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New WIRAM Chapters, new Black Belts, new Badges, creation of the Advocate of the Year Award, sponsorship of major Maintenance, Reliability and Asset Management conferences, and many more developments took place in 2024, all to enhance the service we provide to Asset Management professionals and organizations around the world.
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Our Asset Management Visionaries Podcast, Shaping tomorrow, has been a resounding success with our community members.
At AMP, the Association of Asset Management Professionals, we are preparing to enter 2025 with renewed energy and the same commitment to the members of our broad global community of professionals and organizations who embrace asset management as the most expeditious path to strong and competitive businesses, while extending the useful life of assets in industry that are safe for people and the environment, with sustainable operations and results over time.
During 2024, we at AMP Association of Asset Management Professionals developed a series of activities aimed at improving our services and the resources we make available to asset management professionals. Our organization is divided into chapters around the world to coordinate efforts and resources towards fulfilling our asset management outreach activities through forums and webinars. This year new chapters were created: Abu Dhabi, South Africa and Texas, in addition to the reactivation of other chapters such as Ecuador and Washington.
WIRAM, Women in Reliability and Asset Management, is the organization under the umbrella of AMP, that works to project and elevate the image of women within the Asset Management industry in order to close the gender gap in the profession and support diversity and inclusion, which in turn will translate into better results for companies and organizations. In 2024, new chapters were inaugurated, such as the Europe Chapter. This allows organizing the efforts and initiatives of women around the world that are opening more opportunities for other professional women within the industry.
Similarly, the internal structure of the WIRAM chapters was modified, as previously the chapter leadership was made up of two co-leaders, while now there are four co-leaders per chapter, plus a PR/Marketing responsible and a secretary. New women in the USA, Canada and LATAM are occupying these positions, committing themselves to the work of Women in Reliability and Asset Management and creating more spaces for the professional development of women in this field.
New awards, recognition and winners
Within the Association of Asset Management, this year the Marketing team was created to provide better attention and support to the members of the organization, as well as to disseminate all the work we do.
This year, for the first time, the Advocate of the Year Award was created and presented to Reynaldo Marquez, CRL-Black Belt, Site Manager & General Maintenance Manager in the Doe Run organization. Marquez received this recognition at the 38th International Maintenance Conference 2024. Being the first advocate to be recognized with this award, Marquez showed his appreciation for this distinction, thus becoming an example of support and endorsement for the work of Women in Reliability and Asset Management.
Other substantial improvements in our organization for the benefit of our members:
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Update of the AMP brand.
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Improvements to the graphic look and feel and web content
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Renewal of the Monthly Newsletter
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A wide range of updated videos on the web about conferences and webinars.
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Social media presence
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Sponsorship of asset management events such as The Reliability Conference 2024, MAXIMOWORLD 2024, and International Maintenance Conference 2024.
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Creation and support of the Certification Volunteer Committee, with great success in Question Writing Workshops (for CRL® and CMM™ Certification exams).
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Organization of WIRAM Team Members for better functioning of Women in Reliability and Asset Management and capitalization of the effort made by volunteers worldwide.
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Evaluations of Uptime® Elements Domain Level Badges
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Creation of new badges for Internet of Things and Lubrication Leader: IoT and Lube Badge.
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AMP Chapter additions
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Mastery Belt additions
New CRL Black Belts 2024
The Association of Asset Management Professionals recognized five professionals this year 2024 with the CRL Black Belt Awards, the highest recognition received by those on a journey of training, learning and continuous improvement in Asset and Reliability Management.
CRL Black Belts are earned once a project has been developed and completed for each of the Uptime® Elements™ Framework Domains, with a demonstrated positive impact on the organization targeted by those projects. Each improvement project receives a belt corresponding to the domain on which it was performed. Once at least one project per domain is completed, AMP awards the Black Belt, which this year took place during the 38th International Maintenance Conference IMC2024.
The recipients were:
Matthew Tingsanchali:
Matthew Tingsanchali studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, and currently serves as Senior Reliability Engineer at JLL, where he works for the successful implementation of reliability and asset management programs and processes. His professional experience includes preventive maintenance optimization, failure mode analysis, condition-based maintenance and mechanical repairs, and he has worked in various industries such as chemical production and offshore drilling. He holds an Engineering-in-Training license and certifications as a Certified Reliability Leader® and Facilities Management Professional.
Sheldon Roper
Sheldon Roper graduated from Massachusetts Maritime Academy in 2014 and began his career working in the Gulf of Mexico on an offshore towing vessel. He currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee with his wife and two daughters. After the birth of his first daughter, he began working for JLL as Assistant Chief Engineer, and currently serves as Reliability Engineer for the CyrusOne and Mars Wrigley account.
Russ Parrish
Russ Parrish is a Business Transformation Leader for Reliabilityweb.com and began his career in the US Navy Submarine Nuclear Power Program as an electrician. Parrish is a Reliability Engineer and maintenance professional with extensive knowledge and proven results. He holds a bachelor's degree in Sociology/Nuclear Technology, a master's degree in Information Systems Management and an MBA. He also holds a number of significant certifications including Certified Reliability Leader, Maintenance and Reliability Professional, Project Manager, RCM Practitioner, Lean Six Sigma, and Six Sigma Black Belt.
Michael Pieczko
Mike Pieczko (CBRE) has been in the Reliability business for 30 years, which has allowed him to develop extensive experience in the field. His professional performance has allowed him to consolidate his experience in areas such as Plant Engineering, Project Engineering, Quality, Reliability Engineering in support of manufacturing, Utilities and Facilities. Throughout his years of work, he has cultivated a solid philosophy of working alongside maintenance personnel hand in hand, helping others and doing what needs to be done.
Ian Higham
Ian Higham is EMEA Lead Reliability and Asset Management at JLL. He graduated from The University of Huddersfield with a degree in Electrical Engineering and has a long and proven track record in the maintenance and asset management industry. He is a 2024 CRL Black Belt and is also an IAM Volunteer with The Institute of Asset Management. Ian is an international management consultant, a globally recognized expert in productivity/performance improvement, equipment reliability, re-engineering and business process development and has developed his expertise in countries such as the USA, China, Middle East, Asia, Europe, Africa and Australia.