Transcend Engineering

Transcend Engineering develops technologies that power science and engineering in service of important societal needs. 

Our focus is innovative sensors and instrumentation for geotechnical, oceanographic, atmospheric, transportation, and security applications. 

We see the forest and the trees, and develop solutions that take the full system lifecycle and operational context into account.

In addition to our highly skilled and creative permanent staff, we utilize a diverse network of subject matter experts as customer needs require.


Management Team

Stephen Farrington, P.E. 
Stephen on LinkedIn
Transcend Engineering and Technology, LLC was founded by Stephen Farrington, P.E., who is the company's Chief Executive and an owner. Stephen is a graduate-degreed engineer with over 20 years experience in R&D of sensors and data acquisition systems related to environmental, hydrological, and geotechnical, subsurface investigation and monitoring. For over 15 years, he conducted and managed R&D activity at a science and engineering firm with a strong record of innovation and transition to commercial products.  He is inventor of two fully commercialized patented systems for subsurface geo-environmental characterization and has authored an ASTM standard and contributed to a standard handbook of subsurface field investigation.   

Neal Van Wyck
Neal on LinkedIn
In early 2013, Neal Van Wyck joined the company as a Senior Scientist and quickly assumed a key operational role as well.  Neal is a graduate-degreed physical chemist with decades of technical, management, and start-up experience. After serving as director of a multi-million dollar analytical laboratory, he was key to the startup of a successful biological sciences firm, and has managed a business unit that conducted subsurface field investigation and characterization.

Catherine Farrington
in 2013, Catherine Farrington joined the company as Chief Administrator and shortly thereafter also acquired an ownership interest.