Missoula, Montana

Dustin Mennie

I build software for operations teams. In 2026 I shipped five production applications for an aluminum trailer plant because the tools the floor needed did not exist. Before that I spent nine years in purchasing, production and project coordination, so I start with the process and build the tool around it.

Open to work · software, tooling or process roles · Missoula or remote · consulting

Work

Pulse in production

Apr – Jul 2026

Next.js · React · TypeScript · PostgreSQL

A kanban and plan-for-every-part system for a four-line plant. It replaced a 32-sheet spreadsheet that ran on one person's memory. Every rack and bin got a new address and about 2,800 barcoded routing cards went onto the floor. Deliveries are recorded by scan, and operators sign in with a PIN on a shared iPad.

218 merged pull requests, 64 production migrations and over 1,000 automated tests. Twelve integrity checks run every night and report problems by record. After go-live we found a barcode defect on 74% of the cards; the system repaired it through normal use with no records lost. A new operator learns it in an afternoon.

Scrap Analyzer in production

Jun – Jul 2026

Next.js · TypeScript · PostgreSQL · SheetJS

Reconciles recycler settlement workbooks against what the plants shipped: 828 line items across four plants and nine months. It traced the gap to the measurement system itself and caught a four-fold scoping error in the source data. Leadership adopted the report as the standard for all four plants.

Reconcile

Sep 2026

C# · .NET 10 · ASP.NET Core MVC · EF Core · SQL Server · Bicep

Matches a payment processor's settlement export against donation records and lists each mismatch as a specific item to fix. Exact reference matches run first, then an amount-and-date fallback that refuses to guess between two candidates. A test guarantees every imported record lands in one result and only one. My first C# project, built in about four and a half hours over three sessions, with a dated build log of what each session cost.

Smaller tools

Mar – Jun 2026

Next.js · Python · Streamlit · worker services

Relay, iPad zone ordering built on Pulse's parts master, went from decision to live orders in under 24 hours. Muster transcribed voicemail call-outs for HR. Manifest to Label turns inbound shipping manifests into Zebra labels; a coworker ran it on a live shipment without help.

How I work

  • The people using the tool are the spec. On the plant floor I was also the help desk, and requests came straight from operators.
  • Nothing ships without review. Seventeen defects were caught before one search feature went out, and database migrations get rehearsed against a copy of production first.
  • I write things down so the next person can pick them up: conventions files in every repository, a glossary that turns shop terms into plain ones, and build logs with dates.
  • I use AI coding tools every day and check what they produce before it ships.

Experience

ALCOM · Material Manager

Dec 2025 – Sep 2026

Aluminum trailer manufacturer, four plants. Joined in logistics and was promoted to Material Manager within the first month. Owned material flow for the Bonner plant and the software it came to run on: evaluated about ten inventory systems, presented a build plan to plant leadership, then designed, built and supported the applications above.

Lume Cannabis Co. · Purchasing Manager, Operations & Project Coordinator

2019 – 2023

Procurement in SAP for a licensed cultivation, processing and distribution network under state seed-to-sale tracking and batch lab testing. Renegotiated supplier contracts, consolidated vendors and kept supply moving through COVID disruptions.

Roothead Studios · Project & Production Coordinator

2014 – 2018

Scheduling, crews and logistics for events, commercial and film production. Wrote the repeatable procedures and tracking a deadline-driven shop needed.

2023 – 2025: moved from Michigan back to Montana and worked outside the industry while settling in.

Skills

Languages
TypeScript, JavaScript, SQL, Python, C# (new in 2026)
Frameworks
Next.js, React, ASP.NET Core MVC, EF Core, Streamlit
Data
PostgreSQL, SQL Server, schema design, migrations, reconciliation and reporting
Operations
Kanban and plan-for-every-part, purchasing, ERP (SAP, Genius), standard work
Education
University of Montana, undergraduate coursework, no degree