Asset Champion Podcast | Physical Asset Management | Facility Management | Facilities Maintenance and Operations

Don Barry is President and Principal Consultant at Asset Acumen Consulting where he is experienced in helping clients with Predictive Asset Analytics, supporting Asset Management strategy, Reliability, Maximo and APM solutions. In February 2021, Mike Petrusky hosted Don for a webinar entitled, "A Deeper Dive into Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM)" where they explored what asset intensive orga...

Robert (Bob) Latino is an internationally recognized author, trainer, software developer, lecturer and practitioner of best practices in the field of Reliability Engineering and specifically in Root Cause Analysis & Investigation Management. He is the CEO of Reliability Center, Inc. where he has been facilitating RCA & FMEA analyses with his clientele around the world for over 35 years and has tau...

Michael Hardy is an Asset Management Leader for the Buildings & Infrastructure Group at Bureau Veritas where he is a trusted advisor focused on strategic engagement with customers to achieve alignment between agency goals and service capabilities. Mike Petrusky asks Michael about his experiences and expertise as they relate to Strategic Asset Management, ISO 55000 and the role of technology in the...

In Part 2 of their discussion, Malavika Tohani, Operational Excellence Leader at Verdantix and Cody Gray, Director of Product and Design at the iOFFICE Asset Division talk about mobile applications and how to get started on your digitization journey. This audio is from the January 2021 webinar called "The Digital Transformation of Asset Management" hosted by Mike Petrusky which explored Verdantix'...

Malavika Tohani leads the Operational Excellence practice at Verdantix, a UK-based firm, where her current research agenda focuses on digital technologies for Operational Excellence including digital twins and software solutions for operational risk and asset performance management. In January 2021, Mike Petrusky hosted a discussion with Malavika and Cody Gray, Director of Product for the iOFFICE...

Alex Carter is the Director of Demand Gen for the iOFFICE Asset Division where he leads a team that is tasked with understanding the needs of the customer base while also exploring trends in the marketplace. Mike Petrusky asks Alex about some of the challenges that asset management professionals are facing and how they can overcome them using the latest CMMS and EAM software technology. They discu...

Lucas Marino, D.Eng., PMP, CMRP is a Life Cycle Engineer / Integrated Logistics Support Manager at Amentum and the Founder of EAST Partnership where he is passionate about reliability engineering, maintenance, provisioning, training, and configuration management. Mike Petrusky asks Lucas to provide an overview of the asset management industry and trends in the marketplace while sharing his areas o...

Stan Mitchell is CEO of Key Facilities Management International, the UK's longest-established Facilities Management business and a globally-recognized FM pioneer. Stormy Friday is President of The Friday Group, an internationally recognized woman-owned facilities management consulting firm that generates customized solutions and strategies to current business issues and challenges. Mike Petrusky a...

Heshan Samarawickrama, BEng, DipPM, PMI is Manager at VBIS where his experience spans across new offerings development, business transformation, business management, project management and engineering. Mike Petrusky asks Heshan about his experiences engineering and delivering building projects and how he later moved to business management and now is involved in Asset Management while delivering se...

Ramesh Gulati, PE, CMRP, CMRT, CRL, CRE, CAMA is an Asset Management & Reliability Specialist at JACOBS, Asset Management Group in Tullahoma, TN where he is a world-renowned leader in the maintenance, reliability and asset management field and the author of more than four books, including the award-winning "Maintenance and Reliability Best Practices", now in its third edition. Mike Petrusky asks R...

Mike Petrusky celebrates the "quarter century" episode of the podcast by sharing a fast-paced highlight reel featuring some of the inspiring quotes and commentary delivered during the show. Past guests Suzane Greeman ASQ-CMQOE, CAMA, CAMP, CMRP, MBA, Chris Klos, Darrell Rounds, FMA, C.E.M., Alex Abraham, Don Barry, Carolyn McGary, FMP, CFM, SFP, Susan Lubell, P.Eng, MBA, MMP, CAMA, Frank "Chip" Kn...

Darin Rose CFM, SFP, GGP, CRFP is Facilities Supervisor at the City of Englewood, Colorado where he uses his experience as a Facilities and Asset Management leader to oversee complex, multi-site facilities. Mike Petrusky asks Darin about his career in facility management and the role that IFMA has played in his education and career advancement while helping others at the same time. They explore in...

Frank "Chip" Knowlton is Partner Consulting Sales, Travel, Transportation & Hospitality at DXC Technology where he is passionate about providing cost-effective, innovative solutions and go-to-market strategies within asset-intensive Private and Public Sector industries and rapidly changing business environments. Mike Petrusky asks Chip about his career journey and experiences from the United State...

John Fortin is Global Lead for Asset Management at JACOBS where he enjoys leading an internal Global Asset Management Community of Practice as well as supporting execution of a diverse portfolio of client strategic initiatives leveraging the principles from the DELTA FORCE model. Mike Petrusky asks John about his experiences as an asset management and reliability practitioner with years of facilit...

Kylash Ramesh is a Management Analyst in the Office of Research Facilities (ORF) and Division of Facilities Operations & Maintenance (DFOM) at The National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. He is a Program Manager for ORF Asset Management which includes the internal policy, contractual language, and procedure applicable to all NIH construction/renovation projects, facilitating the turnov...

Mary Jo Cherney is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and reliability professional with experience in centralized maintenance, total productive maintenance and global maintenance reliability at international manufacturing companies like Nissan North America and GE Appliances among others. Mike Petrusky asks Mary Jo about her book (co-authored by Robert Dapere) called "The Visual Management Handbook" and...

Suzane Greeman ASQ-CMQOE, CAMA, CAMP, CMRP, MBA of Greeman Asset Management Solutions, Inc. returns to the podcast for an update six months after recording her original interview that launched this show (see Episodes 2&3). Mike Petrusky asks Suzane about the webinars and workshops she has been doing during the COVID-19 pandemic while also updating listeners about giving away copies of her book, "R...

Tom McCormick is General Manager of the Asset Division for iOFFICE where he directs teams under the ManagerPlus and Hippo CMMS brands to provide industry-leading Real Estate Facilities, Business Operations, and Enterprise Asset Management solutions to help organizations of all sizes deliver modern, frictionless experiences to their clients and building occupants. Mike Petrusky ask Tom about the la...

Susan Lubell, P.Eng, MBA, MMP, CAMA is Principal Consultant at Steppe Consulting and President of PEMAC, the Asset Management Association of Canada while she specializes in reliability strategy, cost effective lean maintenance and operational excellence. Mike Petrusky asks Susan about her book called, "Root Cause Analysis Made Simple: Driving Bottom-Line Improvements by Preventing One Failure at a...

Scott Mason, CHOP, FRSPH(UK), HCC is Director of Business Development at Facility Health, Inc. where he helps organizations with CapX & OPX Planning, Enterprise Asset Management, Risk Management, and Life Safety challenges. Mike Petrusky asks Scott about his vast experience in the facilities maintenance and asset management disciplines and they discuss some of the specific challenges related to re...

Leanne Cluley is Founder & CEO at Reduxo, a company based in Melbourne, Australia that provides physical asset audit services and facility condition assessments. Mike Petrusky asks Leanne about her experiences providing physical asset audit inspections for all types of assets and how the data collected provides the basis for lifecycle costing models, preventative and predictive maintenance, and re...

Carolyn McGary, FMP, CFM, SFP is known as a "Wonder Woman" in the facility management industry because of her passion for the future of the built environment. She is currently Assistant PM and a Quality Control, Safety and "CMMS Guru" at Electronic Metrology Laboratory (EML) where she uses her experience in project and facility management to deliver on operations and maintenance goals. Mike Petrus...

Dean Stanberry, CFM, LEED AP O+M, is a solutions-oriented facilities professional with over 20 years of broad-based experience in facilities management, real estate portfolio management, process & quality improvement, procurement, workplace services, program and project management, space & occupancy planning, sustainability, information systems implementation, and critical environment operations....

Don Barry is President and Principal Consultant at Asset Acumen Consulting where he is experienced in helping clients with Predictive Asset Analytics, supporting Asset Management strategy, Reliability, Maximo and APM solutions. Mike Petrusky asks Don about his decades of experience in the industry and they discuss the importance of a holistic asset management strategy, Reliability Centered Mainten...

Alex Abraham is an independent lean industrial engineer and the CEO of Lean Success Partners in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada where he helps organizations with successful implementation, maintenance and continuous improvement of software solutions for business processes (ERPs), maintenance management and safety management. Mike Petrusky asks Alex about his consulting philosophy and how he advises cli...