James (Jim) Kennedy
Jim has a 40 year perspective on the escalating importance of maintenance engineering which began when he was in the RAAF. In 1986 he joined the Institute of Engineers National Panel on Maintenance, the forerunner of MESA, and subsequently became a founding member of MESA.
“Over the last six years Jim has trained over 500 people nationally and internationally from Group General Managers to Team Leaders in the principles and practice of asset management. A number of large utilities have achieved ed significant turnaround following the adoption of key asset management models contained in this course”.

Deryk Anderson
Deryk Anderson has over 22 years experience in the management of industrial assets as a practitioner, manager, consultant and lecturer. Originally from the power industry, he has worked in Petrochemical, Utilities, Process and Food and Beverage Industries. Deryk has been a member of MESA since its inception in 1992, and was part of the original Adelaide MESA committee. Since 1999, Deryk has lectured in asset management strategies to over 500 representatives of national and international organizations.

Peter Kohler
Peter is an engineering professional with proven ability to deliver innovative solutions in the areas of risk management, asset management and maintenance engineering. Peter’s extensive career includes being a Captain in the Royal Australian Navy. This has enhanced Peter’s expertise unlike any other. Through his naval experience he has gained first hand experience and knowledge regarding Asset Management in practice. After leaving the Navy Peter founded a new company specialising in Asset Management (Capability by Design, an engineering consultancy firm). Business has proved to be no problem for Peter, as he is currently the Managing Director of CBD. With prior experience in the industry and having been a constant and diligent member of MESA since 1993, Peter is a prominent and highly regarded figure in Australia’s Asset Management circle. This was reinforced when in 1996 he spearheaded the development of the highly prestigious AMEA (Asset Management Excellence Award). The award aims to recognise, encourage and further improve the quality of Asset Management. Peter was again recognised for his services in 2008 when he was granted a life membership to MESA and Asset Management Council.

Gary Winsor - BE (Elec), Hons, NSWIT 1986. GDipEng (Mtce Mgmt), University of Wollongong 1985.
Gary Winsor is an Electrical Engineer with over 26 years experience in design, construction and maintenance roles in rail and electrical utility infrastructure. Whilst in the rail industry he spent several years as the District Electrical Engineer Blue Mountains and Senior Mains Standards Engineer before taking roles of Systems Assurance Manager and Commissioning Manager for RSA for the Sydney Airport Link project. Gary spent 4 years in an asset management consulting role with Energy Australia before taking up a full time position as Operations Investment Manager, Transmission Mains and Maintenance Analyst in 2004. Gary has extensive experience in reliability, reliability/availability modeling, maintenance requirements analysis, and asset management, including the development a number of asset economic and risk models.

Terry Howard

Terry has an electrical engineering background with post graduate studies in Asset Management and holds a Masters of Systems Engineering.  He has over 15 years experience in the practical application of Asset Management principles in the NSW Rail Industry.  He was key contributor to RailCorp’s success in twice winning the MESA Maintenance Excellence Award through the introduction of cultural change to maintenance practices.  He project managed the implementation of Mincom’s Ellipse system to support RailCorp’s Asset Management Strategy and the development of integrated specialist rail systems to supplement Ellipse functionality.  He is a regular lecturer for RailCorp’s internal 5 day course “Asset Management for Engineers and Managers” and is an active member of MESA’s Sydney Chapter.

Ross Francis

Ross is Director and Principal Consultant of Ross Francis Consulting specialising in Asset Management and Maintenance.

Prior to this Ross managed the maintenance consulting group of Siemens Ltd.  This followed roles in Siemens and Silcar Maintenance Services including business development and site contract management.

Previously Development Manager and Engineering (Maintenance) Manager for Australian Newsprint Mills at Albury (now Norske Skog).  Commenced career as a trainee at the BHP Whyalla steelworks culminating in the position of Chief Mechanical Engineer.   His career has included roles in design, projects, commissioning, maintenance, services engineering, as well as training, coaching, mentoring and cultural change processes.

Ross has presented a range of in-house and public workshops and training courses including the ongoing 2-day course “Asset Management & Maintenance” for Engineering Education Australia (EEA).

Ross is currently developing the documentation and management systems for the AM Council Asset Management Certification Scheme.