About Us
Engineering Acceleration With The Power of AI.
How practicing engineers help teams multiply capacity and rediscover the joy of real engineering.
Who We Work With
The Firms That See Breakthrough Performance
We partner with engineering and EPC leaders who want to cut wasted hours, deliver projects on budget, and bring back the joy of solving real problems.
You're in the Right Place If This Sounds Like You:
You lead a 5-100 person engineering or EPC firm drowning in admin work
Your senior engineers are doing junior-level documentation tasks
You know AI could help but don't trust the hype or have time to figure it out
You're losing proposals to competitors with faster turnaround
Your team is burning out on repetitive tasks instead of solving real problems
You need specialized expertise without adding permanent overhead
You believe engineering should be about creating and solving, not copying and pasting
We DON'T work with:
Let’s Talk Solutions
Every firm’s challenges are different. Let’s start the conversation and find the fastest path to capacity gains in your team.
Our Story
Redefining What Engineering Can Be
Obnovit was founded by Shane and Mary with a shared belief that engineers and technical leaders deserve more than being buried in repetitive, low-value work.
With over a decade of experience leading large-scale engineering, construction, and owner-operator projects, Shane saw firsthand how smart design, thorough documentation, and efficient systems transform outcomes. Mary brought the vision and commitment to empower people, building a business rooted in purpose and impact.
Together, we built Obnovit not just as a consulting firm, but as a renewal partner. We are practicing engineers who also live and breathe AI, and that combination makes us uniquely qualified to guide firms through transformation with clarity and confidence. Every framework, system, and tool we share with clients has been battle-tested in our own work.
We've been accepting blown budgets and burnout as "just how engineering works."
But it doesn’t have to be this way. Your engineers are brilliant problem-solvers trapped doing repetitive tasks. Your firm has massive untapped capacity hidden in inefficient workflows. And your clients would be thrilled if you could deliver faster without sacrificing quality.
Shane and Mary founded Obnovit to prove there’s a better way. With 15+ years in industrial engineering and 400+ hours perfecting AI implementation, we’ve created the framework that transforms blown budgets into breakthrough performance.
What makes us different? We still run engineering projects every day. We know the reality of tight deadlines, demanding clients, and complex calculations. When an AI solution works in our practice, it becomes part of your training. When something doesn’t work, we fix it before it reaches you.
The result? Engineering firms that deliver more with their existing teams while engineers rediscover why they chose this profession in the first place.
Our mission is bigger than saving time. We exist to help engineering and technical businesses unlock their highest potential by empowering their people with AI, freeing them to focus on the work that energizes them most. By renewing workflows, upskilling teams, and amplifying strengths, we create a ripple effect of positive impact that extends beyond the business into the lives of everyone it touches.
We Guide You Through the Crawl-Walk-Run-Sprint Journey
Every engineering firm is at a different stage of AI readiness. That’s why we developed our Crawl-Walk-Run-Sprint methodology, meeting you exactly where you are and taking you to breakthrough performance.
We start with fundamentals (Crawl), ensuring your team has practical AI skills for immediate wins. Then we align AI with your business goals (Walk), so every implementation drives toward your specific objectives. Next comes deep analysis (Run), using our 6-phase diagnostic to identify exactly where AI will multiply your capacity. Finally, we prove it works (Sprint) with a pilot project that delivers real ROI.
Whether you need team training, strategic roadmapping, complete workflow transformation, or specialized engineering expertise, each service follows this proven progression. The result? Your firm transforms from fighting fires to achieving breakthrough performance, all while your engineers rediscover the joy of solving real problems.
Beyond the Spreadsheets
A Few Fun Facts About Obnovit
What inspired Obnovit?
Seeing engineers waste too much time on low-value tasks — we wanted to free them to do the work that lights them up.
Where did the name Obnovit come from?
We named Obnovit after the Czech word for “renew” – because renewal is at the heart of everything we do.
What kind of projects have you worked on?
Between us, we’ve led projects ranging from massive infrastructure builds to fast-moving AI adoption programs.
Favorite part of the job?
Watching engineers and business owners realize how much time and energy they can reclaim once workflows are renewed.
Why AI + Engineering?
Because we’re engineers ourselves. We know what works in practice, not just in theory.
What’s one value we’ll never compromise on?
Always leaving things better than we found them.