Brent Billington, PE
An engineer in Coppell, Texas, who builds custom tools for small businesses.
Background
I'm a licensed Professional Engineer. I spent a decade running multimillion-dollar infrastructure projects, and saw how much time good teams lose to clunky tools and manual workarounds. Now I design and build custom digital tools that fix that for small businesses.
By day I'm a technology leader at an engineering firm. Billington Works is my own practice, and I keep it small on purpose: a few builds at a time, so each one gets my full attention.
I work in person with small businesses across Dallas-Fort Worth, and remotely with businesses anywhere in the US.
Recognition
The Preston Trail Chapter of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers named me its 2022 Young Engineer of the Year. I'm also an Eagle Scout.
In their words
When one of my Facebook posts went viral, thousands of people asked to join my group in a few days, and every request had answers I needed to review. I tried enlisting my 10-year-old and my husband to copy and paste, and we still couldn't keep up. Brent heard about it that evening and built me a tool that processed the requests and their answers. By the next morning it was handling hundreds of new members an hour. He's the rare engineer who hears a problem at night and has you working by morning.
At first I asked Brent for help with voter data on my school board campaign, which turned into additional asks to solve problems we were encountering along the way. He very quickly built us an impressive portfolio of tools including a canvassing map, a yard sign map, a daily dashboard on the race, and a detailed turnout map. With these advanced analytical tools, our team of thirty volunteers were able to reach every home in the district and we ultimately won with nearly two thirds of the vote. He treats your problem like his own and works tirelessly to deliver a product that won't disappoint.
Home
I live in Coppell with my wife and our three kids. We're involved in the community here, and I'm a Cub Scout den leader.
See the work
The best way to know how I work is to look at what I've built: custom tools, maps, dashboards, and apps.
Have a workflow that's taking too long?
Tell me where the time goes.