James is a native of Atlanta, GA who relocated to Raleigh, NC to join the SE Engineering team. Jimmy received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2013. He is a registered Engineer Intern in North Carolina and is working towards his Professional Engineer license. Prior to joining SE Engineering in 2016, he was a testing and commissioning engineer for Hood Patterson & Dewar based out of Norcross, GA.

Larry Benton

Steven Favorite

Luke Kiser

Brandon was born and raised just outside of Charlotte, NC. Having received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, he relocated to Columbia, SC to work as a commissioning engineer for Chicago Bridge and Iron (purchased by Westinghouse Electric) at the VC Summer Nuclear Project in 2015. After parting ways with Westinghouse, he joined the SE Engineering team in 2016 and relocated back to Charlotte, NC.​

Larry is a lifelong North Carolina resident that graduated from NC State University with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering in 2012. Larry worked as a System Performance Engineer for Verizon Wireless for 4 years before moving into motor design with Baldor in 2016. In 2017 Larry started his own business consisting of a fitness center, nutrition club, and events coordination. After 2 years Larry sold his business and decided to pursue his Professional Engineer license. Larry joined the SE Engineering team in 2019 and is currently a registered Engineer Intern in North Carolina.

Chris James

James Cai

Steven has moved all around, but spent most of his years growing up in Ridgefield, CT. He decided to leave home and move down to Raleigh to continue his education and has never left. He attended NC State University, where he received his B.S in Electrical Engineering in May 2019. Before joining the SE Engineering team in 2019, Steven was an electrical engineering intern at Siemens, gaining experience with motor control centers and electrical modeling. 

Chris is a native of Greensboro, NC.  He received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from NC State University in 2012, and has lived and worked in the Raleigh area ever since graduating. Before joining the SE Engineering team in 2018, Chris worked in reverse engineering and in manufacturing. During that time he gained experience with CMOS, PLCs, automation, electrical troubleshooting and quality control.

Kristen is a native of West Monroe, LA who relocated to Charlotte, NC to join the SE Engineering team. Kristen received her B.S. in Electrical Engineering with a power and control systems concentration from Louisiana Tech University in 2015. Before joining the SE Engineering team in 2015, she spent a summer in New Orleans working as an Electrical and Instrumentation Maintenance Engineer. ​


Luke is a lifetime North Carolina resident who graduated from NC State University with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering with a concentration in renewable electric energy systems in May 2016. Luke spent 3 years at Honeywell – Smart Energy prior to joining SE Engineering in 2017. There he worked as a Hardware Development Co-op and upon graduating, worked a year as a Test Engineer on Honeywell’s line of electric utility meters and other AMI. He is currently a registered Engineer Intern in North Carolina and is working towards his Professional Engineer license. 

Kristen Goldman

Brandon McNeil