Jim Montelongo
CEO
Jim is the founder of Advanced CADCAM Service Corporation and EngineeringPeople.
As CEO, Jim sets the strategic direction and planning for the company. Jim leads the company and wears many hats working with the all departments’ leaders.
Jim earned an executive MBA and a bachelor of science in engineering from Bradley University. He also holds a Quality Customer Service certification from the Disney Institute, and a Scaling Excellence Through Innovation certification from Stanford University. In addition, Jim competed a 12-week business program at 1871 Chicago’s Technology and Entrepreneurship Center and has received extensive training from the American Management Association in business strategy and administration.
As a third term city councilman and former chairman to the Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce, Jim believes in giving back to his community. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with family and friends, golfing, exercising and watching action adventure movies and competitive sports.
Alex Montelongo
Marketing, Sales, and Project Manager
Alex Montelongo serves as Marketing, Sales, and Project Manager Manager at EngineeringPeople. He first began interning with the company in 2012, leading to a full time position in 2018. Alex has over 5 years of project management experience. In this domain, he has experience managing both software development and engineering projects with government (DoD and city/state agencies) and industry partners. Alex earned a bachelor of science in marketing from Iowa State University in 2017 and his MBA from the University of Illinois in 2022. In his free time, Alex can be found taking his dogs for walks, spending time with family and friends, golfing, and cheering on his favorite sports teams.
Jon Duval
Project Manager
Jon is currently working as a project manager for the various projects that come into EngineeringPeople. Prior to joining EngineeringPeople, Jon worked 35 years at Caterpillar in engineering and product support. He was a lead design engineer on the D11R Carry Dozer and last worked on the divestiture of the Bucyrus acquisition as the Product Support Lead for the Asia Dealers in Australia, China, India and Indonesia. Jon received his Bachelors of Science in Engineering from Bradley University. He also has a two year MOP apprentice graduate from Caterpillar. In Jon’s free time he enjoys spending time with his four grown children and also enjoys college basketball, fishing, golfing and volunteering wherever there is a need.
Fred Estes
Sr. Lead Mechanical/ Electrical Engineer
Fred is a seasoned veteran with 26 years of experience in engineering design. His major areas of emphasis include Cabling/Harness design, computer hardware and software, and IT support.
Fred is well-versed in a number of technology tools, including PTC Creo, Windchill, PolyWorks, and Thingworx. Fred’s role at EngineeringPeople allows him to explore new areas of technology, push hardware and software to its limits, and continually expand into new areas of engineering and computer technology.
Fred is a graduate of Bradley University. He enjoys historical movies, archaeology, and music from Apologetix.
Dr. Iqbal Shareef
Technical Advisor
Dr. Iqbal Shareef has a BS, MS, and PhD in Mechanical Engineering with specialization and research interests in Design for Manufacturability, Advanced Manufacturing Process, and Tribology. He has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in these areas for last 3 decades. Prior to his doctoral work he worked at NASA Langley for a year on Optimal Temperature Curing Cycles for Polyamide-imide thermosetting amorphous polymers for use on space shuttle tiles. For last ten years he has been working at NASA Glenn Research Center on civilian and military related projects. Iqbal’s civilian related projects include the work done on determining the survivability of the wear damaged Solar Alpha Rotary (SARJ) located in the International Space Station (ISS). More recently he has worked on James Webb Telescope’s (JWST) Micro Shutter Assembly (MSA) oscillatory mechanism, and the effect of moisture exposure on Molybdenum disulfide coated gears in the Dual Wheel Mechanism of JWST.
Ian Wilkey
Chief Software Engineer
Ian Wilkey serves as the Chief Software Engineer at EngineeringPeople. Starting at the company in January of 2024, Ian came with embedded systems and software engineering experience from major construction manufacturer Caterpillar, Inc. and United States Department of Defense contractor Northrop Grumman. Since his instatement, he has overseen the technical design and implementation of various EngineeringPeople contracts ranging from firmware and embedded systems design to high-level cloud, mobile, AR, AI and IoT applications. He earned his Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Bradley University in 2024 and is perusing a Masters of Science in Computer Science from the University of Illinois. In his free time, Ian enjoys to create music, write, and spend time with his family and friends.