Ultrasound World VI (2010)

Ultrasound World VI Program Abstracts

Keynote Presentation: The Hidden Factory - Find Additional Capacity From Existing Assets
Keynote Speaker: Mike Aroney, Principal Advisor, GP Allied, LLC

Abstract: "Nothing was missing, but we found three more" using technology, process, and people.

Predictive technologies can be an enabler to finding the "hidden factory", in other words, additional capacity from existing assets.  A proactive maintenance strategy provides the right mix between time-based maintenance and predictive-based maintenance to attain and sustain a very high level of asset health as defined by the percentage of equipment with zero identifiable defects. 

Technology, however, is only part of the solution.  What happens to information obtained through predictive technologies is the other part of the solution.  This part involves the organization's process and culture.  All three can have dramatic effect in releasing the hidden capacity of existing assets. 

This presentation tells how the combination of technology, process, and people found extra capacity from U.S. Navy airplanes and ships. 

Bio: Mike Aroney, Principal Advisor, GP Allied, LLC 
Mike Aroney is a retired US Navy Officer whose career included flying the F-4 Phantom and F-14 Tomcat.  He held various leadership positions in maintenance, operations, and command, and is a graduate of the Italian Naval War College, and the Navy Fighter Weapons School, Aka TOPGUN. He was graduated from Columbia University in New York City and earned graduate degrees in Science and Business Administration during his Navy Career. Mike is currently an adjunct Assistant Professor of Aeronautical Science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, FL.  

After the Navy, Mike was Deputy Director of Corporate Planning for a Global, Fortune 500 Company where he provided change leadership for a major business process re-engineering initiative that impacted 21,000 employees.   He left to join the Navy Sea Systems Command as a Program Manager and led major process and systems changes in how the US Navy maintains its ships worldwide.   Mike joined Life Cycle Engineering 9 years ago as a Principal Consultant for Change Management and Leadership and Managing Director of a $25 million-a-year Engineering and Maintenance Business Unit.  He joined GP Allied in May 2009 as Principal Consultant and thought leader for Change Management and Leadership.

Mike has published several articles on Leadership and Change Management in various Engineering and Maintenance journals, and is a sought after presenter for keynotes and presentations for various Maintenance and Reliability organizations.  He also teaches workshops on leadership and change management in the US, Europe, and Latin America, Australia, and Japan.

Mike has flown 2.5 times the speed of sound and is a Desert Storm combat veteran.

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