We are one of the longest-established and most widely-respected sources, worldwide, for Asset Management expertise, training and facilitation support.
With over 50 online and classroom courses which cover all asset management topics, we have the greatest range and longest experience of asset management education and workplace training. Our staff led the development of the original IAM Competencies Framework and we have participated in all IAM Qualifications & Professional Development projects since (including the development of the IAM Certificate & Diploma).
Our tutors and experts have been providing education, training and workplace mentoring in asset management for 20 years in 28 countries and most industry sectors. They deliver extensive experience in developing e-learning content to support asset management training in different cultures and contexts. In addition, we provide the most comprehensive range of competency development services available, ranging from structured methods for identifying and prioritizing requirements to professional development planning, formal qualifications, short courses, customized and bespoke course development with workplace ‘learning while doing’ coaching, management, mentoring and culture change guidance and support.
Each of our Tutors has over 25 years of experience in their respective industries and is qualified to the Institute of Asset Management Diploma level.
Purchase a copy of The SALVO guidebook, Asset management decision-making: The SALVO Process written by John Woodhouse, and the SAMP Guide written for the Institute of Asset Management by the Woodhouse Partnership
And for those embarking on professional qualifications to reinforce their studies, examination vouchers can also be purchased here.
Gabriel Kirwan worked for 30 years in the electrical utility industry, holding a variety of senior management positions in both the networks and supply businesses for ESB Ireland and, in particular, the areas of asset management and utility regulation. He has carried out assignments in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America and has also conducted business in Spanish and French, and is a regular speaker at international conferences.
He regularly contributes to Masters and other programs at Dublin City University Business School and is also a qualified executive coach.
Gabriel is a Chartered Engineer, a member of the Institution of Engineering & Technology, a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers of Ireland and a Fellow of the UK’s Institute of Asset Management.
“The course met and exceeded my expectations. I am very happy with the way it has been delivered, materials, timing, style, etc, and definitely with a Lecturer like Gabriel Kirwan, nothing can go wrong.” Carlos Herraez, Principal Engineer, Rosen Group.
Kal Jassal has over 25 years’ experience in the marine, oil and gas industries covering facility construction, operation, inspection and maintenance. He has extensive knowledge of risk and integrity management processes, inspection approaches, remediation methods, and shutdown, turn-around and life-extension strategies.
He is knowledgeable in the use of information technology applications to support operations, maintenance and asset planning.
Kal has been instrumental in the development and implementation of a number of business critical strategies to meet evolving corporate and regulatory requirements. This included risk and integrity processes, performance management, information technology and data transformation, and business management systems.
He is a qualified Naval Architect, a Chartered Engineer (UK), and holds a MSc in Welding Technology and an MBA. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and holds an IAM Certificate in Asset Management through The Institute of Asset Management. Kal is one of our IAM Endorsed Assessors and Trainers and provides asset management training and assessments using PAS 55 and ISO 55000.
Craig Demanuele has 28 years asset management experience spanning the utilities, petrochemical and transportation and housing sectors. Craig adopts a balanced approach, aligning top down strategies, with a bottom up practical hands on solutions. He has 14 years’ experience delivering asset management transformations for major companies and has delivered asset management ISO 55001 development projects in the UK and Middle East, including several regional and national process and utility companies.
In addition, Craig has designed and facilitated over 25 asset management training courses across various countries over the last 5 years. One of our most commended trainers, Craig covers topics such as Asset Management, Asset Information Management, Maintenance and reliability management as well as certified ISO 55001 training for candidates seeking Certificate or Diploma qualifications through the Institute of Asset Management.
“Thank you for being an amazing host for the IAM Certificate course! I really enjoyed the discussions and the pace of the modules, it really helped to better understand the concepts.” Feedback questionnaire
José Duran is the Woodhouse Partnership Director of Operations in Latin America. He provides education, training and consulting services to the oil and gas, energy, mining, processing and manufacturing sectors. With over 20 years’ experience he has a deep technical knowledge in the maintenance, reliability, and performance improvement asset management areas.
He is one of our IAM Endorsed Assessors and Trainers and provides asset management training and assessments using PAS 55 and ISO 55000.
José is an IAM Professional Asset Manager and has a MSc in Maintenance Engineering, is a member of the Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers and its Reliability Maintainability Committee.
Richard Blackman is a Chartered Engineer and has over 25 years’ experience in engineering, maintenance, operational and asset management. He has worked in a multitude of industries from nuclear power; pharmaceuticals; oil & gas; defence, steel; facilities; hospitals and manufacturing to food. And in many countries and regions from Europe, Middle East, China, Australasia and USA.
Richard is one of our IAM Endorsed Trainers and Assessors and provides asset management training and assessments using ISO 55000. Richard is a brilliant trainer and regularly delivers our IAM – Foundation, Certificate and Diploma courses. As well as delivering Risk Management, RCA, FMEA and RCM training courses and facilitation. Richard is a member of The Institute of Asset Management and a Chartered Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
“Richard, reports from everyone that attended the course is that you are an exemplar teacher, made it very engaging, and they really enjoyed the time with you” Head of Asset Management, Sodexo
Based in North America, Tom McDermott previously held the position of Director of Asset Management at the New York Power Authority (the largest state-owned utility in the US, operating 17 large hydro and fossil generating facilities and more than 1,400 circuit-miles of extra high voltage transmission lines).
He has 20 years’ experience specializing in high voltage engineering, transmission line design and power plant modifications. During his tenure, he introduced and managed the development of industrial and knowledge management methodologies to improve productivity.
Tom has extensive experience in asset management training, coaching and mentoring and is one of our IAM Endorsed Assessors and Trainers, providing asset management training and assessments using PAS 55 and ISO 55000.
Mark is a Strategic Asset Management and Reliability consultant with a unique skill set having lived and breathed every part of the asset lifecycle from requirements to concept design, final design, prototype, development, reliability testing, new product introduction, warranty management, operation, and maintenance, refurbishment, renewal, replacement and disposal/ recycling as a supplier, asset manager or client.
Mark’s unique insight enables him to advise clients on Managing their Assets and their Asset Management Systems (AMS) or develop them by having delivered, embedded and had certified, a complete AMS to ISO55001, from Policy to Strategy to Plan, for a client with no prior experience in Asset Management.
With well over a decade of experience, and demonstrated competence across the full spectrum of Asset Management roles. Mark is a Registered Asset Management Professional, Fellow of the Institute of Asset Management (IAM), and Member, and Director of the IAM’s UK Chapter.
Andy Hunt has over 20 years’ experience in the water and rail industries, both regulated and commercial operations, and 3 years’ experience of quality assurance in manufacturing. He has extensive knowledge of utilities asset management and information technology applications for operations, maintenance and asset planning. He has gained a wealth of expertise in risk and reliability engineering, performance management, information technology and transformation, organizational design and management systems.
He is one of our IAM Endorsed Assessors and Trainers and provides asset management training and assessments using PAS 55 and ISO 55000.
Andy is a qualified electrical and electronic engineer who has an MSc in Asset Management and is a member of The Institute of Asset Management.
Managing Director of The Woodhouse Partnership Ltd, John Woodhouse is one of the most widely known experts in integrated asset management. He is a Founder, Life Fellow and Chair of Experts Panel for The Institute of Asset Management. John chaired the BSI/IAM development of the PAS 55 standard for optimal management of physical assets, and was UK Principal Expert in the development team for the first International Standard for Asset Management ISO 55000.
John also led the development of the first published Asset Management Competences Framework (IAM 2006), and the international MACRO and SALVO collaboration programmes in cost/risk optimization of asset management decisions and life cycle management.
John is an IAM Professional Asset Manager and has recently worked with the IAM to introduce two new courses – Creating and Maintaining a Strategic Asset Management Plan (SAMP) and (coming in 2022) ISO 55001 Gap Closure and Developing an Asset Management System (AMS).
