Phillip Buchanan

Phillip Buchanan has over 17 years of work experience in various roles within the fields of industrial automation, electrical engineering, and systems engineering. Phillip is currently the CEO and owner of Key Automation Training based in Atlanta, Georgia, where they provide training in PLC programming and troubleshooting, VFDs, HMI, SCADA systems, industrial networks, and electrical safety. Phillip previously worked as a Technical Director at Helion, a Controls Engineer at Celco Controls Ltd., and an Electrical Engineer at Tensar International Corporation. Phillip also held engineering roles at Lehigh Technologies, Ken's Foods, AutomationDirect, Dawn Foods Global, and Vernay. Prior to their engineering career, Buchanan served in the Army Special Forces as an Assistant Operations Officer.

Phillip Buchanan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a high school diploma from Griffin High School. Additionally, they have an Associate's degree in Industrial Automation Systems from Clayton State University. Phillip has obtained multiple certifications including C1540 ControlLogix Boot Camp from Key Automation Training in March 2021, Learning Salesforce from LinkedIn in November 2019, and CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+, CompTIA Security+, Factory Talk Asset Centre System Design and Implementation from Rockwell Automation, and Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer: Windows Server 2012.