Topic: Mastering the Art of Maintenance Management: Bridging the Technical and People Skills Gap for Frontline Managers

Tim is currently employed by Pragma Academy as a Partner Consultant. In this capacity, he is responsible for the development and management of the Maintenance Planner Qualification programme. Tim takes advantage of his 30+ years of experience when developing material for coaching and training people in the field of asset and maintenance management.

Topic: Reactivitis: A Chronic Condition of Industry

Mark is the President & CEO of Strategic Asset Management Inc, he has held several positions in industry related to maintenance and reliability, from both design and manufacturing perspectives, for more than fifteen years.  Mark entered management consulting over twenty-three years ago and has created substantial value for clients in upstream oil and gas, mining, metals, and petrochemicals industry verticals. 

Topic: Maintenance auditing for the purposeful Asset Manager

Dr Jasper Coetzee is the founder of AM-Tech, and the principal of the Terotechnica Asset Management College. We develop Physical Asset Management Leaders, and do training in Asset Management and Maintenance principles for people in industry. He has a PhD in Industrial Engineering, focussing on Reliability Centred Maintenance, and I am a fellow of the International Society of Engineering Asset Management.

Topic: Moving beyond condition monitoring: Predicting failures before the first signs are detectable

Johannes Coetzee is the MD of Martec (a specialist condition monitoring company) and Chairman of the Global Forum on Maintenance and Asset Management (GFMAM), the umbrella forum for professional associations in the field of maintenance and assets management across the world. He is the past-president of the Southern African Asset Management Association (SAAMA) and serves on the Advisory Board of the Industrial Engineering Department at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. 

Topic: Asset Management Strategy Development: North Africa

Louis is a Professional Engineer with over 20 years’ experience in Construction and Maintenance of large industrial plants and - infrastructure in Africa. He has held senior executive positions at AVENG and REDIS, and is a founding Director at STELO, that provides Maintenance services to industrial clients in Africa. 
 

Topic: Optimising Asset Management through Digital Transformation: Overcoming Challenges and Enhancing Operational Efficiency

Willem de Vos, a qualified mechanical engineer, is passionate about simplifying the complexity of asset management, solving problems and putting practical improvements on the table. In his current role as Focused Improvement Engineer for Shell, he works across various departments, projects, operations and HSSE. He gets to challenge himself in defining the real problem and coming up with the best suitable solution that will improve performance, while bringing down costs and mitigating risks for the client. 

Topic: The AIM of BIM : How a structured approach to Digital Project Delivery will support the development of the Asset Information Model

Lecturing in Construction Management at UCT, Amanda is completing her PhD on Construction Business Models. She completed her Master of Philosophy in BIM where she assessed the competencies and maturity levels of practitioners in SA and developed a BIM acceptance model. Her research includes work on the ISO19650 series and its implementation frameworks.

Topic: The AIM of BIM : How a structured approach to Digital Project Delivery will support the development of the Asset Information Model

Thomas' interest lies in green fields development with strong focus on green buildings and sustainable development, investment fundamentals, portfolio resilience, whole-of-life analysis, net zero building performance and reduced embodied carbon construction, aimed at achieving lowest cost of occupation for tenants, best building performance, strong development yield and maximising growth in net operating income.

Topic: A Shift in Asset Management Culture in the South African Mining Industry

Gidiagba Osheyor Joachim is a senior lecturer at Terotechnica Asset Management College and a PhD fellow at the University of Johannesburg where he is currently working on solving supplier selection problems for both mining and oil & gas industries. He has over 5 years of experience in Physical Asset Management with major interest in System Reliability, Reliability Centred Maintenance, and Maintenance Logistics.

Topic: Unlocking the Hidden Business Value of Assets: The Power of Asset Management Maturity Assessments

Philip is an experienced Asset Management consultant in Pragma's advisory group. With a background in maintenance work management and focused improvement, he has consulted to clients across several industries. Philip specializes in audit and maturity assessment work, with a focus on strategic planning and systems implementation.

Topic: Asset Management Strategy Development: North Africa

Stephan Hodgson is an industrial and mechanical engineer. Passionate about asset management and Africa, Stephan occupied Maintenance and engineering management positions in large mining companies in DRC and Madagascar before becoming a director at STELO. Stephan thrives on going into the field and helping clients all over Africa realise value from their assets and develop their national teams to sustain their performance while reducing their risk.

Topic: Effective Pump Management: The Technical Importance of the Correct Pump Procurement

Etienne Human studied Electronical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering at different universities.  He was a reliability engineer at two different companies, but also hold positions in Technical Maintenance, Technical Auditing, Condition Monitoring and Procurement and Supply.  He gained most of his experience in the Petro-Chemical, Power Generation, Mining and Consulting Environments. 

Topic: Unlocking Cost Savings: Optimising Spare Part Inventory Management with Engineering and Asset Management Principles

Andrѐ is Partner Consultant at Pragma, has 20 years’ experience in the industry and has a B.Engineer (Mechanical) and an MBA from the University of Stellenbosch. He consults in AM Strategy, focussed improvement, AM training and using financials e.a. to facilitate decision making.  He is married with 2 young kids and loves participating in sport.

Topic: Unlocking the Hidden Business Value of Assets: The Power of Asset Management Maturity Assessments

Stephan is the Managing Director of Pragma’s Advisory and Academy business unit. He is responsible for all the advisory and training work done with clients, including the AM audit and value delivery projects. His professional background is focussed on the oil, gas, electricity distribution and manufacturing industries.   
 

Topic: Lighting the Way to Climate Resilience: Facing the Energy Trilemma

Julian is an accomplished sales director with 27 years’ experience in the energy sector and 20 years working in B2B sales. As Copperleaf’s Regional Director for the Middle East, Julian helps organisations optimise asset planning and management to enhance decision making, manage risk, and maximise value.

Topic: Overview of Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability (RAM) Analysis in The Mining Industry

Joel Leonard is a Reliability Engineering enthusiast, and also an Assist. Lecturer, at the University of Pretoria. With a passion for engineering and a commitment to excellence, Joel has dedicated his career to educating others and advancing the field of mechanical maintenance.
Currently pursuing a master's degree in the Centre for Asset Integrity and Management, department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Pretoria, Joel has a strong foundation in the technical aspects of engineering. 

Topic: How Technical Societies Can Support Industry

Mark is a highly qualified and experienced engineer with over thirty-five years’ experience in maintenance, reliability and asset management. He is a Chartered Engineer, and a Certified Fellow of Asset Management who is also a Fellow of Engineers Australia and an Adjunct Associate Professor at UWA.

Mark has worked extensively in Australia and overseas in a variety of roles and industries. He has worked in multinational companies, as well as specialist consulting companies where his technical and leadership advice is keenly sought and received. He regularly presents technical papers and tutorials at national and international conferences.

Topic: The AIM of BIM : How a structured approach to Digital Project Delivery will support the development of the Asset Information Model

Richard is enrolled in a PhD at Stellenbosch University, focussed on the development of Digital Twins for Roads Infrastructure. He is responsible for Zutari's digital strategy and transformation to adopt modern engineering practises.  He believes that the effective use of information systems and BIM are fundamental enablers to achieving smart infrastructure and buildings solutions.

Topic: Improved Practices in Asset Performance Management at Eskom Transmission

Tebogo Mokwana is a Senior Consultant (Asset Strategy) in Eskom Transmission. He has over 15 years’ experience on asset care regimes that includes the development of maintenance engineering processes and standards, asset health formulation and asset management system development. He holds a Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering from the Tshwane University of Technology, Master of Science in Technology Management from the University of Pretoria and an Electrical Engineer’s Certificate of Competency. He is a member of ECSA, Cigre and ICMEESA. He has published and presented several papers and articles on asset care regimes.

Topic: Continuous Improvement of Asset Management and Operational Excellence in Asset Management

Kribbs Moodley, is the Advisory Portfolio Director for MPAMOT (Previously Mott MacDonald Africa).
He is a dynamic, innovative, and highly motivated executive leader with a passion to shape strategic direction, assesses needs, planning and managing delivery of infrastructure that improves our society and help communities to prosper and flourish. He also sees himself as trailblazing the convergence of digital technologies and physical infrastructure, as the now and future of engineering decisions will be managed by data. He is excited about growing diverse teams and unlocking Professional Excellences, building innovative thought leadership ideas, digital solutions and sustaining thriving eco-systems. 

Topic: Lessons learnt from driving asset management improvement at eThekwini Metro Municipality

Asogan Moonsamy (Ivan) is currently employed in the office of Strategic Management at the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality as the Senior Manager: Asset Management. Mr Moonsamy graduated from the University of Kwa Zulu Natal in 2005 with a BSc In Engineering (Civil) and is a registered Professional Engineer.
Prior to joining the eThekwini Municipality Strategy Office team, Mr Moonsamy has worked in various positions at Transnet. These include; the Design Engineer for Bridge and Marine Infrastructure for the Transnet Design Services, the Senior Project Manager for the Transnet National Ports Authority for the Port of Durban and the Senior Design Engineer for Marine Infrastructure for the Transnet Ports Authority Head Office. 
Mr Moonsamy and his team are accountable for the strategic implementation of Asset Management at the eThekwini municipality with the aspiration that the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality aspire to improve its Asset Management maturity and the adoption of Asset Management principles and processes with an ultimate goal of achieving SANS55001 recognition.

Topic: To be confirmed

Vumile is an international speaker and accelerator coach. She has previously worked for reputable multi- national institutions such as Barclays, Investec, Nedbank, First National Bank and Vodafone. Vumile is a Certified Financial Planner; an Operations, Finance and Strategy Specialist in both the telecommunications and finance sectors. She is the CEO of Hesed Consulting (Pty) Ltd, a pan-African Coaching firm with presence in South Africa; Nigeria; Botswana and Rwanda.

Vumile has worked closely with individuals and small businesses to coach them to fast track their trajectory in achieving their goals. She aids to empower people with the skills to excel in their particular environment. She specializes in the following coaching arenas: Business; Executive; Career and Leadership Coaching. Vumile has spoken at conferences; workshops; private corporations; expos; educational institutions; government and Non- Profit Organizations. The services she offers are speaking; facilitation; program director/MC; guest lecturing and training. 

Topic: Future Proofing Critical Infrastructure – An International Case Study from England

Jan received most of his formal education from the North-West University and ICS London (mechanical design engineering, business management, business consulting) and Gatesville / Creek Academic Group (integrated physical asset management). 
Jan also passed the very challenging SAAMA SCPP examination as well as the CAAMA / WPiAM auditors’ exam.
He started his career with the design, prototyping and small-batch manufacturing of ultra-precision geological survey instrumentation; and there-after was practically involved with workshop management, planning systems development, budgeting in large and complex environments, as well as fleet management. His early mentor was Dr Jasper Coetzee; who played a large role in Jan’s decision to pursue the formalising and structuring of Asset- and Maintenance Management.
 

Topic: The art of rescue: The role of Asset Management in the circular Economy

Nomaphelo Ndzundzu is a mechanical engineering with 18 years’ experience in physical asset management. An avid storyteller and an aspiring author her mission is to reawaken the spirit of the Renaissance polymaths. Renaissance engineers and scientists were not just engineers or scientists but also philosophers, activists, poets, and artists. Today the complex problems we face such as climate change demand this unlikely combination of skillsets and mental models, the so-called “Medici Effect”, to create innovative, sustainable engineering design responses.

Topic: Optimising Asset Management through Digital Transformation: Overcoming Challenges and Enhancing Operational Efficiency

Attie Nieuwoudt is an accomplished Mechanical Engineer with a strong passion for process optimisation and improvement. His expertise in maintenance management tactics and systems has enabled him to spearhead numerous projects focused on driving efficiency and productivity while minimising risks and optimising cost allocation and usage. Attie has been instrumental in Pragma's approach to L3 Contractor Management, standardising SLAs, work management best practices, HSSE standards, and rates for the benefit of several clients.
 

Topic: Future Proofing Critical Infrastructure – An International Case Study from England

Luke is a Senior Asset Management Consultant based in the UK. Luke has been with Copperleaf for three years during which time he has overseen and participated in the delivery of several successful Copperleaf implementations in the water sector. Luke is passionate about delivering client value with a focus on building positive working relationships. 

Topic: An African Cooperative Renaissance: A case study of continuous improvement in asset management by volition capital investments limited

Subomi Plumptre champions middle class wealth in Africa and the Diaspora. She is the CEO of Volition Cap, a game-changing and SEC licensed asset management firm in Lagos, Nigeria. Subomi believes in innovative approaches to wealth creation and developed an African fund management model using traditional cooperatives.

Topic: Continuous Improvement of Asset Management and Operational Excellence in Asset Management

Prinesan Reddy holds a BSc. Degree in Chemical Engineering and works within MPAMOT’s Technical Advisory and Water Infrastructure teams. Most of his professional experience was acquired in the Asset Management space, he was responsible for various tasks including but not limited to, technical support to financial team, developing digital solutions, spatial and financial analysis, updating and reconciling fixed asset registers, compiling portfolios of evidence for fixed assets (This included derecognitions, impairments and assets still under construction). Prinesan has led various teams regarding asset verification, quality assurance processes and updating of asset financials, he has also played a key role in stakeholder engagement and reporting processes. 

Topic: Maintenance practices supporting effective asset management in a municipal environment

Jack is an electrical engineer. He started his career in the manufacturing industry. He has worked in various industries in maintenance execution and implementation. For the last few years, he has been in the public sector currently with Ekurhuleni Water Care Company (ERWAT). 

Topic: Increasing asset uptime through a risk-based approach to engineering spares management

Jan Willem Rustenburg started his career in the Dutch navy. After completing the academy in 1994, he became a Main Engineering Officer and served in various operational deployments. During that period, he found his passion for spare parts logistics. Not surprisingly, he became responsible for the logistics integration of all naval maintenance organizations. He combined these activities with Ph.D. research on spare parts management. This research challenged to develop direct relations between logistic costs and maintenance delay times. 

Topic: Online Condition monitoring the next frontier in Preventive Maintenance

Zee is a physical asset management and technology professional who has a wealth of experience gained in manufacturing, mining, and consultancy fields. Zee is passionate about digital transformation and has proven success delivering technology and reliability improvement initiatives within asset intensive industries.

Topic: Continuous Improvement of Asset Management and Operational Excellence in Asset Management

Kelvin Subramani holds a BSc. Degree in Chemical Engineering and is currently working within MPAMOT’s Technical Advisory and Water Infrastructure Sectors. His most senior experience involves Asset Management, where he performed various roles that includes providing technical support, design reporting, digital development, spatial & financial analysis, and updating of a fixed asset register amongst others. Kelvin has had many key responsibilities and has led various teams that have been involved with asset verification, quality analysis (QA) processes, digitization, matching and linking of the verified assets to a pre-existing immovable Financial Asset Register (FAR). 

Topic: Increasing asset uptime through a risk-based approach to engineering spares management

Henrico Swanepoel is a value driven individual, with a passion for information technology and business development. Henrico has close to a decade’s experience in Asset Management (AM) and Spare Parts Management (SPM) consulting in various industries. He has worked in support of the overall asset management and supply chain strategy for clients with a deep understanding of the challenges of the FMCG, mining and manufacturing industry. He has also been involved in numerous management improvement projects.

Carina van der Merwe

Topic: Unlocking Cost Savings: Optimising Spare Part Inventory Management with Engineering and Asset Management Principles

Carina Associate Consultant at Pragma, has 24 years’ experience in the petrochemical industry and has a B.Eng (Chemical) from the University of Stellenbosch.  She consults in AM Strategy, Spares Optimisation and AM training.  She is married with 2 children and loves spending time in nature.

Krige Visser

Topic: Implementing Total Productive Maintenance and Reliability Centred Maintenance techniques in a metallurgical processing plant

Krige Visser (PhD) is a Professor Emeritus of the Graduate School of Technology Management at the University of Pretoria. He was a full member of GSTM from May 1994 to June 2016 when he retired. He taught courses in maintenance management and risk management at master's level. He has supervised 4 PhD research studies as well as about 150 master’s research studies. He has published 31 peer reviewed papers in academic journals and presented more than 40 papers at international conferences from 1995 to 2019. 

Chris von Holdt

Topic: Lessons learnt from driving asset management improvement at eThekwini Metro Municipality

Chris is a CSAM and a Director for Asset Management at Zutari and has more than 25 years of asset management advisory experience working with large public and private organisations in the government, transport, water, and property sectors across Africa, Asia, Australia, the Middle East, and the USA.

Topic: Public Housing Department Turnaround through embedding integrated asset management practices

Lloyd is a technical director in Zutari’s Advisory practice and has more than 15 years of experience in a wide range of infrastructure sectors including infrastructure planning and asset management.
His technical background was founded in the delivery of water, stormwater, municipal and solid-waste infrastructure through computer-based modelling and design using a variety of software packages.
 

Topic: Bridging the Gap Between Physical Asset Management & Behavioural Change

Francois Weideman is a senior Mechanical Engineer and Managing Director of CrEng. He has a background in operations management, with experience in asset management, reliability & maintenance. Francois conducted research - and has a passion for – organisational culture and bridging the gap between Asset Management and Behavioural change in organisations. He also holds an Honours in Physical Asset Management from the University of Pretoria and a Government Certificate of Competency (GCC).

Abimbola Windapo is a Professor at the Department of Construction Economics and Management, and the Deputy Dean of Postgraduate Studies, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Cape Town, with more than 35 years of experience in practice, teaching, and research in the construction industry and projects. 

Topic: Unlocking the Efficiency and Value:  Harnessing the Power of IoT in Asset Management

Gerhard Zandberg is an engineer currently employed by Omicron IoT and Asset Management.  Including period as consulting engineer/asset manager he has 18 years’ experience with infrastructure assets at municipalities.  He promotes IoT technology (LoRa) as a perfect fit for asset management in terms of real-time productivity, tracking, and condition monitoring.