PRESENTATION
2019 - PI World - San Francisco - Mining, Materials, Supply Chain
Intro by Industry Principal / Industry Champions
Welcome to the Mining, Metals and Materials Industry Day! In this session you will find peer presentations on why and how technology is helping the Industry to advance in their Digital Transformation journey to improve production efficiency and reduce operating costs.
Company
OSIsoft
Speaker
Martin Provencher
Martin Provencher holds a Bachelor Degree in Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence focus from University of Quebec in Montreal. Over the years, he has acquired an extensive experience in information technology and operational & maintenance management. In March 2018, he joined OSIsoft as the Industry Principal for Mining, Metals and Materials. His knowledge of the industry was acquired through position he held at Aluminerie Alouette, a large aluminum smelter located in Quebec, Canada, as the Information Technology & Automation Manager and after as the Operations & Maintenance Manager for Casthouse and Production Services. He has also been an active Industry 4.0 speaker and influencer for IBM as the Quebec Metals and Mining Leader and lately with Norda Stelo as Director for manufacturing and processing plants. He has a clear understanding of the industry challenges and strongly believes in digital transformation to achieve strategic organizational goals.
Company
OSIsoft
Speaker
Matthew Miller
Matt Miller, OSIsoft's Industry Principal for Transportation has been a technical marketing and sales professional for more than 30 years, with a broad background in developing industrial automation electronics, control systems and information solutions for OEM and enterprise customers. Over the course of three decades he has helped bring dozens of innovative machine-to-machine products to market, including the use of the OSIsoft PI System into embedded, mobile and fixed transportation assets. Matt has been working with Microsoft, Cisco, Qualcomm and leading telematics companies to evolve the Next Generation Telematics Platform, bringing Real-time Operational Intelligence tools to the transportation value chain and smart city initiatives.
Company
OSIsoft
Speaker
Max McKay
Max Mckay works with OSIsoft's Advisory Services group, focusing on helping organizations looking to transform the way they use data on how best to use a time series data infrastructure to achieve their business objectives. He also act as Transportation Industry Champion, supporting business development in connected rail, ships, ports, trucks, and automobile. Max has worked for the past 10 years with OSIsoft across various technical roles. He holds a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from Universite de Sherbrooke, Quebec.
Company
OSIsoft
Speaker
Silverio Cavazos
Silverio Cavazos has an Electric Engineer degree form Instituto Tecnolgico de Monterrey (Mexico) and was previously an OSIsoft customer beginning in 1995 working in the cement industry. He joined OSI in 2005 as Field Service Engineer, since then has been helping the company in multiple positons, including Enterprise Project Manager for several Spanish speaking clients. Over his 12 years at OSI including his most recent role as System Architect, Silverio has focused his expertise to help our costumer to understand and rapidly adopt OSIsoft's technology. Silverio lives in Monterrey, Mexico, likes to play domino and to travel with his wife and daughter.
Company
OSIsoft
Speaker
Francois Pelletier-Bouchard
Francois is a Technical Advisor for OSIsoft and the Industry Champion for Metals and Mining. Francois started at OSIsoft in 2011 as a Field Service Engineer and joined delivery services soon after.