A custom system here, a PLC programmer there, a separate consultant for your dashboards — juggling vendors costs almost as much as the work itself. I'm Alex Alves, an engineer, and I lead a small team — AFA Engineering — that handles business automation, industrial controls, smart home design, and data analytics under one roof. You deal directly with me, start to finish.
Serving the Quad Cities, Iowa/Illinois, and the surrounding region
One company for your software, another for your floor automation, a freelancer for your reports. AFA brings it under one accountable team — you explain the problem once, and it gets solved.
Solutions
No off-the-shelf system that never quite fits, and no vendor who only knows one piece of the puzzle. Same discipline everywhere: understand how your business or your home actually works, then build around that.
We map how your business runs today, then build the system it should have — from connected spreadsheets to full custom software.
Machines, sensors and control panels talking to each other — less downtime, less manual monitoring.
Whole-home automation planned by an engineer, so your electrician or installer gets it right the first time — remote design and consulting.
Your numbers gathered in one clear place, so you decide with data instead of guesswork.
How it works
I personally learn how your business, floor, home, or data actually works today, and where the time is going. No commitment, no jargon.
You get the scope, the timeline and the price — straightforward and in writing, before anything starts.
We build the solution in stages and show you the progress. You follow along and adjust as we go.
We put it live, train you and your team, and stay close for maintenance and improvements.
What we build
Before building software for your business, I built it for my own. ElétricoPro is a complete application I design and maintain: it uses artificial intelligence to produce electrical engineering projects, consulting technical standards and generating drawings and documents automatically.
It is concrete proof of what I deliver: if I automated an engineer's own technical work with software, imagine what can be done with the control that lives in a spreadsheet at your company today.
Who's behind it
No call center, no subcontracting. The two people below are the same two who scope, build, and deliver the work.
Lead Engineer
Trained as a Mechatronics Technician, licensed as an Electrical Engineer in Brazil (CREA-MG), and a Data Science & Big Data specialist. More than 15 years automating industry, data and systems — from factory robots to artificial intelligence. I'm the one you talk to from the first call to delivery, on any of AFA's four service areas.
Systems Developer
Started out tinkering with computers and video games for fun, and turned that curiosity into a career: self-taught, now focused on full-stack development, applied AI, and information systems. He's the one building the software behind AFA's Business Automation and Data projects.
Get in touch
Tell me, in a few words, what you need — business systems, floor automation, smart home design, or data. I'll reply with a possible path forward — no commitment.
Prefer to reach out right now? Send me an email. I work with clients across the Quad Cities, Iowa/Illinois region.
