BULL.S blue longhorn logo with red starKevin Yap
Personal Portfolio
Selected work / Projects & initiatives

Ideas turned into
useful work.

My work spans industrial market development, technical problem-solving, digital tools and community initiatives. Here are selected examples of what I have helped build and what I’m currently exploring.

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An industrial additive manufacturing production setting
01 / INDUSTRY
Industrial additive manufacturing exhibition scene
02 / TECHNOLOGY
People at a competitive darts venue
03 / COMMUNITY
Flagship case studies

Three problems. Three kinds of execution.

Industrial market growth, engineering-led commercialization and software shaped by field experience.

01 · Americas market development

Building BLT Americas

Developing a regional customer base, distributor relationships and commercial presence for industrial metal additive manufacturing.

Professional record2023–2026
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02 · Industrial applications

3D Metalforge: engineering to adoption

Assessing production use cases, key-account relationships, technical standards and the commercial side of industrial additive manufacturing.

Professional record2017–2022
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03 · Industrial intelligence

Atlas: market data that supports decisions

Building a private platform that connects industrial accounts, markets, equipment and competitive intelligence.

Active buildPrivate
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Professional case study / Early engineering

The chapter before industrial manufacturing.

At DNV GL in 2016, I supported analysis of environmentally focused ferry concepts through route assessment, engineering calculations and product life-cycle review. This account does not invent a finished vessel or disclose a client study.

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2016 / DNV GLRoute
Engineering
Life cycle
Career study 04 / Endeavor 3D

What happens before an industrial quote?

A technical sales engineer has to connect customer drawings and material requirements with production feasibility, cost and suitable processes. My Endeavor 3D experience includes 10 national accounts and engineering-led opportunity evaluation—without disclosing customer data or implying the company's HP partner recognition was mine.

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TECHNICAL SALESEvaluate → Qualify → Propose

2022–2023 · Employment experience

01 / Industrial growth

Advanced manufacturing in motion.

Bringing industrial technology into new markets takes technical understanding, customer trust and disciplined commercial execution.

Real photograph of a metal additive manufacturing printer chamber following a completed print
Commercial development · Experience

Building BLT Americas

Regional market development, customer relationships, channel partnerships, trade-show representation and technical-commercial execution for industrial additive manufacturing.

At BLT, I built a regional customer base from the ground up, with US$1 million+ in sales within my first six months, evidenced by signed customer orders and associated invoices, followed by second-year sales four times first-year sales.

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Engineering & adoption · Career case study

Application development and DfAM

Identifying additive manufacturing applications, aligning industrial requirements and translating technical possibilities into customer-facing opportunities.

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Growth systems · Experience

Commercial systems and market growth

Pricing considerations, channel development, account strategy and operational alignment in complex manufacturing environments.

02 / Technology & tools

Build, test, learn.

Concepts and ongoing builds aimed at making complex technical work and everyday decisions easier.

Industrial intelligence · Active build / Private
Research infrastructure · private system context

Aedificatus Atlas

A private intelligence and territory-planning workspace for industrial additive manufacturing. Atlas organizes accounts, facilities, installed equipment, markets and competitive information to support better commercial research and decisions.

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Business systems · Deployed & evolving / Internal
Actual automotive electronics repair photograph, illustrative of automotive technology work; not a TTT installation
Illustrative automotive workshop photo · Shixart1985 · CC BY 2.0

TTT-OS

An internal operating platform for Thompson Transportation Technologies, connecting customer records, opportunities, jobs, scheduling, expenses and operational information. Built for an active automotive technology and services business, with development continuing as operations evolve.

Software concept · Exploration
Metal additive manufacturing · context, not customer CAD

3D Model Evaluation Tool

An approach to interpreting CAD and 3D model files, surfacing dimensions and engineering metrics, and supporting clearer technical assessments.

Sports analytics · Concept

Dart Analytics Platform

Exploring match data and visualization to better understand darts performance and improvement over time.

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Automation · Ongoing exploration

Utility & Workflow Automation

Developing ideas for tools, repeatable workflows and digital systems that reduce friction and improve decision-making.

03 / Community & outreach

Projects built around people.

Community energy, practical making and meaningful causes.

Community software · Active build / Private preview
Photograph of pub dartboards, illustrating competitive darts
Real darts venue · illustrative context, not an app screenshot

NEXUS · Darts infrastructure

Building digital tools for darts organizers and players, including player records, league administration, events, tournament structures and results. Developed around real community workflows rather than general-purpose sports software.

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Darts · Community platform
Person preparing to throw a dart outdoors; contextual darts photograph
Darts gameplay photograph · real-world community context

Space City Darts

A darts-focused community and platform initiative around leagues, tournaments, streaming, sponsorship and the growth of the game.

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Outreach · Grassroots initiatives

Community Fundraising

Helping individuals and families organize campaign structure, fundraising activities and promotional materials around causes that matter to them.

3D printing · Community making

RepairWorks

Using 3D printing, rapid prototyping and a maker’s perspective to explore repairs and practical community-oriented solutions.

04 / INDEPENDENT WORKFIELD NOTES · PRIVATE BUILDS · COMMUNITY
Projects beyond my job titles

Build the tool.
Understand the people.

Some of the most useful things I have worked on began outside a formal job description. The through-line is practical: recognize a recurring problem, understand the people facing it and make something they can actually use.

These are four different kinds of work. A community initiative is not a software product; a private build is not a public release; and an exploration is not a finished platform.

01 / COMMUNITYParticipation
before platforms.Community initiative
Darts / people / participation

Space City Darts

Making room for more people to find a game, compete and stay connected to the darts community.

The starting point

A local darts community involves much more than the match itself. Players need ways to discover leagues and tournaments; organizers need consistent information; and events need clear communication.

My involvement

Space City Darts connects my own competitive interest with community-building, events, streaming and exploring the practical infrastructure around leagues and tournaments.

What this is — and is not

A community and platform initiative, not a claim that every proposed event feature has launched or that an unverified attendance, sponsorship or financial outcome was achieved.

Darts & competition ↗Community projects ↑
02 / SOFTWAREOrganize the
real workflow.Active build · Private preview
Community software / practical systems

NEXUS

Exploring better digital infrastructure for the people who organize and play darts.

The problem

Leagues and tournaments involve player records, schedules, formats, results and follow-up communication. Fragmented tools make this work harder to understand and manage.

The approach

Shape a private-preview workspace around those community workflows: player information, league administration, event structures and results. The aim is useful operations, not technology for its own sake.

Current boundary

NEXUS is presented as an active private preview. No public sign-up, production adoption, verified user counts or mature software capabilities are promised here.

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03 / RESEARCHDomain experience
into structure.Active build · Private access
Industrial intelligence / independent research

Atlas

Turning disconnected industrial market information into a more usable research and decision workspace.

Why I started

Industrial market planning draws on accounts, facilities, applications, equipment, competitors and source quality. Information spread across files makes relationships and gaps harder to see.

What I am building

A private data-backed intelligence tool organized around commercial research questions. Accounts, markets, installed technologies and evidence coverage are approached as connected information rather than isolated lists.

Evidence and access

A working, actively developed private platform. No customer records, private datasets, fixed account totals or unverified commercial returns are published.

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04 / CONCEPTFind the question
before the chart.Exploratory concept
Sports analytics / performance curiosity

Dart Analytics

Exploring how structured match information could help players better understand practice and competition.

The question

What could scoring patterns, finishing decisions and match context reveal about consistency, pressure and improvement when viewed over time?

The idea

Begin with useful questions, sensible match-data definitions and simple visualizations before assuming that additional tracking or sophisticated predictions would help.

Status: concept, not product

This is an exploration. The portfolio does not claim an available app, predictive accuracy, live integrations, published research or measured improvement.

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WORKING METHOD

Observe → Frame → Build → Learn.

Start with people and the decisions they make. Describe the problem accurately. Develop only what the evidence supports. Keep the distinction between working software, private work and early concepts visible.

Photography elsewhere on this page supplies editorial context; it should not be read as a screenshot of NEXUS, Atlas or Dart Analytics, or as proof of a particular event or customer engagement. Project status descriptions are deliberately conservative.

Reading the portfolio

Different projects. Different stages.

Some entries describe work completed during employment; others are independent systems and community initiatives at various stages of development. They should not be read as equivalent client engagements. References to former employers and partners provide professional context, not organizational endorsement of this personal portfolio.

01 / CAREER EXPERIENCE

Industrial and commercial work

Selected professional contributions made within previous employers, framed around responsibilities, applications and owner-approved achievements. Client identities and confidential work are not disclosed.

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02 / WORK IN PROGRESS

Practical technology systems

Projects including Atlas and TTT-OS are described with their present purpose and private/internal scope. CAD evaluation, automation and darts analytics include concepts and explorations, not claims of finished public products.

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03 / COMMUNITY INITIATIVES

Competition and collaboration

Community work reflects darts involvement, organizing and experimentation with practical tools. Activities and proposed platforms are described separately from documented commercial outcomes.

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About the work

The thinking behind the work.

A useful project story explains the problem, what I contributed and how the work progressed. In industrial engagements, that sometimes means sharing the approach rather than confidential customer details.

Technology concepts are identified as concepts. If you want to understand the work behind a particular initiative, I’m happy to discuss what can be shared.

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Beyond a single discipline

Let’s put ideas into motion.

Manufacturing, technology, community or an unexpected opportunity.

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