Today we’d like to introduce you to Lee Morgan.
Hi Lee, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
My story began in Northeast Pennsylvania. I was born in Scranton and spent most of my childhood in Ransom, a small country town tucked into the Appalachian Mountains along the Susquehanna River. I grew up in a large, blended family and graduated from Abington Heights High School in 2007.
After high school, I briefly pursued culinary arts at Keystone College, but I quickly realized it wasn’t where my passion truly was. I stepped away from university and spent several years working in general construction. That season was formative for me — it taught me how to solve complex problems, work with my hands, and take pride in doing hard things well.
At 23, I returned to school with a renewed sense of purpose and enrolled in the Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering program at The Pennsylvania State University. I graduated in 2016, and just one week later began my career as a Field Engineer with Schlumberger, which brought me to Midland, Texas. In 2019, my role advanced and relocated me to Sugar Land, where I’ve continued to grow both professionally and personally. After a brief pause during the COVID-19 downturn, I joined Evolution Well Services, where I’ve progressed from Data Van Operator to my current role as Director of Quality.
Outside of work, my greatest blessing is my family. I married my wife, Melissa, in 2018 — we’re both from Northeast Pennsylvania and even attended the same high school, though she graduated a few years after me. We met through her two brothers, who were my roommates at Penn State. She’s actually a triplet, which makes for a fun family dynamic.
When we moved to Sugar Land, we were introduced through long-time family friends to the Pierson family, who have become our family away from home. Through them, we found our church home at Sugar Land Bible Church, led by Dr. Andy Woods. That relationship ultimately led to a new chapter in my life.
In early 2025, James “Jim” Pierson and I came together to form PillarAI and develop the Ask Andy Bible Answers app for Andy Woods Ministries. It has been an incredible opportunity to combine technology, problem-solving, and faith to help guide people to truth in Scripture. We are deeply grateful for our partnership with Andy Woods Ministries and are excited to continue expanding this technology into additional ministries, podcasts, education, and beyond.
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
It definitely hasn’t been a smooth road. While I always had a roof over my head and food on the table growing up, the home environment itself was marked by constant conflict. That season shaped me in ways I didn’t fully understand at the time, but looking back, I can see how those challenges helped form the resilience and perspective I rely on today. I’ve learned to be grateful for those early struggles, because they laid the foundation for the life I’m building now.
My late teens and early twenties brought a different set of challenges. I was living on my own, lacking clear direction, and at times surrounding myself with the wrong influences. Eventually, around the age of 20, I began working in general construction for a cousin. That period was transformative for me — it’s where I truly feel I transitioned from boyhood into manhood. Construction taught me discipline, accountability, and the value of showing up every day and doing hard work well.
Around 22, I had what I often call a “light-bulb moment.” I realized I wanted more for my life and became serious about pursuing an engineering degree. Because I didn’t have the resources to attend school full-time, I began taking night classes at a local community college while working construction during the day. Studying calculus and physics after long days of physical labor wasn’t easy, but quitting was never an option.
After completing the requirements to apply to Penn State, I faced another major setback when I was initially rejected from the Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering program due to space limitations. It was discouraging, but I refused to accept that as the end of the road. I enrolled at Penn State’s Worthington Scranton campus as a science major for one semester, earned a 3.9 GPA, and reapplied. The second time, I was accepted — a moment that reinforced the value of persistence.
Following graduation, relocating to Midland, Texas for a rotational field engineering role was one of the most challenging seasons of my life. Being far from family, friends, and my girlfriend, while working a demanding two-weeks-on, one-week-off schedule, tested me mentally and emotionally. There were moments when I seriously considered walking away and returning home, but I stayed focused on my long-term vision — changing my family tree and building a strong foundation for my future family.
Those struggles didn’t stop me; they refined me. Each season reinforced the belief that growth often comes through discomfort, and perseverance has been a defining theme throughout my journey.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your business?
Professionally, I spend most of my time at Evolution Well Services, where I serve as Director of Quality. Evolution is an oil and gas service company that provides vertically integrated pressure pumping services for E&P operators. My role focuses on building scalable quality systems, leveraging data to drive better decision-making, and supporting sustainable growth across the organization.
I’m best known for taking a strategic, data-driven approach to problem solving. Over the years, I’ve developed multiple digital tools to improve operational efficiency and reliability, including a patented technology designed to optimize oilfield equipment maintenance. That work has been especially rewarding because it blends engineering, data, and practical field experience to create measurable impact.
Outside of my role at Evolution, I’m one of the founders of PillarAI. PillarAI is an artificial intelligence platform that allows organizations to leverage their own content to deliver accurate, generative AI responses that are directly linked to relevant moments within that content. This enables users to learn faster, go deeper, and engage more meaningfully with material they already trust.
What sets PillarAI apart is its precision and purpose. Rather than generating vague or untraceable answers, our platform ties every response back to the original source, creating clarity and confidence for users. We are especially proud of how this technology is currently being used to help bring people to God’s Word and the Gospel in multiple languages around the world through our partnership with Andy Woods Ministries.
While faith-based applications are close to our hearts, we also see tremendous opportunity to apply this technology across education, podcasts, and organizational workplaces. At its core, PillarAI exists to help people access truth, knowledge, and understanding more effectively — wherever they are and whatever they’re learning.
Can you talk to us a bit about the role of luck?
I don’t view my life or career through the lens of luck anymore. Over time, I’ve come to believe that what many people call “luck” is really the intersection of three things.
First is the provision of God. I believe God opens doors, places people in our lives at the right moments, and provides opportunities we could never create on our own. Second are the unique gifts and abilities God gives each of us — talents, interests, and perspectives that are meant to be stewarded, not wasted. Third is hard work. Those opportunities and gifts only bear fruit when they’re met with consistent effort, discipline, and a willingness to persevere through difficulty.
Every meaningful step forward in my life has come from those three things working together. Without God’s provision, I wouldn’t have had the opportunities. Without the abilities He’s given me, I wouldn’t have known how to apply them. And without hard work and a strong desire to grow, none of it would have turned into lasting progress.
So while I understand why people talk about good or bad luck, I’ve learned that success and fulfillment are far more about faith, stewardship, and persistence than chance.
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