Tell us what's slowing your line down.

Goes straight to Andrew and Frank. We reply within one business day and only use this to answer you.

CompanySTAGEHEADIndustrial
Drawing titlePlant modernization, general arrangement
Sheet, rev, scale1 of 8, C, NTS
DrawnF. Walsh
CheckedA. Nash
Service areaOn site, anywhere in Canada
Note on the name

A stagehead is the end of a Newfoundland fishing stage, the wharf where the catch was landed and processed on the spot. The original processing plant.

© 2026 Stagehead Industrial · PartnersSheet 1 of 8, general arrangement