About 5K TAC

Built by the work.
Built for the workers.

5K TAC and FieldMates exist to help skilled workers help one another—and to preserve the practical trade knowledge the world cannot afford to lose.

Founder philosophy

Forty-one years earned the hard way.

My name is Kendall Keysor. At twelve years old, I started farm work as a hired hand. I learned early that work does not care how old you are, how tired you are, or whether anyone is watching. The job still has to get done.

From farming into construction, the skilled trades, and the systems that keep buildings safe, I have been busting my ass ever since. Forty-one years. Saying that out loud hits harder than I expected.

Those years taught me that the best knowledge in the trades is usually earned through long days, hard mistakes, good mentors, stubborn problems, and the willingness to keep going when the answer is not obvious.

I learned a lot of lessons the hard way. If the next worker can start where I finished instead of where I started, that is a life well spent.

I did not build FieldMates because workers need another piece of software demanding their attention. I built it because workers deserve better support in the moment, owners deserve a trustworthy memory of their buildings, and useful knowledge should not disappear when the person who learned it leaves the jobsite.

41Years in farming, construction, skilled trades, and the built world—and still working.
What guides us

The work matters.
The evidence matters.

01

Workers are the teachers

Technicians, inspectors, engineers, manufacturers, owners, and authorities contribute experience no model can independently witness.

02

Evidence gets the final word

A fast answer is not always the right answer. We preserve the source, show uncertainty, welcome correction, and never substitute confidence for evidence.

03

Experience should compound

A good field result should not help only one person on one day. Safely verified lessons should strengthen the starting point for everyone who follows.

04

Technology should return time

Automation is measured in human hours returned—to family, community, craft, judgment, and the work that actually requires a person.

Worldwide by design

Many trades.
One shared responsibility.

Buildings exist everywhere. So do the people responsible for keeping them safe, useful, and running. FieldMates is being built for workers around the world—not to replace their judgment, but to give them better evidence, stronger context, and access to lessons learned beyond one company, one truck, or one country.

The technician may leave. Technology will change. Models will be replaced. The evidence should endure, the Building Memory should remain, and the next worker should begin farther ahead.

Ask without pretending you already know.

Teach without making the next person feel small.

Show the evidence when the consequence matters.

Correct the record when better evidence appears.

Leave the trade a little better than you found it.

Contact 5K TAC

We are here to help.

Want to learn more, help preserve trade knowledge, bring the Mates to your company or building, or simply tell us what workers actually need? Reach out.