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Lasting reliability improvement depends on your ability to build trust, develop people, create accountability, lead through change, and gain organizational buy-in.
The Autumn Accelerator is a one-day leadership intensive built specifically for maintenance and reliability professionals, led by experts who've transformed organizations – and reliability cultures – worldwide.
Build the skills to lead people, earn trust, and create a culture where teams can perform at their highest potential.
Set priorities, clarify responsibilities, and create structured accountability that keeps your plant moving forward.
Spend the day with maintenance and reliability peers facing the exact same organizational, cultural, and executive challenges.
Create an environment where teams can address problems, recognizing that reliability work involves admitting failures and allowing failure as part of process development.
Focus on helping leaders grow their people, improve performance, and take on greater responsibility.
Highlight key maintenance culture elements and clarify expectations with actionable RACI frameworks tailored for managers and floor teams.
Guide teams smoothly through the friction of new technology rollouts, process upgrades, and evolving working habits.
Shift permanently from firefighting reactive mode to proactive risk mitigation and structured decision-making.
Communicate value with clarity to win executive backing, secure necessary maintenance budgets, and build company-wide buy-in.
Learn from Practitioners Who've Done the Work.
Founder, Eruditio
N.C. State engineering graduate. Has led reliability and maintenance improvement work in pharmaceuticals, metals, petrochemical, paper, and power generation.
Past Chairman of SMRP and former SMRP Director of Education. CMRP, CAMA, and change-management certified through Prosci and Colorado State. Works with TPM, RCM, RCA, Lean, and Six Sigma, and with the leadership side of getting those practices in place.
Principal Trainer and Consultant, Eruditio
Purdue aerospace engineering graduate. Retired Captain of Marines. CMRP, Reliability Engineering Certification from Clemson, ISO Category II Vibration Analyst.
Has worked in oil and gas, steel, and as a maintenance manager, then in predictive technology services. Now trains and consults on reliability engineering, planning, leadership, and building the people and processes behind a reliability program.
North America Sales Enablement Leader, UE Systems
In the maintenance and reliability industry since 2006 and with UE Systems since 2012. Member of the North America Leadership Team, supporting teams in delivering impactful ultrasound solutions, and helps lead landmark events including the Ultrasound World conference.
Frequent speaker across industry conferences and past member of the SMRP Board of Directors as Education Director, overseeing educational curriculum and the Annual Conference. Holds CMRP and Level I Ultrasound certifications.
Site Director, PepsiCo
Site Director at PepsiCo leading manufacturing operations, engineering, and compliance for high-performing facilities. Champions continuous improvement and workplace safety while consistently driving best-in-class quality, service, and strategic cost management.
Prior PepsiCo leadership roles as Maintenance & Engineering Director and Packaging Department Manager solidified his expertise in production scheduling, maintenance processes, equipment downtime reduction, and empowering plant-floor talent.
One focused, high-impact day designed to turn leadership concepts into plant-floor results.
Registration, name badge pickup, and casual networking.
Setting workshop objectives, personal goals, and leadership ground rules.
Fostering psychological safety, vulnerability, and transparent problem identification.
The mental preparation and resolve required to "lead up," cultivate high-performing teams, and stand firm through organizational pushback.
Constructive expectations, RACI alignment between managers and the floor, and sustaining accountability across plant operations.
Included networking lunch with fellow maintenance and asset leaders.
Why operational storms disrupt decision-making—and how to establish rock-solid guiding principles that anchor leadership during chaos.
Hands-on simulation addressing real-world operational challenges.
Escaping reactive firefighting through proactive risk assessment, cross-functional alignment, and focused asset prioritization.
Speaking the language of the executive suite to unlock necessary budgets.
Drafting your personal 30-60-90 day plant execution roadmap.
Relax, unwind, and build lasting relationships with peers in Charleston.
October 20, 2026 | Charleston, SC
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