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Our Management Team

The New Dimension Solutions management team is composed of seasoned professionals who are recognized as experts in their field, and has a successful track record in management consulting, business transformation, and leading teams of experts in SAP-Centric-EAM, RCM, Customer Service Management, ERP, and Business Intelligence projects.

Chris Fynn

Chief Executive Officer

chris.fynn@nd-solutions

Chris has extensive expertise in implementing enterprise systems (SAP R/3-centric) in asset-intensive industries along with strategic improvement programs in physical asset management. He has a highly successful track record in managing and growing professional services organizations focused on the implementation of integrated business systems and physical asset management. Chris’ experience extends into asset-intensive industries including utilities, process and mining/minerals processing.

He has extensive program and project management experience and hands-on systems implementation expertise, particularly in the implementation of integrated business systems (SAP) and Enterprise Asset Management (EAM/CMMS) systems. He has been responsible for the project management of several large system implementations including very successful SAP R/3 projects installing FI/CO/MM/PM/PP/SD functionality. He has deep knowledge and practical experience in the implementation of best business practice and business process re-engineering concepts in Capital Intensive and Process Industries.

Chris is focused on world-class Physical Asset Management practices based on effective use of Enterprise Asset Management/ Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (EAM/CMMS) deployed in conjunction with optimized Maintenance Programs/ Failure Management Policies developed using Reliability-centered Maintenance (RCM) principles.

Education
B.Sc. and B Eng., Degrees Engineering/Manufacture and Management, University of Manchester: Institution of Science and Technology, Manchester, England.

MDP, Project Management, University of South Africa. (Management Development Program)

Full Coursework completed for MBA, University of Witswatersrand, South Africa. (Final Research Project Not Completed Due to Move to USA)

Memberships
• Executive Member — Society of Maintenance and Reliability Professionals
• Previous — Member, Institution of Mechanical Engineers
• Previous — Professional Engineer in Engineering Council of South Africa

Certifications
Mr. Fynn is a Certified SAP PM Consultant and a Certified RCM2 Practitioner.

Phil Gillispie

Exec VP — Delivery

phil.gillespie@nd-solutions.com

Phil Gillespie is an Executive Vice President at New Dimension Solutions Inc. His background is deep in both consulting and industry experience. He is a senior management consultant and engagement manager  with expertise in business  processes and best practice in the Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), Customer Service/Service Management and Logistics environment. Over the last ten years he has worked with the SAP system in Engagement Management, Project Management and functional consulting roles. He is highly respected by NDS clients for his business knowledge and logical  thinking combined with an unparalleled depth of knowledge on the SAP product across maintenance, production, customer service and logistics business functions.

Process Industries: Phil has extensive experience in Process Industries (primarily pulp and paper) having worked in maintenance, line management and engineering roles in this industry for a number of years before transitioning into systems implementation and management consulting. He has experience implementing SAP EAM  and logistics solutions into various process industry sectors including pulp and paper.

Utilities: Phil also has  extensive experience implementing SAP into Utilities — primarily electric with some gas and water experience. Regarding electric utilities, he is unique in having worked through the full electric utility process (generation, transmission and distribution) and having implemented the full range of SAP functionality (Core ERP, EAM, Work Management and IS-U CCS).

SAP Consulting Key Points

— Experienced SAP project manager  with six successful SAP project management assignments completed and 10+ years  SAP experience in functional consulting and project management roles. The experience is split between asset-intensive process industries and  utilities.

— Experienced in both Utility and  Process Industries Engineering and  Management

— Performed EAM/work management and  system strategy reviews for major clients positioning and integrating ERP (SAP-centric) and best-of-breed systems with technologies including SCADA/DCS, Mobile and GIS integration.

— Multiple engagements in EAM-Work Management, SCM-Materials Management and Customer Service (IS-U  CCS).

— Phil has a number of years of industry-specific experience in SAP IS-U/CCS on multiple projects (SAP IS-U/CCS is SAP's industry solution for utilities including specific functionality for Utilities Customer service and billing functions).

— Implemented SAP PS and SD  solutions.

— Contracted to SAP  Canada and SAP America to present the TeamSAP Partner Academies in both Materials Management (5 weeks) and Plant Maintenance (4 weeks). Mr. Gillespie co-developed the 4 week SAP Plant Maintenance Partner Academy for SAP and presented the first full 5 week TAMM40 SAP 4.0B Materials  Management Partner Academy in North America

Education
B.Sc.Elec Eng
MBA

Certifications
SAP Certified in MM, PM and CS with multiple engagements in EAM-Work Management, SCM-Materials Management and Customer Service (IS-U CCS)

Jeff Briner

Vice President of Consulting

Jeff.Briner@nd-solutions.com

Summary of Experience
Jeff has over 22 years of business transformation and consulting experience in asset intensive and utility markets. Jeff has executed a well planned career though Accenture, Ernst&Young, two individually owned companies, before finally joining New Dimensions. Through his career, Jeff has been lucky enough to have meaningfully participated and experienced many of the industry’s most revolutionary and unique projects. These have included Mergers & Acquisitions, Managerial Takeovers, Fundamental Market Transformations, Initial Public Offerings, Bankruptcies, Regulatory Mandates, and Operational Improvements. Through these experiences, he has accumulated deep skills in multiple technology architectures, ERPs, Program and Project Management, Executive Coaching, Functional and Operational Business Processes, and Strategic Perspectives. Some of the many companies that Jeff has worked with include Toledo Edison, Columbia Gas, The Limited, New York Power Authority, The Tennessee Valley Authority, Ontario Power Generation, US Filter, Archer Daniels Midland, Mirant, Florida Power Corp, Peoples Energy Corp, and Energy East.

Technical
Jeff has acquired a wide array of technical skills and certifications since being introduced to technology in 1983. These include Microsoft Solution Engineer, COBOL, Pascal, PL1, C/C++, Java, Unix Administration, Relational Data Design, Primavera, xBase, MS-Office Integration, Outlook Forms, and SAPScript.

Industries
Jeff has successfully completed projects and/or spent significant time consulting in each of the following industries:
Gas Transmission and Distribution
Nuclear Power Generation
Fossil and Gas Generation
Electric Transmission & Distribution
Agricultural Plan Maintenance
Retail Distribution

Education
Bachelor of Arts
Information Systems and Operations Management
University of Toledo
 
PMCI Scholarship Winner for Project Management

Duties
Jeff will be expanding New Dimensions capabilities by bringing additional Utility Industry and Consulting skills to the Executive Team.  In addition, Jeff will be heading up a Center of Excellence (COE) offering to penetrate EAM Middle Market utility opportunities.

Marius Basson

Vice President — RCM Consulting 

marius.basson@nd-solutions.com

Marius isresponsible for Reliability Centered Maintenance programs at New Dimension Solutions. He is a qualified Mechanical Engineer and has worked in the field of maintenance management for the past ten years, and has specialized exclusively in RCM2 for the past eight years. He has played major roles in the successful RCM2 initiatives at Alyeska Pipeline Services, British Nuclear Fuel Limited (BNFL), Denver Water Board, Bergen County Utility Authority (BCUA) and a wide variety of blue chip organizations, worldwide.

William Van Atten

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

bill.vanatten@nd-solutions.com

Bill has been the CFO of New Dimension Solutions since it’s start-up in 2001.  He is responsible for managing all the financial and administrative functions. Bill has over 20 years of broad, international experience in all facets of finance including strategic planning, capital formation, due diligence, mergers/acquisitions, budgeting, forecasting, accounting, and reporting. He has extensive international experience having worked for 3 years in Australia and 5 years in France as a Chief Financial Officer.

Prior to joining New Dimension Solutions, Bill held a number of senior financial positions in several start-up companies as well as Fortune 500 companies; Digital Equipment Corporation and Norton Company. 

He earned a BA in Languages from the University of Vermont, and an MBA in Finance from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Bill also attended the Executive Management Program at INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France. 

Bill is also a former Green Beret, having served in the US Army 10th Special Forces (Parachute) Group.

Peter Mostovac

Vice President — Consulting

peter.mostovac@nd-solutions.com

Peter is a seasoned business consultant with a diverse background that includes; EAM, SAP, systems, accounting and business process reengineering.

He brings a strategic focus to business issues and the delivery of optimized solutions. In his 15 years of consulting, he has had the opportunity to consult in numerous industries including Utilities, Oil & Gas, Petro-Chemical, Transportation, Government, Pharmaceutical and Consumer Products. His hands-on approach to solution delivery ensures customers’ needs are the focus of his results driven projects.

Education
Certified Management Accounting (CMA) designation
MBA from Queens University

Certifications
SAP certified in both PM and MM

 

 

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