It is with great pleasure and honour that we announce this year’s Sergio Guy Memorial Award goes to Al Johnson. Al has close to 40 years of experience as a Journeyman Tradesman and as a Supervisor in maintenance, operations, and construction in Oil and Gas Production and Processing. He is currently a member of a Calgary based consulting firm specializing in assisting clients with managing their physical assets. During his 16 years as a consultant, his clients have included; Forest Products and Pulp & Paper operations, Fertilizer production, Mining, Oil & Gas producers, and a number of other process industries.

His primary areas of focus have been; assessment of Asset Management Program effectiveness & CMMS utilization, and aiding clients in the development and implementation of improvement strategies and action plans in both areas. He has worked with numerous clients conducting workshops and providing on-site mentoring in maintenance work management, providing assistance with establishing planning and scheduling practices, planned maintenance (preventive, predictive, proactive) program development and utilization of CMMS tools to support planned maintenance activities.

Al has been an active member with PEMAC since 2004, and is an instructor for our Maintenance Management Professional certification program delivered at several Alberta colleges. He is also an enthusiastic Director with PEMAC’s Board of Directors and is the past president of our Alberta PEMAC Chapter.