Speakers

Kris has 25+ years of experience in asset management, reliability improvement, operations excellence, continuous improvement and software development. Kris is a Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional and RCM2 practitioner who has led asset management and reliability projects in: -Manufacturing -Pulp & paper -Mining, oil refining -Natural gas -Water / wastewater industries Kris has also implemented reliability processes such as Reliability Centered Design (RCD), Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA), PM Optimization, "Bad Actor Identification" and Root Cause Analysis (RCA). Prior to specializing in asset performance management, Kris was the Director of the Continuous Improvement department at a large metal building manufacturer and was a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt overseeing five factories and 13 black belts. Early in his career, Kris developed civil and structural software at a large computer graphics company. Kris graduated summa cum laude from Purdue University with a Civil Structural Engineering degree and graduated from UT Austin with a Masters of Civil Engineering