EXPERIENCE

Proven experience. New company.

Innovation Mechanics was founded in 2026. The engineering practice behind it goes back three decades.

Founded 2026Forged by experienceAI-native

01 · Leadership

Experience behind the work.

Steve Tranchida

Founder & Principal

30+ years of engineering practice

Steve brings more than 30 years of experience in software engineering, technology leadership, and digital transformation to Innovation Mechanics. His career has included roles as CTO, software engineering practice lead, and technology solutions leader, giving him a broad perspective spanning strategy, architecture, engineering, and operations. He founded Innovation Mechanics to bring that experience together with AI-native development practices—and help organizations turn ambitious ideas into meaningful outcomes.

Direct involvement: The person you meet is the person leading the work. You get direct access to senior expertise from strategy through execution—with no layers of handoffs in between.
Executive perspective: We've sat on the other side of the table. We understand the pressures of balancing business priorities, technology decisions, budgets, risk, and the need to deliver meaningful results.
Hands-on engineering: Our strategy is informed by people who still build. We bring practical engineering judgment to every decision, connecting what should be built with what can actually be delivered within your business parameters.

Partnership is the fifth element of Innovation Mechanics Tradecraft.

02 · Our work

Forged by experience. Applied today.

IM-01 StrategyIM-02 ArchitectureIM-03 IntegrationIM-04 Software EngineeringCapabilities

Innovation Mechanics

IM-2026-01Software EngineeringIM-042026
Electrical Services Materials Cost Management
Challenge
Manual invoice processing made job costing slow, error-prone, and difficult to trust. Staff spent significant time reconciling supplier invoices and assigning material costs to jobs, with inconsistent data and limited visibility into true profitability.
Approach
We automated the path from supplier invoice to job-level cost. The system automatically captures and validates invoices from multiple suppliers, uses AI to identify and resolve data quality issues when possible, flags exceptions for human review, and gives the team a centralized view of costs, corrections, and supporting detail.
Outcome
Faster job costing, fewer errors, and less administrative effort. Material costs are available shortly after invoices arrive, with reliable reporting and an audit trail that supports better bidding, budgeting, and profitability decisions. As a side benefit, staff now use the system during estimation and quotation work to reference the latest prices paid for materials.
The engagement is ongoing, with further automation of estimation, proposal creation, and other back-office functions scheduled for development.

A new company built differently.

Innovation Mechanics starts intentionally small: senior expertise, direct client relationships, and AI-powered leverage. The same standard of tradecraft applies to every engagement.