The Valormill Story
September 7, 2021
The name of Valormill is chosen for the budding team. The name is based on a fascination with old things and parallels from the Bible, in the book of Judges, chapter 6.
September 14, 2021
Trigg completes his final week working for a contract manufacturer. That same day, Valormill gains its first employee as well as its first customer — marking this date as the official beginning of Valormill.
October 15, 2021
The initial vision script for Valormill is completed. This exciting vision sets the stage for what Valormill will become over the next three years. It provides alignment and clarity for our team, allowing us to achieve unparalleled success in reaching our goals as we focus on what matters most.
November 15, 2021
The initial vision script for Valormill is completed. This exciting vision sets the stage for what Valormill will become over the next three years. It provides alignment and clarity for our team, allowing us to achieve unparalleled success in reaching our goals as we focus on what matters most.
April 8, 2022
The initial implementation of EOS is completed at Valormill. (See Traction).
May 6, 2022
The first Valormill PCBA prototype is assembled at Valormill.
July 1, 2022
Valormill is awarded its first patent for the creation of an NFC-enabled, electronic-ink trophy plaque. Click here to learn more about this project!
July 12, 2022
Valormill is awarded its first fixed-price engineering contract.
July 14, 2022
The second Valormill intern is hired — Blake Arnold. Check out Blake’s bio!
August 16, 2022
The third Valormill hire is made — Raul Flores. Learn more about Raul here!
October 15, 2022
Valormill turns One Year!
May, 2023
Valormill hired our firmware developer Joshua Milnes. Learn more about Joshua here!
October 15, 2023
Valormill turns Two!
November, 2023
Onward and upward! The Lord has over and over proven his providence to Valormill. The team has continued to expand, so we also launched our EMS partnership program.
We are looking for contract manufacturing companies that will partner with us. We're looking for a two way relationship, where we can drive business to you, and you can drive new design projects to us. Find out more here!
December, 2023
We are blessed to have our very own Linux guy in the form of Blaze Moore. Learn more about Blaze here!
January, 2024
The legendary David Covington joins the team. Learn more about David here!
April 12, 2024
Valormill has continued to expand, and adding Coleman Wilson to the team! Coleman is spearheading the mechanical design team. Check out the mechanical design offerings here.
Along with Coleman, Jacquelyn Blush joins the team to become the new executive assistant.
May, 2024
Evan Ayres joins the team, bringing fresh talent to the hardware and software development teams.
September, 2024
The latest addition to the Valormill team is our very own Hannah Zimmerman! Hannah joined the team and is leading the business development department.
February, 2025
Valormill won its largest fixed-price project to date.
The Lord continues to provide and the team continues to grow. Valormill gained two new faces: the new executive assistant, Coltrane Curry and the hardware developer, Paul Kanatzar.