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Engineering Trust:
Optimizing & Protecting What Keeps Your Business Moving
Meet Nate Wheeler
Engineering Trust:
Optimizing & Protecting What Keeps Your Business Moving
Nate Wheeler is the founder of MinOTmen, a vendor‑independent consulting firm
focused on securing and modernizing Operational Technology (OT) environments.
With over 25 years of experience as a technology evangelist and leader,
he brings deep expertise across both Information Technology and Operational Technology.
His background spans engineering, administration, project management, and team leadership
within manufacturing, healthcare, critical infrastructure, and construction.
He’s built a career in developing smart strategies, optimizing processes, and aligning technology with real business goals; all supported by a strong, culturally aligned network of responsive industry professionals.
MinOTmen operates on the principles of Engineering, Ethics, and Empathy;
emphasizing trust, safety, reliability, and simplicity; especially for critical infrastructure,
industrial systems, and resource‑constrained organizations.
Discussion Points:
1. How do you explain or introduce what you do?
2. What inspired you to start MinOTmen, and what keeps you motivated today?
3. What are the biggest security challenges facing business leaders today?
4. Keeping things simple - what does ‘simple security’ actually look like in practice?
5. What are the most common mistakes organizations make when trying to secure operational environments?
6. If I wanted to be safer starting tomorrow, what’s the first step you’d recommend?
7. Why is being vendor‑independent such an important part of your model?
8. Are there any last thoughts you would like to leave our audience?
Nate Wheeler
Engineering Trust:
Optimizing & Protecting What Keeps Your Business Moving
715-869-3655 | [email protected]
https://minOTmen.com | LI: NateWheeler
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