MUGM MANAGEMENT
MUGM Committee Chair
Janie Mann
IT Business Analyst - CoServ
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I started my career with CoServ, an electric and gas cooperative based in North Texas, in 2010 as a Customer Service Rep. This is the role where I began to build my foundation of industry knowledge and appreciation for the people that we do our business for. Then, on to Construction Management & Logistics where we were responsible for work management for all electric and gas projects throughout the entire construction and closing process. It was in this role that I gained an appreciation of the work being done in the field in such challenging working conditions. In 2016, CoServ moved from the use of a home-grown system for work management to Maximo 7.6. I have been involved with the implementation from the very beginning and have seen the system grow from less than 100 internal users to over 1000 internal and external combined. None of this possible without the introduction of mobile accessibility.
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I pride myself on the ability to provide connection and clarity needed for effective user adaption to new processes and technologies. Change management techniques, gaining a mutual respect between the technical side and user side, and a significant amount of patience is key. I look forward to bringing this expertise to the MUGM user community. Experience also includes projects to integrate Maximo and GIS Designer; integration with material supplier; and numerous system upgrades and enhancements.
Serisha Boyett
Lead Asset Information Analyst - New York Power Authority
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As an Enterprise Asset Consultant, I oversee Maximo Work and Asset management and Mobile solution processes, from gathering requirements to bridging the gap between technical and administrative teams as a user advocate. My skill in designing and implementing custom software for clients allows me to shape the future direction of products and consulting services. My career with these solutions spans over 17 years with the Department of the Interior (National Park Service and Bureau of Reclamation) and New York Power Authority.
Throughout my career, I have taken on roles of increasing responsibility to become an IBM Maximo Functional Analyst and Mobile Business Analyst skillfully guiding businesses regarding the implementation of mission-critical projects in cybersecurity, policy development, and enterprise asset and mobile solution management. In addition to effective change management, I play a vital role in proactively mitigating risks, resolving conflict, and ensuring teams' success through cross-functional collaboration and a unifying vision that aligns business operations with IT solutions.
My current position is with The New York Power Authority (NYPA) as the Lead Asset Information Analyst and Program Manager for NYPA's Mobile solution.
David Carman
Energy Supply GPA - DTE Energy
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My career at Detroit Edison started in 2002 beginning as a power plant operator, the second half of my time in operations was spent as a control room supervisor. Next, I jumped over to the maintenance side of the house where I held roles in maintenance supervision and planning. I am currently a generation performance analyst with the DTE Energy Supply asset management team. We manage Energy Supply assets and digital management programs like Maximo, EzMax Mobile, and Akwire.
Bill Cole
Tennessee Valley Authority
Bill has been in power generation for 21 years. He began his career at TVA in 2003, as a maintenance electrician. He spent 10 years working at Nuclear, Fossil and Hydro power generating plants and transmission yards. In 2012, he moved into the work management group, first as a nuclear maintenance planner. Where he planned and prepared work instructions that provided direction for the electrical maintenance and FIN groups. Then as a preventive maintenance coordinator, where he managed the implementation and administration of the PM program. Also, during this time he assisted in TVA’s Maximo 7.5 upgrade project, developed Maximo lesson plans for the Nuclear Training non-accredited program and instructed Maximo training classes for work control planners, schedulers, supervisors, work week managers, and CAP for the Nuclear Fleet. He continues to provide Maximo training to TVA’s nuclear employees. In 2023, he accepted the Nuclear Maximo Program Manager position. In this role, he is responsible for functional testing and implementing change requests for TVA’s Maximo Nuclear applications
Yewande Marshall
Southern Company
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I started my career at Southern Company in 1999, working in the Power Generation sector. Over the course of 11 years, I held various positions in Engineering, Operations, and Maintenance, working across 3 operating companies and 8 Power Plants. In 2010, I transitioned to the application side of the business, taking on the role of Enterprise Solutions Change Champion for the Georgia Power subsidiary. In this role, I supported the deployment of Enterprise Solutions Tools such as Maximo, Primavera, Power Plant, and Oracle Finance across 14 Georgia Power Generation Plants. After the successful implementation, I served as the Process Management Lead for GPC Generation from 2011 to 2013. In this role, I provided periodic and independent assessments of the progress made in adopting and utilizing the newly implemented Enterprise Tools.
In 2014, I transitioned to the IT department following a re-organization. Since then, I have been working as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) and Senior Analyst. I have extensive experience with Maximo, having been a user, trainer, and support analyst since its implementation in 2010.
I have also been actively involved with the Maximo Utility Working Group (MUWG) for over a decade, along with several colleagues from Southern Company. The MUWG conference has been immensely beneficial to Southern Company, and I am particularly grateful for the opportunity to have delivered a paper at the fall 2023 conference.
I hold a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering with a Minor in Mathematics from the University of Alabama and an MBA (Honors) from Mercer University, Atlanta Georgia
In my free time, I enjoy spending quality time with my family, traveling, and socializing with good friends.
Scott Smith, PE
Site Manager - Skookum
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Scott is the Site Manager for Skookum’s North Sound Base Operating Support Contract (NSBOSC) located at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. Skookum is a non-profit company that provides maintenance services – and has been a big user of Maximo mobility since 2013. After “quality team” and “solid processes”, mobility is the biggest gamechanger for the asset-intensive companies. Coupled with full Maximo and emerged, practical technologies, dramatic improvements are possible over a phased approached. That said, doing this – particularly making mobile work for the Technician – is challenging. Skookum learns from other companies and willingly shares their projects as well.
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Summarized work history:
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1985-2007: Naval Civil Engineer Corps Officer stationed in many global locations performing maintenance, construction and contracting in support of Navy commands. Involved with many system development and integration projects including:
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Navy’s Public Works Maximo system starting in 1995 – led pilot site at San Diego
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Integration of contract and project management systems with Maximo
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2008 – 2013: NAS Whidbey Island Business Manager supporting the 50 squadrons and commands as part of the base staff.
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2014 – 2015: Maximo consultant (functional) for TRM – involved with several projects.
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2016 to Present: Site Manager for Skookum at NAS Whidbey – leads 130 person team maintaining $3B in assets (facilities, utilities, airfield, fleet, environmental). Aggressive mobility usage:
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100 technicians utilize for paperless work, material, and reporting processes
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Extensions for reliability and asset management capability
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Leverage RPA, eCatalog integration, PowerBI, practical sensoring
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Always learning from the best companies
Brad VanNote
Material Management Specialist II - Oglethorpe Power Corp.
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Brad began his career with Oglethorpe Power’s Supply Chain department in 2011 as a Roving Warehouseman,
where he was responsible for maintaining and organizing inventory for 6 power plants as well as conducting
Cycle Counts of the inventory, which was done on paper. A few years later, the company implemented a mobile
app solution from Interloc for performing inventory counting. OPC was able to eliminate all paper involved with
cycle and wall to wall counts and cut the time to perform in half.
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Brad has been the lead user of the application and over the years demoed the application at MUWG and
presented the solution on panels with other users. He continues to provide feedback, enhancement ideas,
testing and training for the supply chain & IT departments.
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In 2014, Brad took on a purchasing role while still overseeing inventory cycle count schedules. He currently
supports the purchasing & materials management for two power plants with OPC, while continuing to work with
our mobility solution: testing, enhancements, and user training.