TMC Community Champions 2021-2022 Cohort

The Maintenance Community (TMC) was created to serve the global maintenance and reliability workforce by producing an open exchange of knowledge that educates today’s generation of workers and uplifts the next. That original vision was the motivation behind our Community Champions initiative—an exclusive program for proven thought leaders and subject matter experts to demonstrate best practices in their industry.

Today, we’re proud to announce our Community Champions cohort for 2021-2022! 

Who Are the Community Champions?

Each Community Champion has the opportunity to:

• Connect with other expert professionals in the industry.

• Build their brand and reputation as a subject matter expert in their field.

• Establish themselves as a credible thought leader in the space.

• Help others grow and progress in their professional development.

• Earn exclusive TMC merchandise.

Those chosen for this year’s cohort are placed in one of two tiers: Community Leaders and Experts in Residence. 

Tier 1 - Community Leaders

People in the Community Leaders tier will host at least two webinars a year, write two blog posts a year, be a podcast guest once, and choose a unique qualifier for their Community Leader title (e.g., Reliability Community Leader, Electrical Community Leader). 

• Joe Adam - Manager at Roche

• Zibusiso Siziba - Industry Software Solutions & Support, Technology Lead Asset Performance Management

• Paul Crocker - Supervisor of Maintenance at Board of Public Utilities

• Ahmed Mazhar Bashir - Freelance Consultant, Oil & Gas

• William Sloan - Facilities Project Manager at Honda Alabama 

• Rahul Sinha - Lead Mechanical Engineer at Symphony Industrial AI

• Susan Lubell - Principal Consultant at Steppe Consulting Inc

• Simon Jagers - Founder of Samotics

• Joel Levitt - President of Springfield Resources

• Fabio Andre Brand - Maintenance, Reliability and Storeroom Coordinator at Gerdau

• Alan Ross - President of EPRA (Electric Power Reliability Alliance)

• Charli K. Matthews - CEO of Empowering Brands

• Bryan Bieschke - Director of Maintenance and Reliability at Host Terminals

• Johan Jansen van Rensburg - Group Manager at Sumitomo

• Jesus R. Sifonte - Principal Consultant at PdMtech Canada, Inc.

• Christine Witte - Director of EV Products and Services at SEAM Group

• Philip Klein - Senior Manager Quality Engineering at Amazon

• Andy Gailey - Founding Director of UPTIME Consultant Limited

Tier 2 - Experts in Residence

Those in the Experts in Residence tier will host four webinars a year, write four blog posts a year, be a guest on a podcast episode, and choose a unique qualifier for their Expert in Residence title (e.g., Mechanical Expert in Residence, Lubrication Expert in Residence). 

Additionally, the members in this tier will post best practices, tips & tricks, resources, and more in the TMC expert-led Slack channels once a week. They’ll also host four Ask Me Anything events in Slack per year.

• AW Schultz - President of VMG

• Jake Neer - Manager of Corporate Maintenance, USA & Canada at Domino’s Pizza

• Evan Zabawski - Senior Technical Advisor at TestOil

• Joe Anderson - COO of ReliabilityX

• George Williams - CEO of ReliabilityX

• Howard Penrose - President of MotorDoc LLC

• Florian Ferrier - Cofounder & Maintenance Innovation Consultant at Maintenance System Limited

• Lucas Marino - CEO/Founder of EAST Partnership

• Erik Hupje - Founder & Managing Director of R2 Reliability Pty Ltd

• James Kovacevic - Principal Instructor at Eruditio

We’re thrilled to partner with these skilled professionals! Keep UpKeep and TMC on your radar this coming year for top-notch material from our 2021-2022 Community Champions cohort.

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