About BearCreek AI

Built by the engineers who
lived the problem.

Pipeline-integrity, corrosion, and materials veterans — turning decades of hard-won engineering knowledge into governed, cited AI for the teams that run on accurate, defensible answers.

Our mission

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.

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Empower the teams who run on knowledge.

Give every engineer and rep the AI tools to work at their best — grounded in the specs, codes, and records your organization already trusts, never the open web.

2

Innovate faster, work smarter, stay secure.

Reach new efficiency without sacrificing trust. Your proprietary data stays private, and every answer surfaces its source — so teams can verify what they read at every step.

Leadership team

The people behind BearCreek AI.

Founders, operators, and engineers with decades of combined experience in pipeline integrity, materials, and enterprise technology.

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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
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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
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Brad Schmidt

Chief Revenue Officer

Leads revenue strategy, market expansion, and customer engagement — aligning AI with the practical business and engineering challenges customers actually face.

B.S. Chemistry · M.S. Polymer Science · MBA
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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
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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
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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
What we stand on

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.

See it on your own documents

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.