ALN 2022 Spring Summit: Microgrid Asset Leadership

Posted on April 25, 2022June 28, 2022 by Nick Knoke

Microgrids are local energy grids that may connect to, and disconnect from, traditional wide-area electric grids. Microgrids are valued for power reliability at critical infrastructure, such as hospitals, water treatment plants, in disaster recovery areas, and after armed conflicts, like in Ukraine. A structured approach to asset management combined with Microgrid innovation will help leaders understand how to gain dramatic benefits in support of mission sustainability. ALN Micr...

People Are Not Assets – Roundtable

Posted on April 22, 2022June 28, 2022 by Nick Knoke

It is common for organizational leaders to say, “Our people are our most important assets.” While well-meaning, assets are things - tangible and intangible. The contributions of people are the intangible assets that are being referred to in the misguided phrase above. The patents, copyrights, and other intellectual property of people are assets, not the people themselves. https://youtu.be/Djn-7vzVBMs https://youtu.be/3Q9BOvVdE_0 Opening Statements https://youtu.be/2Fy_s...

Jack Kelly and Yvonne Carney – ALN Th@3

Posted on April 21, 2022June 28, 2022 by Contractor ALN

Jack Kelly, ALN Board of Directors, ALN Senior Fellow, and Yvonne Carney, Strategic Performance Director, WSSC Water; Both are members of the TC 251 Work Group and Members of US TAG Mirror Committee 3, Communications, which Ms. Carney leads. They discuss an extensive communication plan for the US TAG, which is launching its own website for the first time. Full Event https://youtu.be/6_HHmkNZzS4 Website Demo https://youtu.be/5zpJTpoKOD0 Commercials https://youtu.be...

Kimon Onuma – ALN Th@3

Posted on April 14, 2022June 28, 2022 by Contractor ALN

Kimon Onuma, President, ONUMA, Inc., an ALN Patron Member, discusses the California BIMin’, the Summer 2022 BIMStorm that will feature the Los Angeles Community College District and others who use a web-based Building Information Modeling approach to asset management. This “digital twin” approach to asset management captures planning decisions and information in cloud databases to be used throughout the life of a project – and all the assets in it. Mr. Onuma has led award-winning public BIMStor...

Daniel Ortiz Plata – ALN Th@3 Especial

Posted on March 31, 2022June 28, 2022 by Nick Knoke

Daniel Ortiz Plata, is an ALN Senior Fellow and the Manager of Ortiz Ruiz Consultorres, which provides asset management consulting with a focus on risk-based approaches to maintenance, inventory of spare parts, and other services. Mr. Ortiz is active in ISO 55001 certification programs in the U.S., Central America, and South America. He is working in water and wastewater, mining and other markets. He advises on energy savings based on ISO 55001, plant shutdown, Life Cycle Cost Evaluation, root ...

ISO 55001 in 3D

Posted on October 4, 2021October 4, 2021 by Nick Knoke

Organizations truly interested in making fundamental and sustained improvements to mission achievement performance will be interested in applying ISO 55000-based strategies to do so. The ISO 55000 series details a framework on how to implement, leverage and advance asset management solutions and strategies. Organization’s may want to implement ISO 55000 is simply to improve performance and save money and resources when doing so. https://youtu.be/Qd-4PF8gi44 The international standar...

Jesse Rothkopf – ALN Th@4

Posted on September 24, 2021September 24, 2021 by Nick Knoke

Jesse Rothkopf, was with IBM for 10 years prior to his current position as Managing Principal at LCE. At IBM, Mr. Rothkopf headed the North American Public Sector sales team and was heavily involved in a solutions-oriented approach to federal, state, and local governments. At LCE, Mr. Rothkopf leads transportation and non-manufacturing sectors with an asset-intensive approach that leverages advanced technology solutions and ISO 55000 to provide dramatic benefits to owner organizations. He h...

Laverne Deckert – ALN Th@4

Posted on September 16, 2021September 16, 2021 by Nick Knoke

Laverne Deckert, Lead Chameleon at her business imaChameleon, is a driving force in the Facilities Management world, with extensive international experience in standards development and professional certification. Working for IFMA (International Facilities Management Association) and as a consultant, she has led and supported numerous committees, work groups, and advisory groups of ISO TC 267 Facilities Management, including the development of the ISO 41001, the Management System Standard f...

Mark West – ALN Th@4

Posted on September 13, 2021September 13, 2021 by Nick Knoke

Mark West, ABS Group Senior Director of Reliability Services, first served 8 years in the U.S Navy involved in nuclear power plants and nuclear power training. Since then, he has served in a several key reliability and maintenance positions developing processes and controls for dramatically improving productivity and profitability. At ABS Group, he is the key author of two White Papers co-published with the Asset Leadership Network. Mr. West will be sharing his lessons learned from an exten...

Mary Adams – ALN Th@4

Posted on September 6, 2021September 8, 2021 by Nick Knoke

Mary Adams founded Smarter Companies to focus on intangible capital management in a way to address what she calls the two mega-trends impacting all organizations – 1) Rise of knowledge economy and 2) the urgency of social and environmental sustainability. Ms. Adams has promoted multi-capital models to bring long-term thinking to the private company market. Ms. Adams is the co-author of “Intangible Capital: Putting Knowledge to Work in the 21st Century Organization” and has been publish...