About us
Where we stand
Like our home page says - '“we’re a simple people here”. I’d like to hope we can stand by that in more ways than just one.
We want to build things that people can rely on for years to come.
We want the things we build to be serviceable to more than just us. Not buried behind a wall of nonsense claiming you don’t own it, or needing an annual, outrageously price license.
We want you to know you can trust the person showing up is going to give you an honest, no-BS answer if you have a problem.
We want to keep our services affordable and transparent.
We want a live human to answer your phone call, text message, or email when you need them. Not AI.
Where we started
Industrial Alchemist was the brainchild of Jamie Claudeo Jr. started in June of 2021 amidst the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time, he was 10 years into working in Power Generation for a nationwide generator service company. Jamie specialized primarily in odd jobs - custom control systems, welding and assisting with retrofits, and a lot of engine rebuilds. He was one of many nowadays who talk about how frustrating it can be to work for these large corporations and just be a cog in the machine.
“Like many others, I reached a breaking point of just being a number. So many places bragging about record shattering profits - and here I am. Laying under my truck, in the rain, on a customers jobsite putting a new starter in because the office refused to give me an hour of shop time to replace it. I had to pop start my truck (it was manual) for a week straight before I just got fed up and did it myself. I wasn’t allowed to take care of it at the shop because that was unbillable time.”
Jamie came home that day after work and started watching videos and calling friends up about becoming self employed. He sold his personal truck and used the money to buy a tired, old Ford off eBay, fixed it up and the rest is history!