OpEx Solutions, Inc.

Gary Johnson is a Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional with over 50 years' experience. Some of his main areas of expertise are maximizing asset utilization, reliability, asset tracking, cost reduction, and planning and scheduling. As Principal Consultant, Gary has coached numerous business, government, and service organizations reduce waste and increase efficiency. 

 

While working for Alcoa, where he served for 34 years in various capacities (Global Director of Reliability Excellence and Maintenance, Plant Engineer, Division Engineer, and Corporate Recruiter and Trainer) Gary developed a system for real-time asset utilization monitoring.

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In addition to his work as Principal Consultant for OpEx Solutions, Inc. (OSI), Gary is Vice President of SenSimTek, a wholly owned startup subsidiary of OSI, where is is developing strategies, supplier partnerships, employees, and marketing in advancing cutting-edge automation, integration, and robotics services. 

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Gary served four years as Chair of The Dept. of Mechanical Engineering University of Texas Visiting Committee advising the Dean on suggested improvements to curriculum and methods.
 

Gary has a BSME from The University of Texas at Austin and is a Registered Professional Engineer. He has won numerous safety and innovation awards including the MSHA Holmes National Safety Award for Most Safe Surface Mine in the U.S.