MAINTENANCE
HERO AWARDS^
Congrats to our 2025 winners!
The Maintenance Hero Awards recognize outstanding maintenance professionals who are using Limble to boost efficiency, drive innovation, and set a new standard of excellence across their organization.
PROACTIVE PIONEER
This award goes to the maintenance professionals revolutionizing their maintenance program with a best-in-class proactive strategy, including those who have launched a preventive maintenance program, optimized PM schedules, increased planned maintenance percentage, or integrated condition-monitoring sensors with Limble to automate PM scheduling.
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Ciceu and Steve drove Emerson’s maintenance program to new heights by embedding proactive practices at scale. Simon introduced strong planning, reduced MTTR, increased MTBF, and improved PM forecasting for their Cluj, Romania site. Steve established Emerson’s PM standards, even revising them eight times to match evolving Limble capabilities, and mentored colleagues worldwide to replicate success. Together, their proactive strategies have reduced intervention times, improved asset reliability, and inspired a culture of continuous improvement across Emerson’s global network.
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Corey completely transformed his company’s maintenance program in under two years. He digitized more than 200 assets, tagging each with QR codes that link to schematics and history, while building custom dashboards to track performance. His leadership reduced exhausting 10-hour, six-day workweeks to efficient 8-hour, five-day shifts by eliminating the cycle of chronic breakdowns. As his nominator puts it: “We have never had such a transformation within our maintenance department. This is all thanks to Corey Stone.”
DOWNTIME DISRUPTER
These maintenance pros have made a big impact on their company’s bottom line, reducing unplanned downtime and keeping production running by improving equipment performance, and reducing Mean Time to Repair (MTTR), or Mean Time Between Failures MTBF).
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Alan stepped up as a maintenance technician to transform how Talgo approaches preventative maintenance. He digitized assets, implemented PM schedules, and communicated challenges to leadership with professionalism and clarity. Despite navigating red tape with an international parent company, Alan ensured visibility into complex maintenance challenges — keeping passenger rail car production moving under extreme constraints. His patience, competence, and leadership have made him indispensable to Talgo’s journey into modern maintenance.
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Brian volunteered his site to be the first Limble CMMS implementation across Franz Family Bakeries, setting the standard for the company. His leadership resulted in a 33% reduction in mechanical downtime in just 18 months, along with 94% PM completion YTD and the best technician accountability across the enterprise. Brian built and stress-tested custom dashboards and data visualization tools that became benchmarks for all other sites. He has truly disrupted downtime and set a new gold standard for operational performance.
PRODUCTIVITY POWERHOUSE
This award recognizes the maintenance professionals that have used Limble to better understand workloads, prioritize and assign tasks, and boost their team’s productivity with a high volume of completed tasks and impressive on-time completion rates across work orders and PMs.
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Edgar is known for his calm, solution-focused leadership that has reshaped Circular Services’ maintenance culture. He implemented detailed PM schedules that improved safety, efficiency, and asset reliability across the facility. By monitoring equipment step by step and ensuring the right frequency for every component, Edgar has drastically reduced unplanned downtime. His ability to lead under pressure, while keeping operations safe and productive, makes him a true powerhouse of productivity.
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Andrea played a pivotal role in rolling out Limble across the entire university facilities team. Thanks to her leadership, the campus can now log and analyze maintenance data more effectively, leading to smarter decisions and optimized workflows. She also championed QR-code-enabled work requests, empowering students and staff to submit issues quickly and transparently. Andrea’s work has given the university a connected, modern approach to facilities maintenance that saves time and improves service for the entire community.
REPORTING REVOLUTIONARY
The Reporting Revolutionary is taking their company to the next level with maintenance data and analytics. This award celebrates those that are increasing visibility across their organization, and making important data-driven decisions like when to replace vs. repair equipment or hire a new employee.
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At Luna Park in Coney Island, Vikram developed a custom reporting matrix that transformed how rides and attractions are maintained. By tracking daily open-and-close checklists, cost of repairs, and labor hours, he provided new visibility into maintenance performance. His reports not only increased accountability but also enhanced safety for millions of guests. Vikram’s ability to turn data into actionable insights has revolutionized amusement park operations.
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Brad digitized thermal oil system reporting in an industry still reliant on manual processes. His use of Limble created huge efficiencies by forecasting based on historic and ambient temperature data, reducing both gas costs and maintenance expenses. Brad customized Limble to serve as both a CMMS and a data collection tool, streamlining operations across 18 terminals. His reporting practices have been so successful that they’re now being replicated company-wide across North America.
GLOBAL VISIONARY
The Global Visionary award honors those who have successfully scaled technology across multiple sites or regions, driving standardization, cross-site collaboration, and enterprise-level performance. Their leadership has transformed maintenance from a localized function into a global strategic advantage – aligning teams, streamlining operations, and delivering measurable ROI at scale.
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Zisha led a phased, regional rollout of Limble that brought structure and consistency across multiple facilities. Through training, communication, and standardized workflows, he created a culture of adoption and continuous improvement. Since implementation, Fabuwood has seen a 30% reduction in reactive maintenance, 25% increase in PM compliance, 20% reduction in downtime, and a 35% improvement in work order completion time. His approach has not only delivered measurable ROI but also transformed maintenance into a true strategic advantage.
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Ken spearheaded Limble implementation across multiple continents, ensuring no team was left behind in the process. He standardized asset libraries, printed QR codes for equipment, and built real-time dashboards so teams worldwide could access consistent, accurate data. By aligning global teams under one vision, Ken drove collaboration and eliminated silos across operations. His work has created a unified global maintenance strategy that exemplifies the power of visionary leadership.
TECH INNOVATOR
Awarding those who are always striving to level-up their maintenance strategy with new cutting-edge technology, we celebrate the maintenance pros leading digital transformation at their organization, leveraging IoT integrations, and collaborating with Limble’s product team to help inform product innovation.
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Kerie has consistently pushed the boundaries of technology in maintenance. He integrated Limble with PowerBI for advanced reporting and analytics, enabling better visibility and decision-making. Now, he is developing AI tools to further automate and enhance maintenance practices. Kerie’s ability to identify opportunities, embrace innovation, and drive digital transformation makes him a standout tech leader.
ABOUT THE WINNER
Kerie has consistently pushed the boundaries of technology in maintenance. He integrated Limble with PowerBI for advanced reporting and analytics, enabling better visibility and decision-making. Now, he is developing AI tools to further automate and enhance maintenance practices. Kerie’s ability to identify opportunities, embrace innovation, and drive digital transformation makes him a standout tech leader.
