Niels Boom

Freelance EAM & APM Program Manager | Sr. Consultant Asset Info, Maintenance, Reliability, and MRO Spares | Physical Asset Management

WP. Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

About

Results-driven EAM and APM professional with 12 years of expertise in optimizing asset performance and driving operational excellence across Oil & Gas, Power Generation (Renewable and Thermal), and Food & Beverage industries. Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) Program Manager with proven ability to deliver significant improvements across Departments. Including a 62% reduction in Mean Time to Repair, a 53% reduction in critical spares stock outs, a 95% Preventive Maintenance completion rate, and 20% increase in active users. With experience in IBM Maximo, SAP (PM, MM, QM), Hexagon EAM (Infor). Project management background in Asset Information Enrichment (KKS, RDS-PP, ISO 14224), CMMS Data Build, MRO Sparing Strategies, MRO Inventory Optimization and Risk Based Maintenance (RBM) and related topics Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), Risk Based Inspection (RBI, API 580, API 581) and Bad Actor Management. Adept Maintenance Management & Reliability Management Coach applying benchmarking KPI's, ISO 55000, IAM's 39 elements to asset management.

Experience

  • Partner & EAM Expert at Fortes Services PLT
    Feb 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 10 mos

  • Project: SAP ECC6 to Maximo Application Suite Migration at Aboitiz Renewables
    Dec 2025 - Present · 1 yr

  • AboitizPower (4 yrs 10 mos)
    • Senior Expert for Maintenance Systems and Standards
      Jan 2024 - Dec 2025 · 2 yrs

      Improving the lives of our 2200 Maximo users & driving our daily active users up! In AboitizPower my team is responsible for the Operational Excellence related to Asset Information Management, CMMS driven Reliability and Performance improvements, Maintenance Management, Plant Operations and EAM utilization improvements. I'm the program manager responsible for our IBM Maximo utilization across (1) the existing AboitizPower Generation Fleet, and (2) our aspired greenfield renewable energy portfolio of +3,600 MW by 2030. ▶ Adoption of Maximo Operator Logs ▶ Adoption of Maximo Permit to Work ▶ Adoption of MAS8 Mobile ▶ Integration with Incident Management and ERC notifications

    • CMMS Expert
      Mar 2021 - Dec 2023 · 2 yrs 10 mos

      Responsible to maximize the use of Maximo and pave the way for exceptional EAM adoption. Since 2021 we achieved: ▶ Deploying an EAM governance model ▶ Built a maximo user community ▶ 20+% increase in active user base ▶ 95+% On Time Maintenance completion ▶ From 12% to 86% asset maintenance coverage ▶ From 0 to 100% work order feedback collection ▶ Significant data enrichment for critical assets ▶ Saving 100+ hrs/month through auto reporting And we are working on deploying the above benefits to other business units.

  • MaxGrip (6 yrs 11 mos)
    • Project Delivery Manager Asia Pacific
      Sep 2019 - Mar 2021 · 1 yr 7 mos

      Responsible to oversee the MaxGrip regional project portfolio of EAM and APM projects. Set-up the project controls, financial reporting structure and RASCI. Worked closely with the Project Managers, Technical Authority and Project Sponsor to ensure delivery On Time In Full & achieve the project objectives. PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS: ▶ Steer on SAP PM & QM Module deployment at Offshore Oil & Gas client; ▶ Steer on Static Integrity Management Framework development & deployment for Oil & Gas client;

    • Specialist
      Jan 2016 - Mar 2021 · 5 yrs 3 mos

      Coaching maintenance managers on Asset Management, Asset Performance Management and Enterprise Asset Management Systems. I help maintenance departments determine the most effective maintenance, sparing and modification strategies. I help maintenance managers explain the department’s value add to C-level. I help maintenance and reliability engineers continuously reduce technical asset losses. PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS: ▶ Delivered Fleet-wide RCM deployment at 10 geothermal power plants; ▶ Coached 7 Maintenance Dept. on ‘The way we work’ and CMMS IBM Maximo at 7 F&B factories; ▶ Trained CMMS Infor EAM business-processes at 3 O&G storage terminals; ▶ Performed wall thinning analysis and visualisation at 4 Gas Storage & Processing facilities; ▶ Created ‘Maintenance Performance’ framework for global deployment (> 20 facilities); ▶ Created 'Maintenance Budget Dash.' for IBM Maximo CMMS for global deployment (> 50 facilities); ▶ Created IBM Maximo 'My job today & tomorrow' customisation (deployed to > 50 facilities); ▶ Created spare part optimisation procedure for Off-shore Oil & Gas.

    • Consultant
      May 2014 - Dec 2015 · 1 yr 8 mos

      Lead Consultant focussed on master data management (preparation, coaching & governance). Providing end-user training on in-house software (Optimizer+ and strEAM+) and commercial CMMS software (Infor, Maximo). Consultant for various Risk Based Maintenance (RCM / RBI / RCA / FMECA) projects. Mainly involved in Food and Beverage / Oil and Gas industries.

  • University of Twente (6 yrs 1 mo)
    • Member of the Business and IT education advice committee
      May 2008 - Sep 2012 · 4 yrs 5 mos

    • May 2008 - Sep 2012 · 4 yrs 5 mos
      Chairman of the student fraction (2010-2012). Student Member (2008-2012);

    • Teaching assistant
      Sep 2006 - Jun 2012 · 5 yrs 10 mos

      Student teaching assistant at various courses and departments: ▶ Market the Bachelor and Master BIT program to prospective students; ▶ Support Technical Healthcare students for Year 1, Year 3 Java programming courses ▶ Co-hosting the faculty BSc-thesis congress.