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Projetech - The Maximo® Experts
Chris Winston
Project Manager/ Instructor
Chris, a Projetech Project Manager/Instructor, has been working with Projetech for over six years. Having years of hands-on experience with Maximo, Chris is a proven Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) Implementer. He is also an experienced trainer for all types of students including Analysts, Managers, End Users and other Implementers.
Chris is frequently handling multiple Maximo tasks such as regularly serving as functional lead for implementations, gathering user requirements, testing and taking systems live, and customizing (only as last resort!). In his spare time he regularly presents and/or authors technical papers in different implementation areas.
Chris is an IBM Certified Maximo 5, 6, and 7 EAM Consultant and has experience in:
- Business or Technical Team Lead and Project Management, including implementation team and post implementation team development, and change management from implementation effort to on-going operations
- Configuration specification, development and management
- Field coaching / Implementation evaluation during rollout to implement continuous improvement
- Implementation and Readiness Assessments
- Data Conversion
- Electronic Transfer and Loading (ETL)
Chris has provided System Architect guidance for a successful restart of a 64 site Maximo upgrade for a leading beverage manufacturer and shepherded several site restarts until full time staff was on board and trained, and the client was prepared to assume full responsibility.
He also served as functional lead in numerous Maximo database startups from assessment through go-live, in various manufacturing sectors (Metals, Automotive, Chemical, Pharmaceutical), as well as Transportation and Utilities.
Chris also has provided consultation services as functional lead and/or team member in various modules and versions of CMMS productions. Initial responsibilities included evaluation of requirements and needs of organization to best automate through CMMS/EAM.
On a personal note, Chris' favorite place to travel is his birthplace, a little town called Chicago. When there he likes to just drop in on people. He is known for not calling ahead first, and everyone knows it.
Chris' Maximo fact:
A client presented him with a Maximo security issue to deal with, and it sounded familiar. He checked a couple Maximo group sites on the web, and found the exact solution he needed. It was posted a year before - by Chris himself!
Julie Shaw
Project Manager/ Instructor
With many years of Maximo hands-on experience under her belt, Julie Shaw came to Projetech in 2006. Julie is an IBM Certified Maximo 6 EAM Consultant and has performed multiple successful Maximo upgrades --- v3 to v4, v4 to v5, and v4 to v6. She is currently engaged on a v4 to v7 upgrade; responsible for activities from assessment to go live.
She is knowledgeable in Maximo’s support of GL accounting practices whether exporting transactions or integrating to financial software. She has worked with maintenance, purchasing, accounting and inventory managers to develop business processes that work with Maximo. She has worked on several projects to correct/improve inventory implementations and redefine req-to-check processes.
Julie also developed a custom training plan for a large Maximo v5 to v6 upgrade. She orchestrated the training delivery to more than 700 students in five locations in four weeks and then continued course delivery across the remaining sites, traveling the US from east to west and north to south. She continues to work with the customer, learning their key business processes and maintaining training materials.
She has held numerous titles: Project Manager, Assistant Director of IT, Applications Manager, Systems Analyst, Network and Systems Administrator, Technical Associate, Office Manager, Computer Operator, Inventory Clerk and Accounting Clerk. Besides her strong healthcare background, she also has industry experience in bank operations, A/R & A/P, Retail Sales & Training.
In addition to her IBM Maximo Certification, Julie also holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Management Information Systems and a Projetech Project Manager Award.
Julie, her husband Tom & dog Chloe spend their free time boating on the lake where she lives.
Did you know...
Julie’s coworkers love to tease her about her extreme organizational skills. If you talk with her, be sure to ask her about her color-coding habits!
Mack Parrott
Maximo Administrator/ Project Manager
Mack currently lives where he grew up in the western PA town of New Castle, creatively described as Projetech’s Pittsburgh office. Long ago, when engineers used slide rules, Mack graduated with a mechanical engineering degree from Ohio University. His ‘first career’ was with the Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company where he worked various engineering, maintenance and management positions in Kentucky, Texas, New York, Wyoming, and Pennsylvania, finally coming back to roost in the town that he grew up in 20 years before.
Somewhere along the way, Mack discovered he liked project work much more than traditional engineering and was able to steer his career to construction, process reengineering, and finally Maximo implementation and training projects. Mack’s first Maximo implementation was actually Maximo version three 15 years ago. Even though Maximo has changed significantly since then, Mack still believes that the three fundamental tenets of people, processes and technology are required for success in any CMMS project.
Mack keeps current with technology with education, both formal (an MS in Information Systems Management) and self-study (Maximo 6.1 and 7.1 IBM certification).
Mack also is a commercial rated pilot and reaches many of his consulting and training engagements by flying himself in his Mooney while waiting patiently for Projetech to acquire a turbine powered corporate aircraft.
When Mack and his wife Cathy were married in 1978, Mack had just started his new job, hence, he had no vacation so Cathy’s honeymoon was spent in Holiday Inns throughout Kentucky.
Did you know...
Mack and Cathy are avid SCUBA divers with a shark-feeding dive at the Great Barrier Reef as one of the most memorable.
Mark Eaton
Solutions Architect
Mark was an IT financial systems director at an east coast regional airline when he was first introduced to Maximo and aircraft maintenance in 2000. It was then that Mark took a leadership role on the Maximo development and implementation project that was struggling to move forward. This would prove to be a life changing event, as the demands of implementing aircraft maintenance in Maximo would dominate his focus for the next six years. After implementation, Mark was responsible for a team of people that supported Maximo and the company’s financial systems for the airline.
It was during this time, in 2002, when Mark first met the Projetech owner/president and many of the company’s consultants. Projetech was recruited to assist with training and post go-live support during the rollout of Maximo version 4.1.1 to over 400 users. The Projetech team took the challenge as their own and became a trusted partner to the airline. Projetech was there all the way to the end in 2006, when the airline ceased operations, providing training to the Maximo users.
After the airline shut down, Mark continued his focus with Maximo in the aviation vertical by implementing Maximo version 6 with the Asset Configuration Manager add-on at a startup regional airline. After a successful implementation there, Mark joined Projetech in June 2008 as a member of the technical team.
Mark currently acts as a lead technologist for the company, architecting the hosting environment where Projetech hosts Maximo versions 4 -7. He is a certified Maximo Asset Management 7.1 Deployment Professional and Solution Designer.
Mark has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, majoring in Accounting with a minor in Finance. Prior to his experience with Maximo, Mark worked for Mobil Oil Corporation for 13 years in the Accounting and IT functions with most of his time focused on developing / implementing new accounting systems.
Mark lives in the Dallas area with his wife Johnna and their three kids.
April Shereda
Manager of Training and Client Relations
April came to us as Manager of Training and Client Relations from a very diverse and non technical background. She has a degree in Psychology and focused her early career on counseling troubled youth (in the wilderness of Texas!), disabled adults and those seeking employment.
She then spent several years recruiting Pilots, Flight Attendants and various airline personnel. Projetech has been able to utilize her recruiting skills in assisting us to hire the most exceptional employees. She also has experience as an HR Manager for a start up airline.
April is a great networker and not one to sit idle, so during times of lay off has also gained experience in Asphalt Maintenance Sales, Property Management, Real Estate and Bartending.
April is our resident Health Nut and recently became a Certified Holistic Health Coach. In this side job she ignites passion in others, supports and encourages them along their path to health and celebrates with them as they reach their personal wellness goals. If you plan to attend one of our open Maximo training classes- just know - donuts for a morning snack are a thing of the past!
For the past two years while at Projetech April has grown in her understanding of common technical and Maximo lingo and is excited to assist clients coordinate their Maximo education. She also manages the renewal process for our MaaS clients so you may see a reminder from her about extending your current agreements.
Did you know...
When not at work April spends time volunteering for various organizations, participating in spiritual growth activities, lots of physical exercise and outdoor sports, motorcycle riding, boating, traveling and wine tasting. She also enjoys learning more about us humans on a physical, spiritual and mental level through organized and individual study. She lives in Cincinnati with her sweet, furry, blue eyed cat.
Please feel free to call or email for the latest in training events or if you are ready to renew or extend your MaaS agreements.
Terry Smith
Maximo Administrator
Terry has 22 years IT experience with an emphasis on customer support. She started her career at GE Aircraft Engines. While there, Terry spent 8 of 12 years performing mainframe technical support on various platforms including IBM, Honeywell and VAX.
From
there she moved on to other organizations to do technical support
specializing in customized applications. In each of my roles, In each role, she took it upon herself to establish processes and procedures and created
documentation for them. As a result, this lead to leadership roles and
eventually into several Help Desk Manager positions
Since
joining Projetech in 2008, Terry has become proficient in Maximo v4, v6 and
v7. She is usually the first person to speak with the customers when they
call for Support. She provides answers to questions and resolutions to
problems a customer may have with Maximo and have established a good
rapport with customers. In addition to providing technical support Terry also does most of the database administration for our hosted customers. She writes and modifies Crystal Reports for v4 and is getting familiar with Actuate reports in v6.
Future goals include possibly pursuing some Maximo certifications.
Did you know...
Terry started taking college courses at night in her senior year of high school. Eleven years later with a husband, house, job and two kids she earned her Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with minors in Information Technology and Marketing. She's lived her entire life in Cincinnati but hopes someday to relocate south to warmer weather!
Jim Munsey
Maximo Instructor
Find me on Linked InJim has worked in the maintenance management field for 25 + years in a wide variety of disciplines and positions. With 13+ years as a CMMS Implementation Consultant and 11 years specifically with Maximo, he has considerable experience and expertise in Assessment, Implementation, Configuration, Business Process Mapping, Training, Curriculum Development, E-Learning, SME, and CMMS System Administration. He is an IBM Certified Deployment Professional- Maximo V6 EAM and Maximo V7.1 Asset Management and proficient in all Maximo modules. He has extensive training experience and a degree from Southern Illinois University in Vocation Education and Training development. When not at work he is an avid motorcycle fanatic and rides a police model Harley Road King with a double-wide 2 seat sidecar. Jim resides in Lower Alabama (often referred to as L.A.).
Other positions have included: Manager of Equipment Field Support Services for a large Industrial Water Treatment Company, Production Equipment Maintenance Manager for a global electronics manufacturer and Field Engineer/Project Manager for HVAC Controls. Additionally, he has acquired extensive engineering experience and training from thirteen years in the Navy Nuclear Power Field as a Reactor Operator, Engineering Plant Supervisor, I & C Electronics Supervisor , and Technical Training Instructor.
