Rob MacArthur, President of GenesisSolutions

Happy New Year. I hope everyone had an enjoyable holiday season with friends and family.

2011 marked our 12th year for GenesisSolutions. Despite a variety of economic headwinds facing the global economy, we finished a near record year in terms of growth and volume. We thank you, our customers and partners, for making this happen.

Throughout the year we continued to grow in all practice areas and all geographies. It would seem true that Enterprise Asset Management is a fundamental necessity for our industrial customers in both up, down and sideway markets.

Looking forward into 2012 we continue to see strong growth as the fusion of EAM technologies and advanced reliability-based maintenance programs continues to expand. We will of course continue to grow to meet our customers growing needs related to EAM. We have also entered into key strategic relationships with a number of leading industrial service and technology firms which allows us to expand our reach as well as provide more expansive and robust EAM solutions to our customers. More to come on all of these in future newsletters but we anticipate a very exciting 2012 ahead.

As always, thank you for all your support and business throughout 2011. From all of us here at GenesisSolutions we wish a very happy, prosperous and safe 2012 to you and your families.

Best Regards,

Rob MacArthur, President

Asset Management Master Planning

The Evolution of Maintenance Master Planning

Mike Greenholtz & Quinton GoForth

Early last year an article was posted entitled “Maintenance Master Planning” where Mike Greenholtz described the implementation approach and benefits of an Asset Management program. Much of the article described Mike’s global implementation experiences, which began nearly a decade ago at a world class Pharmaceutical company. We have had the opportunity over the past several years to introduce Maintenance Master Planning to many of our GenesisSolutions customers. As part of a continuous improvement effort, we have modified the master planning process to include a DMAIC approach, which is a 6 Sigma quality management tool, thus evolving Maintenance Master Planning to a more comprehensive Asset Management Master Planning process.

In a sequential series of articles to be published in this newsletter, we will describe the updated process in detail to provide you with a greater understanding of how this method can bring value to your company. Over the course of this five part series, we will convey how we “Define” asset management maturity, “Measure” and assess the current state of asset management, “Analyze” the assessment to develop a master plan, “Improve” asset management through master plan implementation, and finally “Control” and sustain the performance improvement.

Click Here to View the Full Article

Click Here to View Original Maintenance Master Planning Article

EAM & Reliability Strategy Seminars

January 18, 2012 - Mobile, Alabama

February 23, 2012 - Atlanta, Georgia

You are invited to join us as our 2012 EAM & Reliability Seminar series continues. GenesisSolutions, in conjunction with The Mundy Companies, is committed to providing an educational forum to promote a greater understanding of a progressive, multiphase Maintenance Master Plan and how to leverage your CMMS investment to support your Reliability Strategy. The links below will take you to a full description of each one-day EAM and Reliability Strategy Seminar which has a focus on “Defining your Asset Management Master Plan.”

Click here for Logistics, Seminar Agenda and Speaker Bio’s for Mobile, Alabama

Click here for Logistics, Seminar Agenda and Speaker Bio’s for Atlanta, Georgia

To register immediately, please send a request to: info@genesissolutions.com

Upcoming Seminar Dates Include:

• Corpus Christi, Texas - March 20th, 2012
• San Diego, California - April 19th, 2012

Upcoming Industry Events

• Mountain West Maximo User Group (MWMUG)
• Winter Meeting 2012
• January 19, 2012
• Lehi, Utah

GenesisSolutions is a sponsor & presenter and will be attending this annual meeting featuring IBM Maximo Asset Management technical and functional presentations and training opportunities. Joe Schmidt, Strategic Account Executive at Genesis, will be presenting a customer project overview on a Power Utility executing Asset Reliability Improvements utilizing Maximo as its CMMS.

For more information please visit: http://mwmug.org/

• Pacific Northwest Maximo User Group (PANMU)
• Winter Meeting 2012
• January 20, 2012
• Seattle, Washington (Hosted by IBM)

The Pacific Northwest Maximo Users Group (PANMU) is a regional group of professionals who support and/or use IBM Maximo Asset Management in the workplace as well as business partners who provide support related to Maximo. The membership spans multiple states and provinces in USA and Canada as well as the various industries in which Maximo is used. All are welcome to participate, regardless of experience, area of involvement or ability to participate in quarterly meetings.

GenesisSolutions will be attending this meeting which features presentations by IBM & Seattle Public Utilities and will be participating on a Planning / Scheduling & Asset Management roundtable discussion with Solufy (www.Solufy.com).

For more information, please visit the PANMU website: http://www.panmu.org

• IBM Pulse 2012
• March 4-7, 2012
• Las Vegas, Nevada

GenesisSolutions is a Gold Sponsor and will be presenting and exhibiting at this major IBM Maximo Asset Management event. Please monitor our website and follow our newsletter for updates as we draw closer to this event.

Our IBM Pulse 2012 presentations include:

1. A Co-Presentation with a Global Pharmaceutical Healthcare Provider
2. A Co-Presentation with a Major North American Power Utility
3. A Solution Expo Presentation on our EAM Maturity Continuum

For more information please visit: http://www-01.ibm.com/software/tivoli/pulse/

Mike Greenholtz & Quinton GoForth

GenesisSolutions and The Mundy Companies invite you and your team to attend a complimentary, one-day, Enterprise Asset Management and Reliability Strategy Seminar and Workshop, at the Marriott Renaissance Atlanta Midtown, on Thursday, February 23, 2012.  Breakfast and lunch provided. 

GenesisSolutions and The Mundy Companies are committed to providing an educational forum to promote a greater understanding of a progressive, multiphase Maintenance Master Plan and how to leverage your CMMS investment to support your Reliability Strategy.  Click the link below to view a full description of our one-day EAM and Reliability Strategy Seminar which has a focus on “Defining your Maintenance Master Plan.”

Click here to view the Full Seminar Description and Speaker Bio’s

• Stephen Santoro, Principal Consultant
• Bobby Threatt, Principal Consultant

GenesisSolutions announced the recipients of their 9th Annual Founders Award during their annual company meeting in November. The Founders Award is given to the employee(s) who demonstrate excellence in one of the following areas as determined by their customers: 

• Customer Service
• Teamwork
• Results

We also look to nominate those individuals that exhibit amazing leadership and perseverance in the face of a most difficult business condition or set of project constraints; a person that delivers project quality excellence in spite of these obstacles. The 2011 Founders Award Recipients are:

Stephen Santoro, Principal Consultant

Stephen was recognized for his positive energy, confidence and exceptional level of professionalism in leading a multi-year successful project (ongoing) as well as exuding calm to ensure a smooth transition during a potential crisis situation. His firm, positive leadership has led to a successful CMMS implementation, where he has integrated GenesisSolutions into the client team as one seamless organization. His interaction with all business areas coupled with his listening skills and critical advice during the project planning phase has added to this successful outcome.

Stephen has been with GenesisSolutions since 2001 and has been engaged with a Major Power Utility for several years on a CMMS transition & implementation project.

Bobby Threatt, Principal Consultant

Bobby was recognized as a valuable asset to his EAM deployment team through his technical expertise, knowledge & guidance, and his natural leadership abilities to drive success managing multiple concurrent projects. He is recognized as a team player, dedicating hard work and long hours to complete time sensitive deliverables, ensuring successful completion for projects whose demands are ‘not for the faint of heart’. Bobby’s presence alone contributed to the project success as his genuine concern for the project, co-workers and colleagues brought the team together and helped drive the overall continuing success.

Bobby has been with GenesisSolutions since 2008 and has been engaged with a Global Pharmaceutical for several years on a multi-site EAM implementation project.

GenesisSolutions to Present at ISPE DelVal Chapter Meeting

January 10, 2012 - Malvern, Pennsylvania

GenesisSolutions VP of Reliability Services, Mr. Mike Greenholtz, will be presenting to the ISPE Delaware Valley Chapter during their Dual Track Meeting January 10, 2012 at the Desmond Hotel in Malvern, PA.

Details on the event and this local ISPE Chapter are available on their website.

Mike’s presentation will focus on GenesisSolutions commitment to providing the engineering community a greater understanding of a progressive, multiphase Maintenance Master Plan and how to leverage an organizations CMMS investment to support Reliability Strategy. The outcome of the presentation will be that each individual will begin to understand how to develop and implement a Maintenance Master Plan to achieve sustainable Best-in-Class performance levels for proactive maintenance resulting in significant OEE improvements on targeted equipment as well as improvements in “right first time quality” metrics.

About the ISPE Delaware Valley Chapter

Since 1986 the ISPE Delaware Valley Chapter has grown and matured. Today, the chapter has more than 1600 members, and offers a wide-ranging schedule of programs annually, including lectures, panel discussions, facility tours, a vendor exhibit, a holiday social event and an annual golf tournament.

EAM & Reliability Strategy Seminar

January 18, 2012 - Mobile, Alabama

GenesisSolutions and The Mundy Companies will be hosting a complimentary seminar on Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) and Reliability Strategy in Mobile, Alabama on Wednesday, January 18th, 2012. The seminar will be hosted at the Marriott Renaissance Mobile Riverview Plaza. To view the complete agenda and logistical details, please Click Here.

The main emphasis of the seminar will be on the following topics:

• Maintenance Maturity Continuum
• Current State Assessment
• Maintenance Master Planning
• Implementation Models for Operational Excellence
• Maintenance Excellence Governance Model
• Reliability Based Maintenance
• Maximizing Return on Investment
• Key Elements for Success, including:
  • Organizational Readiness
  • CMMS Functionality & Utilization (IBM Maximo, Infor EAM, Oracle EAM, SAP PM)
  • MRO Supply Chain
  • PM Optimization
  • Planning & Scheduling

Intended Audience: Maintenance & Manufacturing Managers & Directors, Engineering & Finance Managers & Directors, Key Stakeholders from Maintenance, Purchasing and IT, including Maintenance Supervisors, Planners / Schedulers, and CMMS Administrators

Instructors: Mike Greenholtz, VP of Reliability Solutions; Joe Pitman, VP of Sales & Marketing;  John Rocco, EVP, The Mundy Companies

We hope you can join us for this educational and interactive discussion. Please contact (203) 431-0281 or info@genesissolutions.com for additional information.

Upcoming Events

• Mountain West Maximo User Group (MWMUG)
• Winter Meeting 2012
• January 19, 2012
• Lehi, Utah

GenesisSolutions is a sponsor and will be attending this meeting featuring Maximo technical and functional presentations and training opportunities.

For more information please visit: http://mwmug.org/

• IBM Pulse 2012
• March 2012
• Las Vegas, Nevada

GenesisSolutions is a Gold Sponsor and will be presenting and exhibiting at this major IBM Maximo Asset Management event. Please monitor our website and follow our newsletter for updates as we draw closer to this event.

Our IBM Pulse 2012 presentations include:

1. A Co-Presentation with a Global Pharmaceutical Healthcare Provider
2. A Co-Presentation with a Major North American Power Utility
3. A Solution Expo Presentation on our EAM Maturity Continuum

For more information please visit: http://www-01.ibm.com/software/tivoli/pulse/

GenesisSolutions and The Mundy Companies will be hosting a complimentary seminar on Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) and Reliability Strategy in Mobile, Alabama on Wednesday, January 18th, 2012. The seminar will be hosted at the Marriott Renaissance Riverview Plaza. To register or request additional information, please contact: info@genesissolutions.com

Access the Full Agenda with Speaker Bios Here

Topics that will be discussed include:

• Maintenance Maturity Continuum
• Current State Assessment
• Maintenance Master Planning
• Implementation Models for Operational Excellence
• Maintenance Excellence Governance Model
• Reliability Based Maintenance
• Maximizing Return on Investment
• Key Elements for Success
  • Organizational Readiness
  • CMMS Functionality & Utilization (IBM Maximo Asset Management, Infor EAM, Oracle EAM, SAP PM)
  • MRO Supply Chain
  • PM Optimization
  • Planning & Scheduling

Intended Audience: Maintenance & Manufacturing Managers & Directors, Engineering & Finance Managers & Directors, Key Stakeholders from Maintenance, Purchasing and IT, including Maintenance Supervisors, Planners / Schedulers, and CMMS Administrators

Instructors: Mike Greenholtz, VP of Reliability Solutions, Joe Pitman, VP of Sales & Marketing,  John Rocco, EVP, The Mundy Companies

We hope you can join us for this educational and interactive discussion. Please contact (203) 431-0281 or info@genesissolutions.com for additional information.

Principal Consultant

David Pitman is a Principal Consultant who came to GenesisSolutions in 2000 from Datastream Systems. While at Datastream David served as a Senior Implementation Technician who installed MP2 at approximately 100 customer sites in the US, Canada and Mexico.

David has served GenesisSolutions as both a Functional Lead and Project Manager on a number of projects during his tenure in a wide range of verticals, including Energy (Nuclear, Fossil Fuel, and T&D), Pharmaceuticals, Municipalities and Facilities (Casinos). David has a diverse set of system skills including functional and technical for Maximo, Datastream 7i (now Infor EAM), and MP2. Over the past several years, David has expanded his abilities in the IBM Maximo Asset Management realm by rolling out several aggressive upgrades. He has recently completed his PMP Certification course from Clemson University and is currently engaged on a large deployment with Tucson Electric Power. This project’s goals include upgrading current CMMS systems to a standard Maximo 7 platform across generation, transmission and distribution, including increasing data quality and the associated reliability programs it supports. David’s cardinal principle is to provide the highest quality service which translates to “on-time and under-budget implementations”. This dedication translates to a 100% customer reference rate and increasing repeat business. David has the natural ability to become part of the client family in a very short period of time.

In his spare time, David is an avid sailor and participated in the 2011 Marion (Massachusetts) to Bermuda Race with fellow GenesisSolutions colleague, Mr. Stephen Santoro. While things didn’t go as well as planned, it was a great experience that they will build on for 2012’s Newport (Rhode Island) to Bermuda Race.

GenesisSolutions & SSI Manufacturing Technologies

Announce Strategic Alliance

GenesisSolutions & SSI Manufacturing Technologies announced a teaming agreement in October 2011. SSI will be promoting GenesisSolution’s EAM, CMMS & Asset Reliability Services to its manufacturing clients in the Aerospace, Communications, Firearms, Medical and Oil Production industries. Similarly, GenesisSolutions will now be able to offer close tolerance, CNC precision machined parts and components to its manufacturing customers.

GenesisSolutions provides best-in-class Enterprise Asset Management services which allow organizations to implement best practice reliability services by leveraging and improving the data within their CMMS systems. These services include:

• Asset Management Master Planning
• EAM Assessment
• Reliability Engineering Workshop

Gary Hutchison, President of SSI, commented: “GenesisSolutions and SSI share a common vision: we both provide unsurpassed quality in products and services by utilizing innovative technologies, industry knowledge and expertise, and a firm customer commitment to achieve superior production and operating results. I am excited to now offer our customers specific ways and tools to improve their asset reliability and maintenance operations which will directly improve their bottom line.”

About SSI

First established over 50 years ago, SSI is a leading contract manufacturer of CNC milled, turned, and wire and sinker EDM machined custom parts, components and assemblies. SSI specializes in tight-tolerance precision machining from a wide variety of metals such as stainless steel, titanium, and aluminum, exotic alloys such as inconel, nitronic, and hastelloy and also castings and forgings.

SSI provides a wide range of engineering and manufacturing capabilities to support its customers in the aerospace, medical, communications, firearms, defense and oil and gas production industries. SSI works in close collaboration with its customers in the areas of engineering, material selection, and innovative inventory programs to help customers produce quality products efficiently and cost effectively.

Please visit http://www.ssimanufacturing.com/

2012 EAM Seminar Schedule Preview

Final Schedule to be released December 2011

GenesisSolutions will be releasing its complete schedule of regional EAM Seminars in December 2011.

We have provided the host cities below for our seminars which one attendee recently rated: “This was the best seminar I’ve attended in years.”

• Atlanta, GA
• Beaumont, TX
• Calgary, AB
• Corpus Christi, TX
• Houston, TX
• Iselin, NJ
• Mobile, AL
• San Diego, CA

In addition, we will be hosting our EAM Seminars in the following European Countries:

• Amsterdam
• Germany
• Scotland
• United Kingdom

The objective of these seminars is to provide an educational forum to promote a greater understanding of a progressive, multiphase Maintenance Master Plan and how to leverage your CMMS investment to support your Reliability Strategy. The outcome of this seminar will be that each individual will begin to understand how to develop and implement a Maintenance Master Plan to achieve sustainable Best-in-Class performance levels for proactive maintenance resulting in significant OEE improvements on targeted equipment as well as improvements in “right first time quality” metrics.

Please visit our website (www.GenesisSolutions.com) or contact us at info@genesissolutions.com or euinfo@genesissolutions.com to be added to our EAM Seminar mailing list.

Upcoming Industry Events

• Western Canada Maximo User Group (WCMUG)
• Fall 2011 Meeting
• December 6, 2011
• Vancouver, British Columbia

GenesisSolutions is a Bronze Sponsor and will be attending this meeting featuring presentations from BC Ferries, Copper Mountain Mining Corporation, IBM, Inter Pipeline Fund and Kinder Morgan Terminals.

For more information please visit: http://wcmug.org/

• Southern California Maximo Users Group (SoCalMUG)
• Fall 2011 Meeting
• December 7, 2011
• Los Angeles, CA (Hosted by UCLA)

GenesisSolutions will be attending this bi-annual meeting whose theme this Fall is “Achieving Operational Business Objectives while Improving the User Experience.”

For more information please visit: http://maximousers.org/scmug/

• IBM Pulse 2012
• March 2012
• Las Vegas, Nevada

GenesisSolutions is a Gold Sponsor and will be presenting and exhibiting at this major IBM Maximo Asset Management Event. Please monitor our website and follow our newsletter for updates as we draw closer to this event.

For more information please visit: http://www-01.ibm.com/software/tivoli/pulse/

Senior Reliability Engineer

Richard (Skip) Jourdonnais comes to GenesisSolutions with over 30 years experience facilitating, working, managing, and implementing successful reliability and maintenance programs. Skip’s achievements include the development, facilitation, analysis, and implementation of preventive and predictive equipment strategies based on RCM, FMEA, and PMO / MTA for Power (Nuclear, Hydro, Fossil), Pharmaceuticals, Refineries, Petrochemical, Mining / Smelting, Pulp & Paper, Water / Wastewater Treatment Plants, Private and Government Research Facilities, and various other Manufacturing and Industrial Plants. Skip also has in-depth experience in facilitating Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA). Previously he was engaged as an associate with GenesisSolutions at Jacobs / NASA Langley Research Center in Virginia and Britannia Ltd. in Scotland.

In his current role as a Senior Reliability Engineer, Skip’s focus is with developing and implementing practical solutions for GenesisSolution’s customers. Skip believes that the development of maintenance and reliability cultures within the ranks of his clients is a key element in assuring our mutual efforts are sustained.

Experiences with a multitude of global projects have provided Skip in-depth knowledge of all the elements necessary to ensure successful development or improvements of asset management strategies. He believes that his goals are to provide his clients with the skills and education to ensure that there is a sound transfer of knowledge and technology providing a long-term relationship with all the customers we are engaged with.

Skip is an active member of the Society of Maintenance & Reliability Professionals (SMRP) and is the current development lead for the SMRP Pillar II Manufacturing Process Reliability concepts. Skip resides in Kerrville, Texas with his wife of 38 years (Vickie) and has three (3) children, four (4) grandchildren and two (2) great-grandchildren.

GenesisSolutions Consultant Published in October 2011 SMRP Solutions Magazine

Bob Carmon completes article on “Planning Your Next Breakdown” in Work Management Feature

A serious equipment breakdown usually occurs at night, on a weekend, or on holiday when on-site resources are slim and limited personnel are available. While people do not want or expect a serious breakdown, the proactive measures you take in advance can be key to your team handling the problem in a professional and effective manner.

Read the Article (Beginning on Page 4)

GenesisSolutions Wins UK Trade & Investment Award

European HQ Recognized for UK Investment

GenesisSolutions received a 2011 UK Trade & Investment Award on Saturday, September 30th, 2011 at the UK Ambassadors Residence in The Hague.

GenesisSolutions was recognized for successfully investing in the UK and having utilized the services of the UK Trade & Investment offices in the Netherlands. In addition to Genesis Technology Solutions Inc. - Netherlands (European HQ), the company recently opened an office in Aberdeen (Genesis UK Technical Services and Solutions, LTD).

Kathy Brown, Vice President of Human Resources & Administration at GenesisSolutions commented: “It is quite an honor to receive this award on behalf of GenesisSolutions. Our growth strategy within EMEA is greatly aided through the support of organizations such as the UK Trade & Investment group. We could not be more pleased to receive this recognition.”

About UK Trade & Investment

UK Trade & Investment is the Government Department that helps UK-based companies succeed in the global economy. We also help overseas companies bring their high-quality investment to the UK’s dynamic economy acknowledged as Europe’s best place from which to succeed in global business.

UK Trade & Investment offers expertise and contacts through its extensive network of specialists in the UK, and in British embassies and other diplomatic offices around the world. We provide companies with the tools they require to be competitive on the world stage.

Please Visit Their Website

Upcoming Industry Events

• SMRP (Society of Maintenance & Reliability Professionals)
• 19th Annual Conference
• October 16-20, 2011
• Greensboro, North Carolina

GenesisSolutions will be sponsoring, exhibiting, attending and co-presenting at the 19th SMRP Annual Conference. Our co-presentation, on Wednesday, October 19th, focuses on how a Major Pharmaceutical Healthcare Provider increased Operational Performance through a Standardized CMMS and Integrated Reliability Program.

In addition, we will be participating in the SMRP Job Fair Monday, October 17th from 1:00-5:00pm.

Please visit us in Booth # 508.

For additional meeting details, please visit: http://www.smrp.org/Conference/index.asp

• Facilities Management Maximo User Group (FMMUG)
• 2011 Best Practices
• October 16-18, 2011
• Plano, Texas (Hosted by JC Penney & Johnson Controls)

GenesisSolutions will be attending this annual event which provides user presentations focusing on Facilities Best Practices initiatives utilizing IBM Maximo Asset Management.

We will also be providing a “Facilities Planning & Scheduling: A Best Practices Overview” workshop with Solufy on Tuesday, October 18th.

For additional meeting details, please visit: http://fmmug.org/

• Northern California Maximo User Group (NorCal MUG)
• Fall 2011 Meeting
• October 26, 2011
• Berkeley, California

GenesisSolutions will be attending the Fall 2011 NorCal MUG hosted by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on Wednesday, October 26th.

For more information, please visit: http://www.norcalmug.org/

• International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers (ISPE)
• 2011 Annual Meeting
• November 7-9, 2011
• Grapevine, Texas

GenesisSolutions will be attending and exhibiting the 2011 ISPE Annual Meeting in Grapevine, Texas November 7-9, 2011.

Please visit us at Tabletop # 636.

For more information, please visit: http://www.ispe.org/2011annualmeeting

• Maximo Utility Working Group (MUWG)
• Fall 2011 Workshop
• November 7-9, 2011
• Phoenix, Arizona

GenesisSolutions will be attending, exhibiting & sponsoring the Fall 2011 MUWG Workshop hosted by Arizona Public Service (APS) November 7-9, 2011.

For more information, please visit: http://muwg.org/

GenesisSolutions has executed an IBM Tivoli Support Provider & Reseller Contract for the IBM Maximo Asset Management software application. With this new contract, GenesisSolutions is now an Authorized IBM Business Partner and officially licensed to resell, implement and provide Level One Support to IBM Tivoli’s Maximo Customers. GenesisSolutions Consultants will be Certified on Maximo 7.5 as part of the first phase of its partnership strategy.

Although GenesisSolutions has been a business partner of IBM as a Systems Integrator for the past 12 years, this new contract solidifies a long standing business relationship and opens up a number of value-driven opportunities for our customer base.

Joe Pitman, Vice President of Sales & Marketing at GenesisSolutions commented: “This is a long time coming. We have been working closely with the IBM Maximo Asset Management team for years, and now we have a platform to build an even more profitable relationship and solutions to our mutual customer base. This new agreement makes sense for all parties, and we’re excited to align our IBM Maximo business practice to increase our customers overall satisfaction with their best-of-breed and industry defining application.”

GenesisSolutions will be a Gold Sponsor at the upcoming IBM Pulse 2012 conference to be held March 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. In addition, Genesis will be promoting its new relationship at both industry and regional Maximo User Group conferences throughout North America & Europe over the next several months.

A serious equipment breakdown usually occurs at night, on a weekend, or on holiday when on-site resources are slim and limited personnel are available. While people do not want or expect a serious breakdown, the proactive measures you take in advance can be key to your team handling the problem in a professional and effective manner.

Read the Article (Starting on Page 4)

Senior Reliability Engineer

Brian Taite graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics in 1992 and Bachelor of Civil Engineering in 1994 and went on to complete a Masters of Environmental Engineering in 1999. Prior to joining GenesisSolutions he was engaged as a consultant for a number of major oil companies, government agencies and within private industry for environmental site assessments, risk assessments, site remediation, project management and health and safety planning.

Working on environmental clean-up projects led to experience in maintenance and management of various remediation equipment systems. Along with overall project management, financial planning and cost control, Brian was involved with all aspects of project work including preparation of technical specifications, equipment refurbishment and optimization, corrective maintenance, failure modes identification and assessment, recommendations for system improvements, and the development of preventative maintenance routines.

In 2006, Brian joined the GenesisSolutions team as a contractor in The Netherlands as part of the Shell Upstream International Europe, Technical Integrity Enhancement Program (TIEP) for the ONEgas Asset. This includes almost 60 natural gas offshore production platforms and two onshore gas plants in the Southern North Sea. The project involves identification of safety critical elements, development of performance standards and review and development of maintenance routines in Shell Oil’s CMMS system (SAP Blueprint) to ensure the performance standard assurance tasks are well defined and fully covered under the preventative maintenance plans for all safety critical equipment.

Now a GenesisSolutions employee, Brian has embraced the opportunity to become involved with the North Sea Oil and Gas industry and to help Shell maintain its high safety standards through top tier maintenance programs and compliance activities. He has great personal and professional satisfaction while applying his background in maintenance and reliability engineering to enhance the technical integrity of ONEgas assets, protect the environment and ultimately ensure the safety of the people who work at these facilities.

GenesisSolutions - Tivoli Support Provider & Reseller

IBM Maximo Asset Management

GenesisSolutions has executed an IBM Tivoli Support Provider & Reseller Contract for the IBM Maximo Asset Management software application. With this new contract, GenesisSolutions is now an Authorized IBM Business Partner and officially licensed to resell, implement and provide Level One Support to IBM Tivoli’s Maximo Customers.

Although GenesisSolutions has been a business partner of IBM as a Systems Integrator for the past 12 years, this new contract solidifies a long standing business relationship and opens up a number of value-driven opportunities for our customer base.

Joe Pitman, Vice President of Sales & Marketing at GenesisSolutions commented: “This is a long time coming. We have been working closely with the IBM Maximo Asset Management team for years, and now we have a platform to build an even more profitable relationship and solutions to our mutual customer base. This new agreement makes sense for all parties, and we’re excited to align our IBM Maximo business practice to increase our customers overall satisfaction with their best-of-breed and industry defining application.”

GenesisSolutions will be a Gold Sponsor at the upcoming IBM Pulse 2012 conference to be held March 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. In addition, we will be promoting our new relationship at both industry and regional Maximo User Group conferences throughout North America & Europe over the next several months.

GenesisSolutions & Solufy Announce Strategic Alliance

Commence First Teaming Engagement Summer 2011

GenesisSolutions and Solufy have announced a strategic alliance to expand their portfolio of service and software offerings to their customers and market base. GenesisSolution’s professionals will assist Solufy’s customers in the installation, training and rollout of the AKWIRE Visual Scheduler for the IBM Maximo Asset Management Software application.

In conjunction with the recently announced alliance, GenesisSolutions & Solufy are currently engaged with their first joint project. The combined team is providing reliability and maintenance expertise to support one of the largest producers of high-quality metallurgical coke in the Americas with the installation, configuration, training and operation of Solufy’s AKWIRE Visual Scheduler, and to support this client with planning and scheduling operations for both short and long term work across a network of plants.

The AKWIRE Visual Scheduler for Maximo is a user friendly, flexible and powerful planning and scheduling tool to visually perform PM forecasting, organize and prioritize existing Work Orders and assign tasks to workforces, while showing the availability of Labor, Crafts, Workgroups, Crews, and Tools / Materials.

Read the Full Article

EAM & Reliability Strategy Seminar

Houston, Texas - October 4, 2011

GenesisSolutions and The Mundy Companies will be hosting a complimentary seminar on Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) and Reliability Strategy in Houston, Texas on Tuesday, October 4, 2011. The seminar will be hosted at the Hilton Houston NASA Clear Lake. To view the complete agenda and logistical details, please click here.

Topics that will be discussed include:

• Maintenance Maturity Continuum
• Current State Assessment
• Maintenance Master Planning
• Implementation Models for Operational Excellence
• Maintenance Excellence Governance Model
• Reliability Based Maintenance
• Maximizing Return on Investment
• Key Elements for Success
  • Organizational Readiness
  • CMMS Functionality & Utilization (IBM Maximo, Infor EAM, Oracle EAM, SAP PM)
  • MRO Supply Chain
  • PM Optimization
  • Planning & Scheduling

Intended Audience: Maintenance & Manufacturing Managers & Directors, Engineering & Finance Managers & Directors, Key Stakeholders from Maintenance, Purchasing and IT, including Maintenance Supervisors, Planners / Schedulers, and CMMS Administrators.

Instructors: Rob MacArthur, President of GenesisSolutions, Mike Greenholtz, VP of Reliability Solutions, Joe Pitman, VP of Sales & Marketing, John Rocco, EVP, The Mundy Companies

We hope you can join us for this educational and interactive discussion. Please contact (203) 431-0281 or info@genesissolutions.com for additional information.

Upcoming Industry Events

• GOMAXIMO (Gas & Oil Maximo User Group)
• 2011 Annual Conference
• September 28-30, 2011
• Houston, Texas

Elevating Performance through Integrated Operations and Maintenance

The 2011 Annual GOMAXIMO User Group Conference program emphasizes integrated operations and maintenance and the effective use of resources - collaborating between operations, engineering, and maintenance to keep your equipment ready to perform when it is needed and to elevate safety and environmental performance in order to take advantage of future opportunities.

GenesisSolutions is a Group Sponsor and will be attending this event.

Please visit the GOMAXIMO Home Page Here: http://gomaximo.org/

• Maximo User Group UK & Ireland
• Fall 2011 Meeting
• September 29, 2011
• London (IBM UK Southbank)

GenesisSolutions will be attending and co-presenting at the Fall 2011 Maximo User Group UK & Ireland on September 29, 2011. This bi-annual meeting typically attracts 100+ delegates.

We will be reprising our IBM Pulse 2011 co-presentation with TEP on “Quantum Leap - Implementing Maximo 7 to Manage All Asset Classes at Tucson Electric Power”.

For additional meeting details, please visit: http://www.tivoli-ug.org/groups?groupid=217#1556

• EAM & Reliability Strategy Seminar
• October 4, 2011
• Houston, Texas (Hilton Houston NASA Clear Lake)

Details Above

• FMMUG (Facilities Management Maximo Users Group)
• 2011 Best Practices
• October 16-18, 2011
• Plano, Texas (Hosted by JC Penney & Johnson Controls)

GenesisSolutions will be attending this annual event which provides user presentations focusing on Facilities Best Practices initiatives utilizing IBM Maximo Asset Management.

We will also be providing a “Facilities Planning & Scheduling: A Best Practices Overview” workshop with Solufy on Tuesday, October 18th.

For additional meeting details, please visit: http://fmmug.org/

• SMRP (Society of Maintenance & Reliability Professionals)
• 19th Annual Conference
• October 17-20, 2011
• Greensboro, North Carolina

GenesisSolutions will be sponsoring, exhibiting, attending and co-presenting at the 19th SMRP Annual Conference. Our co-presentation, on Tuesday, October 18th, focuses on how a Major Healthcare Provider increased Operational Performance through a Standardized CMMS and integrated Reliability Program.

For additional meeting details, please visit: http://www.smrp.org/Conference/index.asp