Progressive Design, Inc.
Nathan Lisech currently serves as an Assistant Project Engineer at Progressive Design, Inc., where responsibilities include configuring and maintaining ERP and CRM systems, identifying process improvements, and administering Microsoft Power BI for insightful reporting. Prior experience encompasses roles as an Administrative Coordinator at Mid Atlantic Piping LLC, where supply chain management and bookkeeping were streamlined, and as a Culinary Science and Innovation Engineering Intern at Sabra Dipping Company, focusing on the development and commissioning of FDA-regulated systems. Lisech also has a background in welding and fabrication from positions at Wade-Babb Industries and SPW, and contributed to laboratory research at Virginia Commonwealth University's Engineered Tissue Multiscale Mechanics & Modeling Lab. Lisech holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Virginia Commonwealth University.
Progressive Design, Inc.
Progressive Design, Inc. (PDI) is a private, family-owned, Heavy Industrial Engineering & Design Consulting firm that provides valued engineering services. Founded in 1986 by Robert Ranson, Progressive Design has grown to become one of the largest privately held multi-discipline engineering firms in central Virginia. In 2021, Robert’s daughter and Progressive Design President, Erica Burgess, acquired ownership and established Progressive Design as a Woman-Owned business. Our team’s knowledge and hands-on experience can take projects from concept to startup. As a full service, multi-discipline engineering consulting firm, we support manufacturing facilities and clients in many key areas including: EPC/Turnkey projects, project feasibility studies, process improvement analysis, new process design, process upgrades, air pollution abatement technology and integration, environmental compliance, product design, industrial capital projects, and detailed project/construction estimates. We serve Fortune 500 companies in industries such as chemical, tobacco, power, films, fibers, plastics, paper, pharmaceuticals, metals, food and beverage, and discrete manufacturing.