Team Member
Mark Lietzke
Senior Automation Specialist
Background
About Mark
Mr. Lietzke has over 30 years of experience in training, technical support, and programming of process instrumentation, PLC, SCADA, HMI, and operator interface technologies. He has been involved in the design and implementation of plant-wide and standalone automated systems including SCADA software, prison security systems, and power management systems.
Credentials
Education & Certifications
Affiliations
- IEEE
- ISA - Senior Member
Expertise
Areas of Expertise
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SCADA & HMI Programming
30+ years of SCADA, HMI, and operator interface design and implementation
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Process Instrumentation
Training, technical support, and programming for process instrumentation technologies
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Automated System Design
Plant-wide and standalone automated systems for industrial and security applications
Project Experience
Featured Projects
Projects Mark has contributed to.
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Water Treatment | Scappoose, ORCity of Scappoose — SCADA for Water Filtration
New SCADA systems for two water treatment plants with matching interfaces and independent resiliency, implemented with zero downtime using Tridium Control Microsystems PLC.
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Water Treatment | Stayton, ORCity of Stayton
50% facility expansion with a PLC-5 to ControlLogix migration, fiber optic ring network, and modular Wonderware SCADA programming with reusable control and HMI blocks.
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Industrial | Portland, ORColumbia Export Terminal
SCADA expansion and plant-wide hazard monitoring for one of the Northwest's most automated grain export facilities — 22,000+ tags, 1,728 thermocouples, and redundant Wonderware servers.
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Water Treatment | Portland, ORGasco
Complete SCADA system design for a groundwater treatment facility — from initial manual control to fully automated, unattended 24-hour operation with redundant remote access.
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Public Facilities | Grants Pass, ORJosephine County Juvenile Detention Facility
Complete door control system replacement for a juvenile detention facility — from proprietary toggle switches to a modern PLC and touchscreen HMI with integrated intercom control.
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Industrial | Long Beach, CALongbeach Export Terminal
Full PLC and HMI replacement at a bulk handling export terminal loading 50+ vessels per year — completed with zero planned downtime using a side-by-side migration approach.
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Industrial | Portland, ORLouis Dreyfus Commodities (LDC)
Complete SCADA system design for a rebuilt grain facility — 20,000+ points, 1,000+ graphic objects, 6,000+ alarms, and integration with SQL inventory tracking.