Describe your journey to AMCL.
I came to AMCL with nearly 12 years of experience, 3 weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic sent us all into lockdown. I have a strong utility industry background in Power, Gas and Water utilities. I was an engineer and project manager delivering water infrastructure upgrade projects before I started in consulting. Now I am an AMCL specialist for Asset Health Indexing, Asset Risk Evaluation and Decision-Making using AHI.
What project(s) are you currently working on?
We are currently supporting utilities organizations in North America with using Asset Health Indices to make more effective capital and maintenance decisions for their assets that is backed by sound data.
Constellation Energy, for example, is using dynamic AHI dashboards to monitor the degradation of their assets, the level of facility or system risk, develop timely mitigation strategies, and more effectively manage unplanned outages and failures.
What challenges do you see power/energy facilities facing when it comes to managing their assets?
The three biggest challenges facing utilities are increasingly aging assets, lack of effective decision-making processes using good data and siloed operations that impact value realized from its operations.
How are you supporting clients with Asset Health Indices, and what are the most common pitfalls you see?
We are supporting utilities with using Asset Health Indices to make more effective capital and maintenance decisions for their assets that is backed by sound data. Using dynamic AHI dashboards, utilities can monitor gradual degradation of their assets, monitor the level of facility or system risk, develop timely mitigation strategies, and more effectively manage unplanned outages and failures.
What is something you are interested in outside of your work as a consultant? Is there anything you want to share that people may not know about you?
In my free time, I dabble in the stock market doing options trading and investing in early-stage pharmaceutical companies. I am also transitioning into a vegan lifestyle for my physical health and wellness.