Up Time Magazine - December 2008/January 2009 - (Page R5) Keynote Speakers Richard (Ricky) Smith, Co-Author Rules of Thumb for Maintenance and Reliability Engineers and the Industrial Repair Handbook Ricky has over 30 years in maintenance as a maintenance manager, maintenance supervisor, maintenance training specialist, maintenance mechanic, maintenance consultant and is a well known published author. Ricky has worked with maintenance organizations in hundreds of facilities, industrial plants, ships, etc, world wide in developing reliability, maintenance and technical training strategies. Ricky worked as a professional maintenance employee for Allied Reliability, Exxon Company USA, Alumax (this plant was rated the best in the world for over 18 years), Kendall Company, and Hercules Chemical providing the foundation for his reliability and maintenance experience. Ricky recently spent over a year deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Ricky served as a Direct Support Maintenance Company Commander providing maintenance to US and Coalition Forces throughout Kuwait and Iraq. He recently served as the investigating officer for the Walter Reed Medical Center, Building 18 Investigation for the Independent Review Group as directed by the Secretary of Defense Gates and his recommendations for changes were presented to Congress. Ricky also writes for different magazines including Uptime Magazine during the past 20 years on technical, reliability and maintenance subjects. Ricky holds certification as a Certified Plant Maintenance Manager from the Association of Facilities Engineering as well as a Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional from the Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals. Ricky is also an active member of the Association for Maintenance Professionals. Ricky lives in Charleston, SC with his wife. Aside from spending time with his 3 children and 3 grandchildren, Ricky enjoys kayaking, fishing, hiking and archaeology. Remco Jonker, M. Sc. Partner of Mainnovation Remco Jonker studied at the Royal Netherlands Naval Academy and joined the Navy for ten years in various operational functions. He also holds a degree in industrial engineering from Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands, where he specialized in the management of maintenance. In 1998 he moved to the Maintenance & Service Consulting Practice of Ernst & Young Consulting and performed various maintenance and asset management projects in multinational companies. After the merge with Cap Gemini he became manager of the Maintenance and Industrial Service group. Today Mr. Jonker is partner at Mainnovation, the company he joined in 2001 during the start up. In the course of his career, Mr. Jonker has become a maintenance expert with a wide array of expertise. He has acquired considerable knowledge and experience of various maintenance methods (including RCM and TPM), benchmarking and optimizing maintenance organizations, selecting and implementing Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) systems and facilitating outsourcing projects. He contributes actively to the development of his field of specialization through published articles, international seminars and training courses. He is chairman of the CMMS section of the Dutch Maintenance Association (NVDO) and co-writer of the book entitled “Value Driven Maintenance, New Faith In Maintenance”. Networking and Power Coaching Reliabilityweb.com learning events offer much more than sit and listen presentations. Each day includes ample time to meet and network with peers, subject matter experts, book authors, magazine editors and solution providers. 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