Manufacturing Magazine November 2020 | Page 166

TSP ENGINEERING

John Coughlan , CEO at TSP Engineering , discusses his firm ’ s digital transformation journey against the backdrop of COVID-19

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SP Engineering is an industrial and electrical engineering manufacturer that provides a range of technical solutions to solve complex problems . The organisation serves a number of key industries such as nuclear , defence , oil & gas , steel , construction and industrial .
John Coughlan has been the CEO at TSP Engineering since 2014 . A results-driven , business turnaround leader , Coughlan possesses a significant record of driving operational improvements through operating with a customercentred approach . He has helped oversee TSP Engineering ’ s digital transformation journey but believes his company is still in its infancy in terms of its overall digitalisation drive . “ It ’ s been a good journey so far , but we ’ re still in the initial stages of transformation ,” affirms Coughlan . “ One of the things that we ’ re really trying to guard against is allowing anyone access into our business via any new technology we introduce . We ’ ve had to ensure that we ’ re cybersecure to protect the data that we have . This is even more important because a lot of
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