Keynote Speakers

Planning4Realibilty will see 3 keynote speakers presenting on cutting edge topics over the 2 days

Doc Palmer

Author of the MAINTENANCE PLANNING AND SCHEDULING HANDBOOK published in 1999 and now in its 2nd edition (2005)
Doc Palmer has over 25 years of industrial experience as a practitioner primarily within the maintenance department of the Jacksonville Electric Authority, a major United States electric utility. From 1990 through 1994, Palmer was responsible for overhauling the existing maintenance planning organisation. The resulting success played a role in expanding planning to all crafts and stations owned and operated by the utility.

Doc Palmer consults, mentors, and trains companies internationally for maintenance planning success.

Doc Palmer is a professional engineer with a master's degree in business administration. He is also a CMRP, Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional.

Mark Quinn

Mark’s current role is Manager Asset Management for Rio Tinto Coal Australia (RTCA).
Mark leads a team of asset management professionals that provide strategic direction and support to seven operating sites, and emerging new projects, across NSW and Queensland.

Mark’s previous role was Manager Maintenance at Tarong Mine and prior to that Mark has held roles at all levels including Manager Maintenance at Kelian Mine (Indonesia), roles in planning, project management, maintenance improvement and leadership.

After commencing his career as an apprentice fitter/machinist Mark later returned to studies and gained engineering, maintenance management and statutory qualifications.

Phil MacMahon

Phil is an Engineer with 23 years experience in engineering and maintenance. Focussing originally on business improvement through systems, and now on behaviour and motivation, he has worked within the oil industry and mining within Australia, Chile and the UK for companies including BP and BHP Billiton.

He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, is an accredited member of the Society of Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (SMRP) and currently studying social psychology at the University of New England.