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George Williams — Active Contributor

Co-author of The Reliability Experience articles and co-host of Practical Reliability. This author's archive lists contributions of articles and episodes.

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PR S3:E8 IMC 2021 – Jeff Hay

PR S3:E8 IMC 2021 – Jeff Hay

IMC 2021 – Jeff Hay

Operations Director, Reliability & Asset Management at JLL

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PR S3:E7 IMC 2021 – Ed Stanek and Sean Mullen

PR S3:E7 IMC 2021 – Ed Stanek and Sean Mullen

IMC 2021 -Ed Stanek and Sean Mullen

Ed Stanek is the COO of Asset Analytix
Sean Mullen Global Plant Engineering and Operation Effectiveness Leader at 3M

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PR S3:E6 IMC 2021 – Chris Colson

PR S3:E6 IMC 2021 – Chris Colson

IMC 2021 – Chris Colson

Chris is a Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP) through the Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (SMRP) and served as SMRP’s M&RK Body of Knowledge Committee Chair from 2010 through 2014 and is currently serving on the Best Practices Committee. Chris joined Allied Reliability in January of 2006 because he shared Allied’s passion for Maintenance and Reliability. Chris is the co-author of the book “Clean, Green, & Reliable – How equipment reliability delivers low cost, energy efficient assets to plants around the world”. As Director of Operations, he is responsible for continuously improving and expanding Allied’s capabilities and offerings to provide additional value to their customers.

Chris has over 16 years of experience across industries including primary metals, mining, food & beverage, power generation, pulp and paper, automotive, and pharmaceutical. Primarily, his focus has been in engineering, reliability, design, maintainability, and energy management. He understands the challenges that companies face and has a tremendous ability to design innovative solutions that work for them. Besides expert skills and a strong drive to succeed, he makes improving asset health an enjoyable venture. Chris’s exceptional abilities in these areas have set him apart and he is considered among his peers to be a trusted resource in this field.

Beyond Chris’s contributions as a consultant and director, he has taught and spoke at numerous seminars/conferences and written multiple articles to help educate thousands of engineers and maintenance personnel worldwide on Maintenance & Reliability and Energy Management best practices.

Specialties: Management, Reliability Centered Maintenance, Power Quality Analysis, Infrared Thermography, Motor Circuit Analysis, Industrial Controls, and Energy Efficiency.

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PR S3:E5 IMC 2021 – Blair Fraser

PR S3:E5 IMC 2021 – Blair Fraser

IMC 2021 – Blair Fraser

Blair Fraser is a technology evangelist with a natural curiosity to think differently and challenge current thinking. He is Director of Global IIoT Solutions for UE Systems and the co-founder and advisor to many companies in the technology space.

Blair is a passionate reliability and operational excellence professional with over 20 years of experience in designing, commissioning, maintaining and improving manufacturing equipment and processes for the manufacturing industry. A Certified Reliability Leader (CRL) and Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP), Blair has dedicated his career to combining sound reliability principles and processes with the latest technology to improve asset performance and uptime for customers across the globe

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PR S3:E4 IMC 2021 – Angela Santiago

PR S3:E4 IMC 2021 – Angela Santiago

IMC 2021 – Angela Santiago

CEO of The Little Potato Company Ltd.

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PR S3:E3 IMC 2021 – AJ Alexander

PR S3:E3 IMC 2021 – AJ Alexander

IMC 2021 – AJ Alexander

AJ Alexander is the Co-Founder and CRO of SORBA.ai

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PR S3:E2 Dr. Karl Hoffower, DC, CRL

PR S3:E2 Dr. Karl Hoffower, DC, CRL

Dr. Karl Hoffower, DC, CRL

Dr. Karl Hoffower is an Executive Director delivering Asset Management and Reliability focused solutions using a team approach to improvement and optimization. Reliability is a philosophy, not a department like Maintenance. Focused on helping all facets of a business contribute to a reliability focused philosophy. IOT and PdM solutions architect and program manager with experience in large scale (21 plant) reliability improvement projects. Experienced & certified in most common Predictive Maintenance (PdM) as well as success with an IIOT approach to Condition-based Monitoring (CBM). Over a decade of experience Implementing and managing teams of certified analysts for onsite and remote CBM/PdM programs, PdM tool and system sales. Personally delivered over 70 certification training and a few hundred process improvement projects.

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PR S3:E1 Paul Daoust, Founder of Scio Asset Management

PR S3:E1 Paul Daoust, Founder of Scio Asset Management

Paul Daoust, Founder of Scio Asset Management

Paul Daoust thinks for a living with over 25 years of international experience in asset management and operational excellence in the energy sector as a team leader and lead practitioner in a corporate center, industrial site and remote work locations.

As the founder of Scio Asset Management, Paul is declaring war on mediocrity and providing supportive leadership to progressive operational leaders to make more, better decisions to stop value leakage in their organizations through learning, coaching, advising services and management platform solutions.

Paul is a leading international advocate for asset management practices for industrial and infrastructure asset-owning organizations.

Specializing in asset management leadership, asset strategy & planning, operational risk management, asset performance management, asset investment planning, maintenance and reliability management, competency management, and organizational change management.

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PR S2:E17 w/ George Parada

PR S2:E17 w/ George Parada

George Parada

George is a reliability leader who discovered his passion in this realm when he wanted to discover a better way to improve overall operations as a new production supervisor right out of college. Since then he has spent a large portion of his career working for a few large food and beverage organizations where he has driven fundamental improvement in foundational maintenance and reliability practices through connecting people and processes.  With a strong passion to always excel with cross functional teams, he has strived to challenge the status quo to help the organization address gaps through a strategic and organized fashion. George realized early in his career that genuine leadership allows us all to be successful in the day to day work we do, to not only empower ourselves but others to reach the goals of the organization.  From implementing CMMS systems to developing technical training programs for new engineers to working with senior leaders in developing reliability strategy, George loves working with people and leading strategic change. George is currently responsible for leading a new the global asset management programs for Facebook data center operations. Outside of work, George loves traveling around the world with his wife Daysi and is a San Francisco Bay Area sports fanatic. George received his Bachelors of Mechanical Engineering from SF State University and a double Masters in Engineering and Business from San Jose State University.

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PR S2:E16 w/ Thomas Wilk

PR S2:E16 w/ Thomas Wilk

Thomas Wilk

Thomas Wilk is the award-winning chief editor of Plant Services, a Putman Media publication that focuses on smart solutions for maintenance and reliability. Tom joined the Putman editorial team in 2014, and previously was Content Strategist / Mobile Media Manager at Panduit, breaking new ground for that company in the areas of digital content strategy and mobile app development. Tom holds a BA from the University of Illinois and an MA from Ohio State University, and is an avid hiker and runner. He may be reached at twilk@putman.net.

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PR S2:E15 Workforce Planning w/ Joel Leonard

PR S2:E15 Workforce Planning w/ Joel Leonard

Workforce Planning w/ Joel Leonard

The average age of hundreds of thousands of maintenance people across the globe is over 50 years old.  Many have already started to retire, leaving empty maintenance positions behind. Companies are having a challenge in finding qualified workers to fill vacancies.  With no one to fix broken pipes, frayed wires and brittle levies, modern nations are finding themselves in what Joel Leonard has coined, “The Maintenance Crisis.”

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How Goals Create Losses

How Goals Create Losses

A short discussion about goals and the losses they create.

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Filed Under: Articles, on Maintenance Reliability, ReliabilityXperience

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PR S2:E14 Lubrication Management w/ Preston Rubottom

PR S2:E14 Lubrication Management w/ Preston Rubottom

Lubrication Management w/ Preston Rubottom

Preston Rubottom is the Director of Lubrication Reliability Solutions at Lubrication Engineers, Inc. Experienced maintenance professional with an extensive background in hands on equipment repair, root cause failure analysis and preventive maintenance strategies.  Demonstrated history of working in heavy manufacturing of aircraft and aircraft component industry. Skilled in Reliability Centered Maintenance, Engineering, Facilities Maintenance Management, Advanced Hydraulic Technology.

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Root Cause Analysis

Root Cause Analysis

What is Root Cause Analysis? Let us explain.

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Filed Under: Articles, on Maintenance Reliability, ReliabilityXperience

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PR S2:E13 Predictive Maintenance w/ Roy Huff

PR S2:E13 Predictive Maintenance w/ Roy Huff

Predictive Maintenance w/ Roy Huff

Roy Huff is the VP of The Snell Group. He’s an experienced Vice President with a demonstrated history of working in the professional training & consulting industry.  Skilled in Aerospace NDT, Power Generation, Petrochemical, CBM, RCM, FMEA. Strong professional with a Bachelor of Science (BS) focused in Electrical Engineering from University of Missouri-Columbia! ASNT Level 3 Certificate #81115 T/IR, CMRP, NAS410 Level 3 TIR.

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