On May 19 2026, during The Reliability Conference, women with distinguished careers and organizational leadership will discuss “Uptime® Elements: People and Culture at Work. Framework and Implementation” at the WIRAM Panel, organized by Women in Reliability and Asset Management (WIRAM). This session, led by Maura Abad, WIRAM Global Director, is an initiative focused on promoting the professional growth of women in the industry.
Professional women are transforming the business landscape, providing companies and organizations with diverse perspectives, new approaches to developing solutions, and the flexibility and resilience needed in an industry where change is the only constant. Women in Reliability and Asset Management (WIRAM) will invite prominent professionals to participate as speakers at the WIRAM Panel at The Reliability Conference 2026, to be held at the South San Francisco Conference Center, San Francisco, CA, USA, on May 19 at 12:40 pm.
The WIRAM Panel is one of the activities WIRAM conducts throughout the year to increase the visibility of women in the industry, benefiting companies through the sharing of knowledge and proven practices in the fields of reliability and asset management. The topic to be discussed at this event will be “Uptime® Elements: People and Culture at Work. Framework and Implementation,” moderated by Maura Abad, WIRAM Global Director and Chief Operations Officer at the Reliability Leadership Institute®.
Diti Sood, Founder and CEO of Bolo AI; Kimi Omi, Vice President of Northern California Support Services at Kaiser Permanente; Hannah Lin, Engineering Supervisor at San Jose Water; and Jennifer Jabara, Global Talent & Education Lead for Integrated Facilities Management at CBRE, will integrate this panel, discussing aspects essential to business and focusing on how culture and people influence organizational success.
Diti Sood
Founder and CEO of Bolo AI
Kimi Omi
Vice President of Northern California Support Services at Kaiser Permanente
Hannah Lin
Engineering Supervisor at San Jose Water
Jennifer Jabara
Global Talent & Education Lead for Integrated Facilities Management at CBRE
About WIRAM
Women in Reliability and Asset Management (WIRAM) is the organization that, under the umbrella of the Association of Asset Management Professionals (AMP), promotes and highlights the role and contributions of women to Reliability, Industrial Maintenance, and Asset Management.
A Domain to Master Results
People and Culture at Work is one of the most recent Domains added to the Uptime® Elements Framework, and it addresses the impact of culture on organizational results, recognizing that culture is shaped by people and the set of values they share. Reliability is the result of a culture shared by all, with a common language and systems and strategies aligned with the company’s objectives.
Understanding this framework and applying the strategies it proposes enhances the quality of results, the rigor of processes, the granularity of information, operational excellence, financial robustness, and the resilience of the entire organization. But it is essential that teams are properly trained and informed, and this is part of what this WIRAM Panel hopes to achieve: raising awareness and providing information on the impact of reliability and asset management on business results, discussed and explained by women leaders in the sector.
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