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The people behind Relynk

Former operations engineers, reliability specialists, and industrial software developers who got tired of the same problem.

Leadership

A small founding team with direct experience in the plants and facilities where Relynk runs.

Simen Bakken - CEO

Simen Bakken

CEO & Founder

12 years in reliability engineering at automotive and heavy manufacturing plants before founding Relynk. Built the original platform after a bearing failure that cost his plant 38 hours of unplanned downtime. Based in Oslo.

Sarah Chen - CTO

Sarah Chen

CTO & Co-Founder

Previously lead engineer at Inductive Automation, where she spent 7 years building Ignition SCADA integrations for Fortune 500 manufacturers. Architect of Relynk's sensor ingestion engine and anomaly detection pipeline.

Marcus Webb - VP Product

Marcus Webb

VP Product

Spent 8 years at IBM Maximo before moving to the startup world. Designed the work order integration that connects Relynk alerts directly to SAP PM, Maximo, and eMaint. Leads all product decisions and customer onboarding.

The full team

Relynk is 18 people across engineering, operations, and customer success.

Platform Engineering

5 engineers focused on ingestion infrastructure, anomaly detection, and API development. Two with former backgrounds at OSIsoft (now AVEVA).

Integrations & Connectivity

3 engineers who maintain protocol adapters for OPC-UA, Modbus, MQTT, and SCADA system connectors. Collectively hold 6 industrial automation certifications.

Customer Success

4 customer success engineers, all with prior experience in industrial operations or maintenance management. They run onboarding, not account management.

Design & Research

2 product designers who spend 20% of their time in customer facilities to understand how operations teams actually work before designing anything.

Working at Relynk

We are a small team with a clear opinion: the best industrial software is built by people who have worked inside industrial facilities. We hire domain-first.

The team is based in Chicago with remote options for engineering roles. We don't have a recruiting page because we move deliberately on hiring. If you have a specific background in industrial operations or OT/IT integration, reach out directly.

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