Making of the SRE Omelette

Episode 7 - Intelligent Facilities & Assets

Making of the SRE Omelette

Show Notes

Mike Hollinger, Master Inventor, CTO for Applied AI & Distinguished Engineer for Maximo Application Suite talks about how we can leverage operational insights from assets, facilities and infrastructure to drive clean energy transition and decarbonization. Mike shares stories from customers that showcases successes as well as challenges they faced. Mike have a call to action to inspire Site Reliability Engineers to embrace the data and capabilities we have at our fingertips today to turn data into action to achieve the sustainable future.

Things to listen for:

[02:20 - 03:25] Mike's career path that led to his current role

[03:59 - 05:47] Meaning of sustainability to Mike

[07:56 - 10:06] Sustainability movement over last few years

[10:18 - 11:41] Importance of driving action from data

[12:04 - 15:45] Challenges in Facilities and Assets

[16:28 - 18:07] Civil Infrastructure example that drive action from data

[20:40 - 22:19] What Mike considers as success

[22:50 - 23:39] Importance of driving action from data

[26:06 - 29:34] Suggestion for c-suite executives to take action

[30:15 - 34:24] Call to action for SREs

[38:32 - 41:03] Mike's ingredient & recipe for a Sustainable Future

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