Walt Sanford: About the Author
President, Pinnacle
As president, Walt Sanford oversees the growth of Pinnacle’s offerings to the Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) market and the development, oversight and growth of all company products and services in process, manufacturing, power and facilities industries. With over 20 years of experience in RCM, system reliability improvement and management, technical work process improvement, asset management technologies, operations, maintenance management and software development, he developed the most widely used Reliability Centered Maintenance methodology and software within the Oil & Gas and Petrochemical industries. He has also managed numerous full-scale RCM implementation projects for Fortune 500 companies. Walt received his BS in Physics with a minor in mathematics from Mansfield University of Pennsylvania.
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Published Articles
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Keys to Success: How to Design and Use Effective Reliability and Integrity Program Assessments to Drive Sustainable Improvements
January/February 2016 Inspectioneering JournalBy Walt Sanford at Pinnacle, and Mauricio Olivares at PinnacleEquipment integrity and reliability programs are essential for refinery and chemical facility operators. The processes of the programs are developed to ensure safety, optimize component life cycles, and promote smooth and economical operations.
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November/December 2015 Inspectioneering JournalBy Walt Sanford at PinnacleMaximizing return on investment of physical assets, while at the same time operating safely and in an environmentally responsible manner is now more critical than ever for organizations within the heavy process industries.
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March/April 2015 Inspectioneering JournalBy Walt Sanford at PinnacleToday, many managers are finding that they can address the reliability of all types of assets by combining RBI and Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) processes together into one comprehensive reliability management process.
