Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CRMP) Member; Society for Maintenance & Reliability Professionals (SMRP)

Stan has more than 40 years of experience as a maintenance and reliability practitioner in various industries including petrochemical, chemical, aerospace, pharmaceutical and steel. This experience has led him to successfully orchestrate, manage or participate in numerous successful projects, including:

• Development and implementation of strategic-level asset management playbooks.
• Development of numerous technical job plans and guidelines for rotating machinery with a focus on quantitative results and precision execution.
• Led corporate teams through asset management assessments, including an assessment of a large (600,000+ barrel per day) refinery.
• Provided change management leadership and coaching to numerous clients with focus on sustainable improvements in asset management.

Stan possesses broad experience in asset management, capital project execution and reliability improvement initiatives and he is well versed in developing and using best practice models and key performance indicators to drive improvement. He has facilitated numerous business case workshops and asset management assessments for firms in a variety of industries.

In addition to these specific achievements, Stan has conducted assessments, facilitated root cause analyses, promoted and executed change management initiatives, and assisted with CMMS configuration and implementation. He has also facilitated failure mode and effects and reliability centered maintenance analyses for firms in a variety of industries.

Through the effective use of failure mode and effects analyses (FMEAs), he has also championed the development of maintenance strategies that blend effective condition-based technologies with applicable time-based strategies, resulting in optimal life cycle cost management of assets.

As a maintenance and reliability manager, Stan consistently managed projects to reduce reactive work and improve safety performance while meeting departmental budget constraints. As a core team member of a corporate maintenance and reliability assessment team, he evaluated performance across multiple sites, identifying opportunities for improvement and excellence.

Stan has been actively involved with the Society for Maintenance & Reliability Professionals for more than 20 years. He has served on the Board of Directors in all capacities including Secretary, Treasurer, Vice-Chairman and Chairman. He has also served on the SMRP Annual Conference Committee, including serving as Conference Chair.

Stan has authored publications and/or presented on more than a dozen expert topics including “Rotating Machinery Best Practices” (Workshop, SMRP Annual Conference, 2021), “Best Practices for Key Performance Indicators” (SMRP Solutions Magazine, 2018), “Effective Asset Management, When Does It Start?” (Emerson Whitepaper, 2014), various case history presentations at Vibration Institute Annual Meetings, and many more.

Stan was instrumental in founding and activating the North Alabama Chapter of the SMRP. He has previously held certifications as a Vibration Analyst and a Thermographer. In addition to being a registered PE in the state of Tennessee, Stan is also a PROSCI certified change management practitioner.