From PLCs to artificial intelligence
I’m Giacomo Rossi. I program industrial automation systems and build software. From PLCs to AI agents, I start with a real problem and look for a way to solve it.
Three ways to build something useful
A plant, a phone call, a restaurant.
Step inside three of my projects.
Simulated demo · Bierkowo01 / Operion · Automation
Variables, sequences and alarms become clear process diagrams. With Operion, I connect SCADA design to the work of the people who operate the plant.
Inside Operion
Illustrative workflow02 / NeuraDesk · Applied AI
AI answers the call, captures the enquiry and prepares the follow-up for the team. That first contact becomes something they can act on.
Inside NeuraDesk
Demonstration menu03 / RISTIQ · Software
Orders, the kitchen and the till run on a server inside the restaurant. Keeping service running is part of the design from the start.
Inside RISTIQThe common thread? Technology needs to serve a purpose.
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Four demonstration environments with simulations.
Explore process diagrams, alarms and sequences in your browser.
From a problem to a solution
This is where software meets the physical world. Change the tank level and follow what happens next.
Move the slider. The activation threshold is 70%.
Allows the PLC to start the pump when the level is high.
Measures the level and turns it into a signal.
42%Checks the signal against the threshold and the control permission.
Level ≥ 70%FalseMakes the process status visible.
Normal levelControls the drainage pump.
Pump stoppedThe level is below the threshold: the PLC keeps the pump off and SCADA shows a normal status.
My job is to make this chain clear, reliable and useful to the people who use it.
Where I start
I’m interested in that moment when a problem becomes clear and a solution starts to take shape.
My work began in industrial automation: PLCs, SCADA, drives and systems that need to work together. It taught me to think precisely and test my ideas against reality.
I founded JIT Engineering, where I lead project architecture and technical direction. Through NeuraSolutions, its software and AI brand, that work now reaches other settings too: businesses, professionals, communication and education.
The tools change, but the thread stays the same: understand a need and build something that is truly useful.
How I work02 / What I do
Three fields that come together in my work.
One way of approaching problems.
This is where I started. I program control systems and work on the connections between machines, plants and people.
I connect components and information. I build software and interfaces that make systems easier to understand and use.
I explore AI through a concrete need: making a task simpler, getting more from data or creating a useful tool.
03 / My workshop
From PLC code to an AI receptionist, from running a restaurant to studying: different problems, approached with the same care for how people work.
01 / Industry and integration
The company I founded to work on PLCs, HMIs, SCADA, revamping and commissioning. Recurring engineering challenges lead to tools for designing, checking and supporting plants.
Visit JIT Engineering (opens in a new tab)02 / Software and applied AI
The JIT Engineering brand through which I bring software and AI agents into everyday processes: responding to enquiries, consulting documents, coordinating tasks and connecting people with information.
Visit NeuraSolutions (opens in a new tab)Products, platforms and work in development. Each card tells its own story.
JIT Engineering
AI within an automation project: from technical documents to writing and checking PLC code.
With Sapius, I bring manuals, signal lists, source code and project decisions into one environment. I want to ease the repetitive parts of engineering while keeping the engineer in charge of verification.
The manufacturers’ software and licences are still required. Testing and downloading to the PLC remain the engineer’s responsibility; Sapius Local is presented separately as a preview.
JIT Engineering
A workflow from process graphics to runtime on the plant PC, with tags, alarms and revisions.
With Operion, I work on the connection between what is designed and what an operator uses on the shop floor. Documentation, interfaces and process variables need to stay consistent as the project changes.
Studio is limited to the private pilot. Generative and voice features are described as not yet active; the runtime is a separate component.
JIT Engineering
A workspace for keeping requirements, components, connections and electrical drawings aligned with the help of AI.
Electrion starts with a question of consistency: a schematic and its documentation must describe the same project. Version V2 connects a common electrical model to the AI agent’s work and the production of deliverables.
The deliverables are drafts for review: automated checks support the designer’s judgement.
JIT Engineering
Remote desktop, a technical address book and industrial VPN in one support environment.
Teleion addresses a need I know from the field: reaching a machine and quickly recovering the context of its connection. The project combines remote access, device organisation and a record of sessions.
The Windows version is available. Android, Linux and Raspberry Pi versions are presented as previews.
NeuraSolutions
An AI receptionist that takes incoming calls and turns a conversation into a request to follow up.
With NeuraDesk, I bring AI to a business’s first point of contact. The aim is to give a useful answer, gather the information needed and give people a clear next step, even when they cannot answer immediately.
Features and integrations depend on the plan and configuration; reception hardware is separate.
NeuraSolutions
The structure for designing AI agents connected to tools, data and business processes.
With NEURA Core, I address what an assistant needs behind the scenes: context, tools, memory and control. It is the framework presented in the Neura ecosystem for organising these elements and managing workflows involving multiple agents.
The official page describes the framework and its architecture; it does not announce a standalone public release.
JIT Engineering / NeuraSolutions
Dining room, kitchen, till and printers connected to an on-site server, so service can continue without Internet access.
With RISTIQ, I apply my approach to a restaurant’s daily work. An order passes through different people and devices: the software needs to keep the menu, changes, timing and bill clear.
Payment terminals and fiscal cash registers require integration during installation; they are simulated in the demo.
NeuraSolutions
A management platform in development, connecting accounting, meetings, documents and maintenance in a property management office.
With Condomium, I am working on an environment that connects the different activities of a property management office. AI is intended to help find information and prepare drafts, while decisions remain with the administrator.
These features describe the platform under development. Availability and import compatibility will be confirmed by the project.
JIT Engineering / NeuraSolutions
Chat, voice messages and calls with AI translation, bringing different languages into the same conversation.
Talkaway grew from a wish to keep a conversation going without constantly switching to a translator. The project combines messaging and voice communication for international work, travel and everyday contacts.
The website offers an Android APK download; distribution through Google Play and the Apple Store is described as coming soon.
JIT Engineering
A marketplace connecting people looking for a specific spare part with those who have industrial components to put to use.
With Automex, I return to an automation problem: finding a part number and understanding exactly what you are buying. The project focuses on component identification, condition and technical documentation.
NeuraSolutions
A project for reasoning through a case file, comparing sources and building drafts with verifiable references.
With Neuralex, I am exploring an assistant that keeps reasoning close to the documents behind it. The direction is a contextual conversation about a case; the first phase works locally with a synthetic case file.
A project in development with a private demo. The local phase does not include automatic legal updates.
NeuraSolutions
A hub for turning profiles, goals and skills into professional meetings with a follow-up.
With Banca delle Relazioni, I focus on connections between people and businesses. A contact list alone is not enough: relationships need context, compatibility, thoughtful introductions and continuity after the first meeting.
NeuraSolutions
AI avatars, lessons and quizzes to help students ask questions, practise and revisit what they have not understood.
With ISV Leonardo, I apply AI to the learning experience. I am interested in an interaction where a student can follow an explanation, ask for clarification and check their understanding within an organised learning path.
The website offers a demo; its transparency statement describes the AI-generated avatars and the limitations of their answers.
04 / How I work
I don’t start with the technology.
I start with the right questions.
I try to understand the context, the people involved and what they really need.
I separate the problem from its consequences and choose a practical way forward.
I turn the idea into a prototype, put it to the test and observe how it behaves.
I use what happens in the real world to refine, simplify and develop the solution.
05 / Let’s stay in touch
A project to build, a collaboration to explore
or simply a good question. I’d be glad to hear from you.
It starts with a good question
A plant to improve, software to build or an idea that still needs a little focus. Tell me where you’re starting and what you’d like to achieve: we can begin there.
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