2023 Schedule

Originally from the Acadian Peninsula in New Brunswick, Marcel has been employed by the AFMNB since June 2009 and currently holds the position of Asset Management Coordinator since 2019. He has a background in accounting from the University of Moncton and has experience in taxation and auditing.

In his role at the AFMNB, Marcel assists municipalities in developing initiatives related to best practices in asset management. Whether it's the development of policies and procedures, tailored training programs, or direct technical assistance, Marcel supports municipalities in achieving their goals.

Originaire de la Péninsule Acadienne au Nouveau-Brunswick, Marcel est à l’emploi de l’AFMNB depuis juin 2009 et occupe présentement le poste de coordonnateur en gestion des actifs depuis 2019. Il détient une formation en comptabilité de l’Université de Moncton et possède de l’expérience en fiscalité et vérification.
Dans le cadre de ses fonctions à l’AFMNB, Marcel assiste les municipalités avec le développement d’initiatives liées aux bonnes pratiques en gestion des actifs. Que ce soit au niveau du développement de politiques et procédures, développement de programme de formation adaptés ou d’assistance technique directe, Marcel accompagne les municipalités dans la réalisation de leurs objectifs.

Recently, I had established SimpleWays OÜ to fulfill my vision of supporting maintenance teams and maintenance managers to transform maintenance business unit to an added-value to the organization. At SimpleWays we provide consultancy and training for individuals and groups to transcend the maintenance perception. I had reached this step on my journey in maintenance after almost 25 years of hands-on experience in projects and maintenance setup and management.
The last mega project was establishing a Steel Meltshopfor Rajhisteel company in Saudi Arabia. I had worked there for 14 years. We had started as a project team of 4 members to fulfill the dream of the owner to establish a state of the art steel plant in the middle of the desert in Jeddah - Saudi Arabia. It was a green field project and a success story for all the team members. The 1 Million ton Steel Meltshop started operation in Jan 2007. Since then I had managed the electrical power supply and distribution together with the plants maintenance management. We had upgraded the Meltshop and added Rebar Rolling Mills to it to increase the production capabilities to near 2 million Ton per year.
Before that I worked for 3 years in Egypt - Sinai Grey Cement project. We had commissioned the electrical controls and automation system in 2001 then I was appointed as an Instrumentation and Automation Team Supervisor for 2 years.
I had started my career in Egypt EZDK on 1995, as a maintenance engineer for the Japanese Electric arc furnaces. Then we upgraded the Japanese technology from 1980's with 1990's latest German Technology from MAN-GHH. It was a major transformation for the maintenance team and I am proud to be part of this technological transformation.
Through all my career I was part of upgrade or green field projects. This was followed by managing the maintenance team to cope with the new technologies.
I had presented some of these experiences in PEMAC MAINTRAIN 2015 and 2016 conferences.
Along my career path I enjoyed mixing the practice and education that's why I was had gained 3 important certifications. I am a PMP certified from PMI (PMP® Number: 1495754), MMP certified from PEMAC (MMP Certificate # 1334) and, CMRP certified(SMRP ID: 158448).
The mix between theory and practice inspired me to share my insights on a maintenance blog I had created at https://simpleways.life/blog/.

Blair Carmichael (they/them) grew up in North Bay, Ont., the Gateway to the North. Carmichael has their B.Comm. and BBA from Nipissing University and their MBA from the Australian Institute of Business, and is completing their education for PEMAC’s CAMP. They are currently working as an Asset Management Specialist at Ontario Northland Transportation Commission on the program team to implement a new asset management transformation. Carmichael identifies as non-binary and is a strong believer in making the world more inclusive.

I trained as an engineer in the 1980’s in the British Merchant Navy. I later studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Glasgow (Scotland) and switched industries to work for Thames Water, the UKs’ largest water company, through their graduate program. This turned out to be an excellent foundation in Asset Management as they put me to work in every department of the water utility and I experienced every part of the asset management landscape. At that time Thames Water were beginning to explore the benefits of an Asset Management approach as a way to challenge the organisational silos within the company. Since then, I have developed my career in the water industry working on four continents and within multiple cultures. I have worked in many parts of the Asset management Landscape including: Operations; Maintenance; Program Management; Project Management; Commissioning; Procurement; and Operational Readiness. Reliability is baked into facilities during design and I have worked on many major wastewater upgrade projects where I brought operations and maintenance knowledge to the design phase. Besides my undergraduate Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, I have a Master of Science in Environmental Decision Making and I am a Certified Asset Management Professional through PEMAC. I am a PEng. with Engineers, Geoscientists Manitoba and a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in the UK.
I Have worked for Veolia, the world’s largest environment services company, since 2005 in capital program management and project management. Since 2010 Veolia have been partnering with the City of Winnipeg on their two billion dollar Wastewater Treatment Upgrade program, where I have been leading Veolia’s assistance on the operations, maintenance, asset management and refurbishment and replacement activities. I recently changed roles in Veolia and now act as Technical Director supporting Veolia’s municipal and industrial activity across Canada for water, wastewater and waste management. I have been a PEMAC member since discovering the CAMP program when I was looking for a recognized certification in asset management. I have gone on to instruct on the Capstone and Risk and Performance modules of the CAMP. In the words of Carl Santana, “The purpose of the music is to serve the song” and this is how I like to view Asset Management. To make music a band must communicate, cooperate, and collaborate among its members, with the production crew and with the audience. So, we must encourage the same behaviours across the asset management landscape to meet customer expectations and serve the objectives of our organizations.

Carlos Osterroth is an accomplished, passionate, result-driven strategic leader with over 20 years of experience in strategic leadership, operations management, procurement, supply chain, asset management, and engineering project management—in private industry, higher education, and federal and municipal governments. He has received government endorsement as a skilled professional in Canada, the U.S., and the U.K., providing strategic leadership and competent advice in the delivery of business goals, value, asset management, engineering, and maintenance programs for assets, developing and implementing solutions and strategies that drive growth and improvements in the organization, toward achieving long-term results and sustainable world-class operations. Carlos holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico and an M.Sc. in Engineering Management from the University of Portsmouth, U.K. He also has an MBA from Athabasca University, Canada.

Samantha Paquette is a project manager for the infrastructure programming and studies team at the Region of Peel. Samantha is a landscape architect who graduated from the University of Guelph with a master’s in Landscape Architecture and a B.Sc. in Environmental Biology. She has 10 years of experience in the environmental sector with expertise in urban forestry and green infrastructure, including low-impact development. At the Region of Peel, she works closely with internal and external groups to manage the implementation of green infrastructure to ensure it is designed, constructed, and maintained appropriately. Previously, she worked at Credit Valley Conservation, where she was responsible for the development and implementation of programs and projects in integrated water management.

Philip Anthony Lawlor is an experienced professional in maintenance and asset management with over 23 years of experience dedicated to private and public sector industries. He holds a Master’s in Quality Management, a Post-baccalaureate Diploma in Innovation Management, and a Specialist Diploma in Lean Systems. Additionally, he is a Certified Asset Management Professional (CAMP) and Assessor (CAMA).

Lawlor works full-time as the Manager of Treatment Plant Maintenance at Halton Region, where he is part of a high-performing team responsible for the smooth operation and effective maintenance of water and wastewater treatment plant assets. With his leadership experience as Director of Maintenance and Reliability, Maintenance Management, and other leadership positions, Lawlor brings a wealth of knowledge from a diverse array of industrial sectors across Europe and Canada, providing him with a comprehensive while practical understanding of maintenance, reliability, and asset management principles.

Lawlor’s contributions in the field have earned him recognition from organizations like Engineers Ireland, MEETA, PEMAC Asset Management Association Canada, and others. His work has been acknowledged through awards and publications, which reflect his commitment to sharing best practices and acknowledging the collective efforts of teams.

Chief Gordon BlueSky was elected to serve his home community of Brokenhead Ojibway Nation (BON) in 2022. Chief BlueSky is a highly motivated, results-based professional and leader with tremendous experience in lands governance, resource management, and negotiations. He was recognized by the National Aboriginal Lands Managers Association in 2016 for excellence in Lands Management that has contributed and influenced the field of land management beyond their community. BlueSky received an Honourable Mention for the Manitoba Excellence in Sustainability Award for being a catalyst in bringing First Nations together in the creation of the Lake Winnipeg Indigenous Collective in 2015.

Prior to his election, Chief BlueSky worked as the Director of Lands for the Treaty One Development Corporation (T1DC). This was a very fitting role for BlueSky due to his involvement with the Kapyong Barracks land claim during the early years of its initiation by BON in the early 2000s. During his time at Treaty One, Bluesky successfully led negotiations to finalize the “Gaawijijigemangit Agreement”, the Municipal Development Services Agreement with the City of Winnipeg which secures the provision of basic infrastructural services for the Naawi-Oodena Treaty One Joint Reserve.

Prior to his time with T1DC, BlueSky had 18 years of experience working with BON, Fox Lake Cree Nation, and the Treaty Land Entitlement Committee of Manitoba. In these roles he championed the work on important land claims—with a primary focus on reserve creation—as well as land, environment, and resource protection. Chief BlueSky is also a strong advocate for reform to child welfare and educational systems, having lived experience in Canada’s colonial history as a survivor of the 60s Scoop who eventually returned home from the United States to rediscover his heritage and become the leader he is today.
Chief BlueSky is dedicated family man and married to his wife with three beautiful daughters. Chief BlueSky was raised as the only brother in a family of sisters and has a tremendous respect for Ikwewag (women) and their roles as life givers.

Sunil Vedula is a professional engineer from Canada with 12 years of experience in the oil & gas sector. He is an expert in machine design, material science, finite element modelling, and data analytics. He obtained his B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from DCE and an MBA from the University of Alberta, Canada. He is an avid reader and extremely passionate about technology commercialization in the field of IIoT, AI, and Industry 4.0 so as to improve efficiency and reduce carbon emissions as much as possible. He won awards at MIT, and recently won start-up awards at the prestigious Society of Petroleum Engineers Startup pitch competition. At Nanoprecise, he is enabling affordable and accurate automated predictive maintenance for every rotary machine, be it in any industry. In this pursuit, his team created a complete end-to-end patent-pending solution that comprises smart hardware and AI-based software, and combines physics, material science, and data analytics to diagnose issues with machinery and predict the “Remaining Time to Failure.”

Paul Daoust has almost 30 years of experience in asset management and operational excellence in the energy sector. As the founder of Scio Asset Management, Daoust is declaring war on mediocrity and empowering progressive operational leaders to make better decisions to stop value leakage in their organizations through learning, coaching, advising services, and technology solutions. As founder of TheAsseteers.org, a learning and sharing community, Daoust is a leading international advocate for asset management professionals and industrial and infrastructure asset-owning organizations.

Ron Doucet is a professional engineer who has been improving the performance of assets, departments, and companies for over 30 years. Doucet always had an intolerance for repetitive failures, and this was one of his primary focuses in every department he worked in or led. In industry, Doucet had the privilege of doing the analyses on how to improve performance and led the implementation and transition to a culture of reliability, in tandem with leading the day-to-day operations. This enabled him to develop real-life and proven methodologies to improve the performance of assets and road maps to improve the performance of asset-intensive businesses. Doucet had the opportunity to be trained by the late John Moubray, the globally recognized expert in RCM and the author of the book RCM II, in which he received an honourable mention based on his successes in RCM and the application of its principles. Doucet is the developer of RCM-based improvement processes, including PMO Pro®, RCS Pro®, and RCFA Pro®, and he developed the process for improving the performance of asset-intensive businesses known as The RYKE Way. In 2010, he set up RYKE Inc., a reliability solutions provider focused on improving the performance of asset-intensive businesses and providing training and mentoring in RCM and RYKE’s improvement processes. Doucet is an active instructor in PEMAC’s MMP program.

Monica started her education by achieving a bachelor of science in neuroscience and psychology. After moving to Alberta from Ontario she discovered her passion for education and has worked for Northern Lakes College for three years. She has worked with the CECT department for two years and believes in providing a supported model for continuing education.

Justyna Krzysiak is a professional engineer with 20 years of progressively responsible experience in people leadership and project management across refining and specialty chemicals supply chain, energy infrastructure projects, engineering information, and asset management. As a past conference chair of the Edmonton conference, and technology panel moderator in Toronto in 2022, Justyna is looking forward to, once again, connecting, learning, and contributing on two topics she is passionate about: digital adoption in traditional industries and data-informed decision-making for better risk management.

Jean Charbonneau has over 30 years of experience as a reliability engineer and consultant in asset performance. Twenty-five years ago, he founded the Maintenance Excellence Group, putting together a team of asset reliability experts to assist asset-intensive organizations with performing the right maintenance, at the right time, at the lowest cost.

Charbonneau is a worldwide renowned speaker and an industry-leading influencer on the best strategies for asset-intensive organizations to advance to the Industry 4.0 era and maximize their asset performance and production output.

Paul Casto is an asset performance management industry principal at GE Digital and is a leading practitioner in asset performance management, reliability, and maintenance improvement methodologies. Paul is also the current chair for the Society of Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (SMRP). He has hands-on experience in asset management, reliability, maintenance, operations, and engineering in the chemical, oil & gas, metal, mining, and construction industries. His current areas of interest include enterprise risk management, application of maintenance best practices, advanced predictive technologies, machine learning, and reliability analytics. Paul holds multiple degrees and certifications in maintenance, reliability, and asset management. His current academic work is in enterprise risk management applied to value at Boston University.

Philip Schachtner is an EAM Specialist with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He has over 30 years of experience in maintenance, reliability, and asset performance, and an in-depth knowledge of EAM systems. Schachtner has led EAM data quality improvement and master data standards projects for many clients across North America and assisted clients with his expertise in standards including ISO55000, IAM, ISO14224, CFIHOS, SMD, PIDX, and in SMRP best practices and performance measures.

Ashvin Koarga is currently the Manager of Asset and Order Management at Metrolinx based out of Toronto, Ontario. His role as manager is specific to the Presto branch of Metrolinx that deals with the fare transaction devices that customers engage with during their daily commutes around the GTHA (greater Toronto and Hamilton areas).
Before becoming Manager of the AOMG group, Ashvin was on assignment from his regular management role to help implement a new Asset Management system at Metrolinx. Ashvin was chosen to spearhead the implementation of this new asset tracking tool for his division Presto. His objective here was to help prepare the project and ensure the asset tool was configured for his divisions’ specific business needs; This included data configuration, process identification and training. He was chosen to represent Presto in this activity due to his knowledge of the system, its functions and his background in service implementation and delivery.
Prior to joining Metrolinx, Ashvin was Manager of Service Management at Canadian Tire Corporate Division specializing in the key service portfolio that looked after several of the distribution warehouse contracts. There he managed several contracts and helped negotiate and maintain service level agreements with stakeholders. Ashvin spent over 24 years with Canadian Tire moving through the ranks and specializing in application programming and business management.
Incorporating experiences, expertise, and knowledge throughout Ashvin’s career, the seamless transition into this current Asset Manager role stands as a testament to his adaptability and drive for success. With a proven track record of leveraging past achievements to drive innovation, Ashvin continues to pave the way for success in the ever-evolving landscape of Asset Management.

Rachel Mitchell is the climate change and sustainability manager with the Town of New Glasgow. In this capacity, Rachel oversees the town’s sustainability initiatives, climate mitigation work, community resilience planning, and asset management. Rachel received her BA in Economics from St. Francis Xavier University and completed her M.Sc. in Environmental Studies in the Environment, Resources and Sustainability program from the University of Waterloo. In 2022, Rachel completed the Asset Management Professional program through Northern Lakes College and PEMAC, funded by FCM. Rachel has been leading New Glasgow’s climate change work since 2019, and in that time, the town has approved and begun implementing Corporate and Community Climate Change Action Plans, and initiated an asset management program inclusive of natural assets and climate considerations. The Town of New Glasgow’s climate work has been recognized by the Nova Scotia Federation of Municipalities as one of their 2022 Climate Change Leaders Award winners. In 2023, New Glasgow received the Environmental Impact Award from the local Chamber of Commerce for their climate and sustainability work in the region.

Travis Lavallee is a professional engineer with 15 years’ experience in asset management, project management, design, planning, and maintenance of hydroelectric utility infrastructure. He has a Certificate in Asset Management from the Institute of Asset Management and a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Manitoba. He is currently leading the development of the asset class strategy for transmission line structures at Manitoba Hydro, in addition to providing asset lifecycle decision-making capabilities for a range of transmission, distribution, and generation assets.

I trained as an engineer in the 1980’s in the British Merchant Navy. I later studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Glasgow (Scotland) and switched industries to work for Thames Water, the UKs’ largest water company, through their graduate program. This turned out to be an excellent foundation in Asset Management as they put me to work in every department of the water utility and I experienced every part of the asset management landscape. At that time Thames Water were beginning to explore the benefits of an Asset Management approach as a way to challenge the organisational silos within the company. Since then, I have developed my career in the water industry working on four continents and within multiple cultures. I have worked in many parts of the Asset management Landscape including: Operations; Maintenance; Program Management; Project Management; Commissioning; Procurement; and Operational Readiness. Reliability is baked into facilities during design and I have worked on many major wastewater upgrade projects where I brought operations and maintenance knowledge to the design phase. Besides my undergraduate Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, I have a Master of Science in Environmental Decision Making and I am a Certified Asset Management Professional through PEMAC. I am a PEng. with Engineers, Geoscientists Manitoba and a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in the UK.
I Have worked for Veolia, the world’s largest environment services company, since 2005 in capital program management and project management. Since 2010 Veolia have been partnering with the City of Winnipeg on their two billion dollar Wastewater Treatment Upgrade program, where I have been leading Veolia’s assistance on the operations, maintenance, asset management and refurbishment and replacement activities. I recently changed roles in Veolia and now act as Technical Director supporting Veolia’s municipal and industrial activity across Canada for water, wastewater and waste management. I have been a PEMAC member since discovering the CAMP program when I was looking for a recognized certification in asset management. I have gone on to instruct on the Capstone and Risk and Performance modules of the CAMP. In the words of Carl Santana, “The purpose of the music is to serve the song” and this is how I like to view Asset Management. To make music a band must communicate, cooperate, and collaborate among its members, with the production crew and with the audience. So, we must encourage the same behaviours across the asset management landscape to meet customer expectations and serve the objectives of our organizations.

Bob is an industry leader in the application Maintenance, Reliability, and Asset Management practices. He has been a leader in SMRP serving in numerous committee chair roles as well as extensive time on the board of directors culminating with serving as SMRP Chairman in 2016. Bob has worked in the food and manufacturing industries service as maintenance leader, reliability director and has extensive experience with multiple CMMS applications, SAP, MRO inventory management, and facilities as well fleet management. He was most recently leading the maintenance organization at CalifiaFarms, which is a global leader in the production of almond and oat milks. Bob holds a degree in Information Systems from the University of Toledo, an MBA from the University of Findlay, and his CMRP and CMRT professional certifications from SMRP along with his C10 and C36 state contractor’s licenses.

Paul Batten is an experienced mining industry executive with over 30 years in global miners such as KGHM, Barrick Gold, and Placer Dome. Most of this experience is in asset management in both underground and open-pit operations, which include mine, plant, and facilities maintenance.
Former related positions include the following: regional maintenance manager for Barrick Gold, based in Santiago, Chile, and corporate manager of asset management for KGHM International, based in Toronto. Paul has been a management consultant in the mining industry for the last nine years.

James Reyes-Picknell is an MMP instructor, PEMAC volunteer, and former board member. He is Founder and President of Conscious Asset, and author of the bestseller Uptime—Strategies for Excellence in Maintenance Management, several other books, and numerous magazine articles. His latest publication in April 2017, co-authored with Jesus Sifonte, is destined to change the RCM world for the better while showing how RCM is an integral aspect of asset management. Reyes-Picknell is a professional engineer, certified management consultant, and a thought leader in the fields of maintenance and asset reliability. He works with clients in asset-intensive industries such as resource extraction and processing, utilities, transportation, and manufacturing, where high reliability is a key to business success.

Celso de Azevedo, Ph. D. is an asset management specialist, known mostly for his development of highly performant methodologies in the field of industries and public infrastructures. These solutions involve the Risk/Cost and CAPEX/OPEX trade off approaches and Life-Cycle Costing projects. Founder and CEO of ASSETSMAN, Celso is at the head of an international consulting company that specializes in conducting physical asset management studies for infrastructure decision-makers. ASSETSMAN has offices in France and Brazil, has been working in a dozen different countries since 2000. Celso is the founder of IFRAMI (French Institute of Asset Management), a Council member of Global Forum on Maintenance and Asset Management, Fellow of the Institute of Asset Management (UK) and Chair of the French ISO 55000 National Committee.

Celso de Azevedo, titulaire d'un doctorat, est un spécialiste de la gestion des actifs, principalement connu pour le développement de méthodologies très performantes dans le domaine des industries et des infrastructures publiques. Ces solutions impliquent les approches d'équilibre Risque/Coût et Capex/Opex ainsi que les projets de coût du cycle de vie. Fondateur et PDG de ASSETSMAN, Celso est à la tête d'une société internationale de conseil spécialisée dans la réalisation d'études de gestion des actifs physiques pour les décideurs en infrastructure. ASSETSMAN dispose de bureaux en France et au Brésil et travaille dans une douzaine de pays différents depuis 2000. Celso est le fondateur de l'IFRAMI (Institut Français de la Gestion des Actifs), membre du Conseil du Global Forum on Maintenance and Asset Management, Fellow de l'Institute of Asset Management (Royaume-Uni) et président du Comité national français de l'ISO 55000.

For over 30 years, Martin Robinson has been a pioneer in the field of condition-based maintenance (CBM) technology. He spent 18 years in the British Army specializing in field maintenance of combat fleet vehicles. Martin continues to be an innovator and pioneer in the technological benefits of infrared thermography (IR) internationally. He has met with, consulted, or advised international maintenance and reliability leaders on electrical preventive maintenance (EPM) and electrical safety standards of NFPA and OSHA. A recognized authority in the field of IR, Martin has designed CBM programs to include IR, non-destructive testing (NDT), and implementation of green energy initiatives and energy management strategies. Martin holds a NEBOSH certificate in Occupational Safety and Health; he is a Level III Certified Infrared Thermographer and a Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP) through the Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (SMRP). He is also a member of IEEE and NFPA, and is a standing member on the technical committee CSA Z463 guidelines on maintenance of electrical systems and a member of the IEEE P1854 working group (Recommended Practice for Electrical System Design Techniques to Improve Electrical Safety). Martin is a reliability partner with Reliabilityweb and is CRL certified.

Ryan Fairbrother is the Director of Maintenance and Reliability for Nutrien Potash, supporting the 6 Nutrien potash mines in Saskatchewan. Throughout his 19yrs with Nutrien, he has constructed and maintained assets from the borer end of the mine through the hoisting systems and out the back end of the mill. Ryan is passionate about reliability engineering and continuous improvement.

Bill Mercer is senior manager with more than 35 years of experience in energy, infrastructure, asset management, operations, and maintenance. He has a Power Engineer 1st Class, an MBA, and certifications in Quality Assurance and Asset Management. He presently works as a senior advisor for Capital Power. Bill has broadly based progressive management experience, primarily in the power generation industry with a strong background in general management, operations, R&D, asset management, reliability, and maintenance. Starting in operations at coal-fired generating plants in central Alberta, Bill worked in business development, financial management, and maintenance management before starting an international career operating and managing facilities and service departments in New Zealand, Asia, Europe, and Canada. He has been an active member of PEMAC for over 12 years and has been on the National Board of Directors for the past three.

Celso de Azevedo, Ph. D. is an asset management specialist, known mostly for his development of highly performant methodologies in the field of industries and public infrastructures. These solutions involve the Risk/Cost and CAPEX/OPEX trade off approaches and Life-Cycle Costing projects. Founder and CEO of ASSETSMAN, Celso is at the head of an international consulting company that specializes in conducting physical asset management studies for infrastructure decision-makers. ASSETSMAN has offices in France and Brazil, has been working in a dozen different countries since 2000. Celso is the founder of IFRAMI (French Institute of Asset Management), a Council member of Global Forum on Maintenance and Asset Management, Fellow of the Institute of Asset Management (UK) and Chair of the French ISO 55000 National Committee.

Celso de Azevedo, titulaire d'un doctorat, est un spécialiste de la gestion des actifs, principalement connu pour le développement de méthodologies très performantes dans le domaine des industries et des infrastructures publiques. Ces solutions impliquent les approches d'équilibre Risque/Coût et Capex/Opex ainsi que les projets de coût du cycle de vie. Fondateur et PDG de ASSETSMAN, Celso est à la tête d'une société internationale de conseil spécialisée dans la réalisation d'études de gestion des actifs physiques pour les décideurs en infrastructure. ASSETSMAN dispose de bureaux en France et au Brésil et travaille dans une douzaine de pays différents depuis 2000. Celso est le fondateur de l'IFRAMI (Institut Français de la Gestion des Actifs), membre du Conseil du Global Forum on Maintenance and Asset Management, Fellow de l'Institute of Asset Management (Royaume-Uni) et président du Comité national français de l'ISO 55000.

Ron is a respected industry executive and business leader. With a vibrant entrepreneurial spirit, he is the co-founder of several companies, including two energy companies. Cross-functional business and technology understanding gives Ron a unique perspective to help companies grow and transform. As a leader, Ron provides strategic business and project management skills to fill leadership gaps from small start-ups to large organizations.

Ron is a graduate of Queen’s University Executive MBA program, SAIT’s Industrial Engineering Technology (Operations Management), and a Second-Class Power Engineer. He has studied at the China Europe International Business School in Shanghai and is a Prosci® Certified Change Practitioner.

Earlier in his career, Ron was actively involved with PEMAC, helping to establish the Alberta Chapter and proactively encouraging those he worked with to engage in the MMP program. He was the 2007 winner of the PEMAC Sergio Guy Memorial Award and continues to offer support by maintaining his PEMAC membership.

David Armstrong merges field-proven capabilities with the practical experience of building digital asset management systems with leading transformative change. He has helped asset owner/ operators for 25-plus years from the ground floor up to achieve significant results in the areas of operational and reliability excellence, investments and engineer-procure-construct, enterprise configuration management, and asset performance management. This puts him in the ideal position to pull through a cohesive solution to integrate engineering, operations, and maintenance across the complete asset lifecycle. David joined Cohesive—a digital integration organization and wholly owned subsidiary of Bentley Systems—in January of 2022 after 11 years successful years within Bentley Systems’ asset performance team. David holds a master’s Certification in Enterprise Configuration Management from the University of Phoenix. He is an Aladon RCM2 Practitioner, Six Sigma Blackbelt, and PMP that pairs certifications with practical battle scars from running cultural change management initiatives within the following asset-intensive industries: heavy industry steel, O&G, water and power utilities, and mining. Typically, he challenges his projects to drive out costly variation by understanding the contributing root cause data points that not only determine the right strategies at the right time, but also enable actionable results within the evolving science of data analytics. He is passionate about deriving maximum results from the circular economy, and fostering discussions on socially responsible projects and inclusive societal systems and programs, supported by digital enabling solutions.

Susan Lubell—P.Eng., MBA, MMP, CAMA—has extensive experience in the fields of asset management, reliability, maintenance management, and operational excellence. She brings over 25 years of progressive experience leading teams through their improvement journeys, connecting organizational business goals and objectives with practical actions implemented at the front line to drive business results. The author of Root Cause Analysis Made Simple, Susan has had a variety of industry roles, including director and past-president of PEMAC, chair of the PEMAC Competency Committee, and chair of World Partners in Asset Management (WPiAM). Her current role is on the Steering Committee for the Global Forum on Maintenance & Asset Management (GFMAM) Landscape revision.

Jean Charbonneau has over 30 years of experience as a reliability engineer and consultant in asset performance. Twenty-five years ago, he founded the Maintenance Excellence Group, putting together a team of asset reliability experts to assist asset-intensive organizations with performing the right maintenance, at the right time, at the lowest cost.

Charbonneau is a worldwide renowned speaker and an industry-leading influencer on the best strategies for asset-intensive organizations to advance to the Industry 4.0 era and maximize their asset performance and production output.

Ghanim AlQahtani has a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering and an M.Sc. in Construction Engineering and Management, both from the King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals. He is currently the large power plant department manager for the Ghazlan Power Plant of the Saudi Electricity Company.

As senior managing consultant of advisory services in Cohesive, Melissa Ruth has more than 20 years of experience as a technology consultant and strategist in the software industry. Ruth utilizes her MBA, certified effective facilitator, and certified reliability leader certifications with finesse, assisting each customer toward the goal of finding those quick wins and long-term gains while ensuring both processes and systems work better together. While her career has been focused primarily on configuration management as it applies to facility, asset, and document management, it is her passion to help teams work better together that gets her the results her customers need. She has spent her career leveraging effective change management and advanced problem-solving skills in a way that provides a great customer experience.

João R. B. Lafraia is an expert in companies' transformations, mainly through assets management and operational excellence. He has more than 25 years of experience leading the implementation of advanced maintenance & reliability, safety and asset management system in major Oil Refineries and Exploration and Production offshore Business Units in Brazil. Since he decided to change from a technical to a managerial career, he has assumed several management and executive positions in the Oil & Gas and Petrochemical industry in Brazil.

Frank is the Maintenance and Automation Manager for Votorantim Cimentos CBM. He holds many trade licenses and has risen from the ranks after spending roles in Maintenance, North America Maintenance Planning and Project Management. He is well known in the industry after spending 35 years in the maintenance field and witnessing many changes and deeply part of new continued innovations.

He has sat on various Government regulatory bodies in Canada for new legislative code requirements being brought forward and his input has had impact on those code initiatives in the maintenance industry in general.

Frank finds ways to challenge himself by increasing equipment life cycles, exploring deeper preventative measures and placing his highest assignment on team building a new generation of maintenance personnel which includes the use of the most recent changes in technologies available.
He is a firm believer in preventative maintenance to ultimately “work smarter and not harder”.

John is the Executive Director Asset Management at Transport for NSW and is responsible for leading and enabling transport service outcomes for customers and communities through effective whole of life asset management. John was previously the Executive Director, Sydney Division for former Roads and Maritime Services where he lead the division’s first Strategic Asset Management Plan and the implementation of full battery electric vehicles into Sydney division’s passenger fleet.
John has a background of over 30 years in asset management within the electricity and transport industries, is a passionate leader of organisational improvement in asset and operational risk management and has implemented world class asset management strategies and systems to manage risk and provide value for customers and communities.
John is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and serves as a board member for numerous global and Australian asset management organisations and co-authored the books Living Asset Management and Living Asset Management Maturity. In 2018 John was awarded the MESA medal by the Asset Management Council. The MESA Medal is awarded to an individual who has personally contributed at the highest level to the advancement of the science and/or practice of asset management.

During his 9 ½ years at Manitoba Hydro he has spent time in Asset Management, Generation Projects and Generation Design. Jim was a witness at the recent electric General Rate Application hearings. One of the first projects he was involved in at Manitoba Hydro was Kettle Generating Station Units 1 to 3 Stator Replacement as a Project Engineer. Since that time Jim has help positions of Team Lead, Section Head and Department Manager before becoming a Director.
Before working at Manitoba Hydro, Jim worked for the federal government in the field of project management. He also, spent time working in construction and the oil and gas industries. He has worked in the Canadian and American Artic, with one stop taking to the 83rd parallel and as far south as Texas.
Jim obtained his Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Manitoba, has certificates in Asset Management, Management and is LEED certified. He enjoys spending time with his family, and they are big Disney World fans, having made the trip 4 times and counting.

Danaka Porter obtained her Master of Engineering in Systems and Supply Chain from MIT. She is a partner at Iota Consulting, a management consulting firm, where she consults in supply chain, project management, and data analytics in heavy manufacturing and technology. Danaka is also a sessional lecturer at the Dhillon School of Business, where she teaches Supply Chain and Project Management. She has written a supply chain textbook, as she did not feel the current ones contained enough application of supply chain and focused too heavily on theory. Her algorithm writing took her into the medical side; Danaka is a co-founder and the current COO of VitaNova Tech, a fertility company in the U.S. She wrote algorithms to better match surrogates and egg donors with intended parents. She is currently completing her PhD in Cardiology at the Cumming School of Medicine where she is using machine learning to help predict SCD (sudden cardiac death) by rewriting the algorithms that are currently being used to find certain markers. Danaka sits on the Training and Education Committee for the Cardiac Arrhythmia Network of Canada, where she educates other PhDs, trainees, doctors, and healthcare workers in implementing and using technology in cardiac care. She also sits on the board of motionball, a national fundraising committee dedicated to raising money for Special Olympics.

Mario holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and has over 25 years of solid experience in the field of asset management in the aluminum industry. His expertise was mainly developed during the startup of two plants (Alcan Alma and AP-60), where he was able to implement numerous maintenance management strategies and several reliability improvement exercises. In recent years, he has led several teams responsible for work planning and has been able to implement several reliability optimization methods (FMEA, RCM, reverse RCM). His greatest strengths are his adaptability in any situation, his team spirit, and his organizational skills.

Mario a un baccalauréat en génie mécanique et a une solide expérience de plus de 25 ans dans le domaine de la gestion des actifs dans l’industrie de l’aluminium. Son expertise s’est principalement développée lors du démarrage de deux usines (Alcan Alma et AP-60) où il a pu mettre en place de nombreuses stratégies de gestion de la maintenance et plusieurs exercices d’amélioration de la fiabilité. Au cours des dernière années, il a piloté plusieurs équipes responsables de la planification des travaux et il a pu mettre en pratiques plusieurs méthodes d’optimisation de la fiabilité (AMDEC, RCM, RCM inverse). Ses plus grandes forces sont sa capacité d’adaptation en toute situation, son esprit d’équipe ainsi que son sens de l’organisation.

Brad Owen is a member of the asset management and reliability team in Cameco’s operational excellence group, where he leads the researching, trialling, implementation, and execution of predictive maintenance and asset inspection technologies for Cameco’s Saskatchewan mining and milling operations. Brad joined Cameco in 2006 and has had various roles within the company all related to maintenance engineering and reliability. Previous to his current role with Cameco, he served as a specialist, lubrication and industrial fluids, where he was responsible for implementing and maintaining lubrication programs at Cameco’s operations. Brad holds the following designations: Applied Science Technologist (A.Sc.T.), Maintenance Management Professional (MMP) through PEMAC, and Machine Lubrication Engineer (MLE) through the International Council for Machinery Lubrication

Johannes Coetzee is the MD of Martec (a specialist condition monitoring company) and Chairman of the Global Forum on Maintenance and Asset Management (GFMAM), the umbrella forum for professional associations in the field of maintenance and assets management across the world. He is the past-president of the Southern African Asset Management Association (SAAMA) and also serves on the Advisory Board of the Industrial Engineering Department at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Johannes is an Industrial Engineer, holds an MBA and has been in the field of maintenance and asset management for more than two decades.

Adam Taylor has extensive knowledge in mechanical design, facilities maintenance operations, and asset management. He has experience in specialized projects relating to building automation, enterprise maintenance management systems, and ongoing end user support and product enhancements and development.

Alp is the Head of Innovation at Alp Bora & Co., an independent think tank and consulting firm providing advisory, speaking and coaching services in the areas of: Mining & Metals, Business Strategy and Leadership. The mission is to help mining & metallurgy companies achieve operational excellence & support the mining industry's transition to a sustainable future. Alp's expertise include project management, operational excellence and asset management.

À propos du présentateur : Alp est le responsable de l'innovation chez Alp Bora & Co., un groupe de réflexion indépendant et un cabinet de conseil fournissant des services de conseil, de conférences et de coaching dans les domaines suivants : Mines et métaux, Stratégie d'entreprise et Leadership. Sa mission est d'aider les entreprises minières et métallurgiques à atteindre l'excellence opérationnelle et à soutenir la transition de l'industrie minière vers un avenir durable. Les domaines d'expertise d'Alp comprennent la gestion de projet, l'excellence opérationnelle et la gestion des actifs.

Firdaus Timyati is a performance analyst at Manitoba Hydro, a provincial Crown corporation that provides electricity and natural gas services to the province. She was born and raised in Malaysia. Firdaus holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia. After moving to Canada, she received a post-baccalaureate diploma in Engineering from the University of Manitoba. She then obtained a professional engineer licence from Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba. Firdaus has a passion for renewable energy and power systems. She has been involved in various reliability engineering projects related to hydroelectric generation and transmission.

Richard is an Executive Director and Board member of AMCL with responsibility for AMCL's North Ameican business and also is the global technical authority for AMCL products and services.
Richard is a Past President of the Institute of Asset Management and a member of Council for the Global Forum on Maintenance and Asset Management.
He advises a range of infrastructure owners and regulators on Asset Management and related business issues to identify the most effective ways of investing in new or existing assets to deliver the best outcomes for stakeholders.

Edmea ADELL, President of ASSETSMAN, with more than 35 years of professional experience, is specialized in industrial asset management systems. She is the chairman of IFRAMI - French Institute of Asset Management for industry and infrastructure. Since the creation of ASSETSMAN in 2001, she has led the ASSETSMAN team in France and Brazil. She has comprehensive knowledge and expertise in finance, excellent administrative abilities and high-level communication skills.
As a senior consultant, she provides services related to industrial asset management, more particularly services related to the management systems aligned with the ISO 55001 standard. She provides consultancy, audits, training related to the implementation of ISO 55001 management systems as well as the support of companies for their ISO 55001 certification.
She is an electronics engineer and obtained a Masters in Management at HEC Paris.

Beth Daniel is a professional engineer with over 15 years of experience in the Canadian energy sector in diverse engineering, asset integrity, project management, business planning, operations, maintenance, digital system implementation, and team leadership. For the past three years, she has focused on the public and community sectors serving and contributing to Waterloo Region communities. She currently works for the City of Waterloo as an asset management specialist. Beth holds a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering and has been a PEMAC member since 2020.

As a strategic asset management lead and technical executive in the advisory team at WSP, Toby Horstead brings more than 24 years of experience working with asset owners to develop strategic solutions to asset management challenges and opportunities. He is an outcome- and service-focused asset manager, developing and documenting asset management assurance frameworks, asset management plans, asset information, and future asset strategies across the rail industry and government agencies. Toby is the national chair of the Board of the Asset Management Council and actively volunteers to promote and improve asset management as a profession. Toby is a Certified Practitioner in Asset Management and Certified Asset Management Assessor (CAMA). Toby is also a Fellow and Engineering Executive of Engineers Australia, as well as a Chartered Professional Engineer in Leadership and Management and Asset Management. Toby’s career was initially focused on the NSW Railways and Transport for NSW before moving into advisory roles. Toby now includes the Sydney Opera House, the Art Gallery of NSW, NSW Fire and Rescue, Infrastructure NSW, and the Department of Health Victoria as clients he has supported.

Nigel D’Souza—P.Eng.—has a career spanning private and public sector operations and corporate leadership. Nigel led program development and operation of the asset and maintenance management program for Ontario’s provincial Crown water utility (the largest water and wastewater operator in Canada). Currently, he is the manager of facilities services for the Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board. With more than a decade of leading asset and maintenance management practices, Nigel continues to raise awareness and recognition of this field and continues to serve on the PEMAC Board of Directors.

Bachelier en Administration des Affaires et en Informatique, il possède plus de 36 ans d’expérience dans le développement de logiciel GMAO.
Il est Co-fondateur de Cogep en 1989, il est Président Directeur Général de Cogep depuis 2007, sous sa gouverne l’entreprise a quadruplé son chiffre d’affaires et possède maintenant des clients dans plus de 20 pays.
Très impliqué dans l’opération de l’entreprise et dans la constante évolution du logiciel Guide Ti, il participe à plusieurs comités de direction d’entreprises pour le déploiement des meilleures pratiques de maintenance et la mise en place d’indicateurs de performance.

With a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Computer Science, he brings over 36 years of experience in GMAO software development. He co-founded Cogep in 1989 and has been the CEO since 2007. Under his leadership, the company's revenue has quadrupled, and it now serves clients in over 20 countries.

He is deeply involved in the company's operations and the continuous evolution of the Guide Ti software. He actively participates in various corporate management committees for the deployment of maintenance best practices and the implementation of performance indicators.

Over ten years’ experience in university instruction, communication strategy, and media relations, with a strong aptitude for content creation, technical writing, media liaison, and communication consultancy. A proficient business communication specialist, holding an extensive background in learning & development consulting, instructional design, blended learning, and LMS content development with demonstrated expertise in communication training, workshop design, project management, consultancy, implementation, and evaluation.

Susan Lubell—P.Eng., MBA, MMP, CAMA—has extensive experience in the fields of asset management, reliability, maintenance management, and operational excellence. She brings over 25 years of progressive experience leading teams through their improvement journeys, connecting organizational business goals and objectives with practical actions implemented at the front line to drive business results. The author of Root Cause Analysis Made Simple, Susan has had a variety of industry roles, including director and past-president of PEMAC, chair of the PEMAC Competency Committee, and chair of World Partners in Asset Management (WPiAM). Her current role is on the Steering Committee for the Global Forum on Maintenance & Asset Management (GFMAM) Landscape revision.

Jason Smith is a senior mechanical engineer at KGS Group specializing in design of process mechanical systems in industrial facilities and municipal water/wastewater treatment plants. His experience includes inspection and performance/condition assessment of plant mechanical and piping systems for process and utility applications. Jason has 25 years of experience at KGS Group providing consulting engineering services to clients in industrial processing/manufacturing, power/utility, and municipal water/wastewater sectors. He has also worked as an engineer within the operations and maintenance divisions of pharmaceutical and mining processing facilities.

I am a demonstrated and consummate professional with 26 years, firsthand experience in physical asset management through operational and reliability excellence. It is my pursuit as an agent of change in the landscape of operations, maintenance and reliability to couple best practices while aligning the strengths and diversity of the employees to achieve success. Such cooperation and synergy have resulted in enhancement of strategies to support autonomy, mastery and purpose in the context of asset management frameworks and continual improvement.

I have been fortunate to engage in managing assets starting my journey as a journeyman industrial mechanic and apprentice industrial electrician, which further supported my growth and development of skillsets to become a craftsman at my trade, while expanding my knowledge to maintenance planning, supervision, and management in senior roles within a number of industries, such as manufacturing, pulp & paper, engineered lumber products, mining, oil & gas, and marine transportation. I have also had the opportunity to engage as principal consultant in reliability for mining, oil & gas and green energy solutions within Canada, United States and Australia.

I am currently employed with Agnico Eagle Mining Ltd., with the Asset Management group as part of the Nunavut service groups supporting our 3 mining operations in the Nunavut region.

Iqbal Singh Biln is the corporate manager for technical programs at the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp. He is an experienced engineering professional with 30 years of multidisciplinary experience in asset management, engineering, infrastructure management, maintenance, and operations in the mining and marine industries. He has managed large, multi-scale projects, including preparation of business cases, investment justification, budget management, risk analysis, equipment selection, procurement, and construction management. Iqbal has also developed and implemented infrastructure inspection and assessment programs, preventative maintenance programs, business plans, and long-term asset renewal programs. As a Six Sigma Champion, Iqbal is committed to excellence through continuous improvement. He holds a B.Eng. and an MBA and is a registered professional engineer in Ontario. He also is a Certified Asset Management Assessor (CAMA) and a Certified Maintenance Management Professional (MMP).

Sathishkumar Nachimuthu is a young, diligent, and industrious team player who always loves to work in a challenging work environment, with a positive attitude. Sathishkumar is currently working as a reliability manager at Weyerhaeuser, Drayton Valley Sawmill, and leading all the reliability initiatives at the sawmill to establish and sustain an effective, optimal, and comprehensive reliability and maintenance program. Sathishkumar obtained a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering in India and an M.Sc. in Engineering Management at the University of Alberta, Canada. Sathishkumar worked as a “research assistant” at the Reliability Research Lab at the University of Alberta, under the supervision of Dr. Ming Zuo, who is a global leader in physical asset management, reliability, and maintenance research. Sathishkumar developed prime knowledge in physical asset management, reliability, and maintenance through his time at the Reliability Research Lab,. Sathishkumar worked with Dr. Ming Zuo and has published his research work in reliability and maintenance areas in highly reputed journals and conferences. Sathishkumar gained expertise in ISO 55000, asset management strategy, methods, and models, through his asset management summer school in Zhejiang University, China. Sathishkumar worked with the asset management department of EPCOR Utilities Inc. (Electricity Operations and Water Treatment Plant) on multiple reliability and asset management roles and then joined West Fraser as a reliability specialist. Sathishkumar successfully led multiple reliability improvement initiatives and projects in West Fraser Hinton Pulp and produced impactful results in mill reliability and availability. Sathishkumar holds multiple professional credentials; namely, the Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP), Certified Reliability Leader (CRL), and IAM Certification in Asset Management.

Angela Saldivar is an asset integrity management (AIM) and risk-based inspection (RBI) specialist with over 10 years’ industry experience helping owner/operators achieve excellence in compliance and reliability. She has worked with several inspection and engineering companies such as Mistras, Team Industrial, and Equity Engineering, and is currently the AIM/RBI specialist for Antea. Angela has also worked as an owner/user with Mitsubishi Chemical America as an asset integrity specialist.

Tony Huang is a senior engineer at Toronto Water. He specializes in the reliability of electrical equipment and, more recently, data and information management foundations for asset management.

Nam Pham is an asset information management solutions delivery lead with over 15 years of experience working in both the technology/IT and business sides of mega upstream oil & gas projects. His previous roles include digital twin lead at ExxonMobil, and solutions architect and IT manager for a major EPC where he architected and deployed engineering design tool and asset information management solutions. Nam has contributed to, and applied, key industry standards such as FL3DMS and CFIHOS within large organizations. He currently represents ReVisionz on CFIHOS.