Control Station Inc. – Industrial Process Leader

Dennis Nash, President and CEO of Control Station, Inc., a forward-thinking strategist who has positioned Control Station as an emerging leader in industrial process analytics and optimization. Mr. Nash was appointed President of Control Station in 2004 and transitioned the company from a hobby business into a leading and global supplier of process diagnostic and optimization technologies. Control Station was originally formed on the campus of the University of Connecticut in 1988 and it began by licensing a suite of process simulation and controller tuning tools to colleges and universities. 

Control Station’s licenses solutions to half of the manufacturers listed in the Fortune 500. currently and supports facilities located in over 70 countries. In 2018 Dennis was the Connecticut SBA Exporter of the Year. He has successfully built a multi-million-dollar software business that currently employs fifteen fulltime staff.

Mr. Nash has qualified for State Trade Export Program (STEP) grants through the CT Department of Economic and Community Development that has provided valuable exposure to manufacturers in the associated countries and generated leads for future sales. Like most businesses, Dennis and his associates had business disruption during the pandemic however Dennis credits SBA’s COVID-19 EIDL relief and Paycheck Protection program for his success in maintaining his staff and being able to pivot quickly by establishing new work remote policies.