Built by the engineers who lived the problem.
Pipeline-integrity, corrosion, and materials veterans, turning decades of hard-won knowledge into governed, cited answers.
Why we built BearCreek AI.
We exist to make institutional knowledge permanent, searchable, and defensible, so engineering and technical-sales teams can trust the answer, and prove where it came from.
Equip the teams who run on knowledge.
Give every engineer and rep the tools to work at their best, grounded in the specs, codes, and records your organization already trusts, never the open web.
Speed that never costs you the source.
Your proprietary data stays private, and every answer surfaces where it came from, so teams can verify what they read at every step.
The people behind BearCreek AI.
Founders, operators, and engineers with decades of combined experience in pipeline integrity, materials, and enterprise technology.
Neil G. Thompson, Ph.D.
Managing Director · Founding Member
45+ years in corrosion and materials engineering. Founded CC Technologies (acquired by DNV) and led the forensic investigation of the Deepwater Horizon blowout preventer.
Past President of NACE · AMPP Fellow · Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame
Joseph (Joe) B. Thompson
CTO · Founding Member
40+ years building and selling technology companies, from early VoIP (Bear Creek Technologies) to enterprise software. Drives the BearCreek AI ecosystem vision.
M.S. Materials Science · serial founder & innovator
Brad Schmidt
Chief Revenue Officer
Leads revenue strategy, market expansion, and customer engagement, aligning the platform with the practical business and engineering challenges customers actually face.
B.S. Chemistry · M.S. Polymer Science · MBA
Patrick (Pat) H. Vieth
Director
35+ years in executive leadership and pipeline integrity, with deep expertise in governance, risk management, and applied technology.
ASME Board of Governors · IPC Lifetime Achievement Award · ASME Fellow
Clayton G. Dalton
VP of Engineering · Founding Engineer
Built knowledgeXpert™ from the ground up, software architecture, RAG systems, AI workflows, model evaluation, and product delivery.
B.S. Electrical & Computer Engineering, UAB
Michael (Mike) W. Allen
Director & Managing Partner · Founding Member
40+ years in commercial banking, partnering with CEOs to drive growth. Former EVP, Commercial Banking at Regions Bank; oversees commercial strategy.
Co-Founder & CEO, TAN Composites
The principles behind every decision.
Every answer cited
If it can’t be traced to your source document, it isn’t an answer. Trust is built one citation at a time.
Your data stays yours
Your documents stay in your tenant, or air-gapped on your own hardware. No training on your data, ever.
Built by engineers, for engineers
We’ve signed our names to the call. The product reflects what it takes to make a defensible one.
Meet the team, and see knowledgeXpert on your documents.
A 30-minute walkthrough on a slice of your own specs, codes, and records. You’ll see the citations before anyone signs anything.