
Maintenance Mavericks Podcast
A podcast for people who want to learn more about all things maintenance and reliability. UpKeep Founder and CEO, Ryan Chan, meets with an expert from the maintenance community to take a deep-dive into topics that can help elevate our entire industry.
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Latest episodes

Oct 2, 2019 • 26min
Episode 6: Tips on Establishing a Reliability Culture Within Your Organization with LaWayne Smith
This week on Masterminds in Maintenance, we hear from LaWayne Smith, Head of Asset Management and Reliability at the University of Kansas Medical Center. LaWayne shares with us his journey being the steward of change for his organization in revitalizing their preventative maintenance program. Thank you, LaWayne, for joining us!

Sep 25, 2019 • 31min
Episode 5: How Managing Your Storeroom Can Save You Millions with Radar Huntsinger
On this week's episode of Masterminds in Maintenance, Radar Huntsinger discusses the key elements of success in Maintenance Repair and Operations (MRO) and how MRO directly impacts reliability and overall efficiency of any organization.

Sep 18, 2019 • 35min
Episode 4: The Best KPI’s for Your Maintenance Operations with Fred Schenkelberg
This week we hear from Fred Schenkelberg on his reliability journey, why Mean Time Between Failure is NOT the best metric to track, and what ARE the best KPIs for your maintenance operations.

Sep 11, 2019 • 28min
Episode 3: How to Develop Maintenance and Reliability Processes at Your Organization with Ricky Smith
This week’s guest is Ricky Smith. Ricky joins the Masterminds in Maintenance podcast to discuss his journey of creating asset reliability and process reliability with his maintenance teams. Ricky Smith's wide global experience has brought him a unique perspective that "maintenance is maintenance, it doesn't matter where you go."

Sep 4, 2019 • 35min
Episode 2: How to Increase Awareness about Reliability with Rob Kalwarowsky, Reliability Engineer
A podcast for those with new ideas in maintenance. Each week, Ryan Chan meets with a guest who has had an idea for how to shake things up in the maintenance and reliability industry. Sometimes the idea failed, sometimes it made their businesses more successful, and other times their idea revolutionized entire industries.

Aug 23, 2019 • 24min
Episode 1: How to Shift the Culture of a Maintenance Team with Peter Funk, Reliability Manager
A podcast for those with new ideas in maintenance. Each week, Ryan Chan meets with a guest who has had an idea for how to shake things up in the maintenance and reliability industry. Sometimes the idea failed, sometimes it made their businesses more successful, and other times their idea revolutionized entire industries.
This week's guest is Peter Funk, Reliability Manager at Rehrig Pacific Company.
Listen in on how Rehrig's maintenance team evolved, and how Peter was able to increase knowledge sharing within their maintenance organization.