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principal members of predictive service, canada

Allan Hines
President

As President of Predictive Service Canada, Allan is responsible for overseeing Predictive Service Canada's operations such as business and functional planning and development of business relationships.

His background experience in the Non-Destructive Evaluation and Predictive Technologies industries span for almost 3 decades. He had enjoyed a 27-year career at Dofasco Steel (ArcelorMittal Hamilton) where he worked for the Engineering & Maintenance Technology, Predictive Technologies and Equipment Reliability Departments. For most of his career he served as the Infrared Specialist where he dedicated his efforts to provide greater value in predictive / preventive applications. His work ethics and energy, along with the company's vision and support led to the practice of combining the technologies. Working in unison with the other various technologies such as vibration analysis, lube oil and others delivered a better understanding for early process and equipment changes. These early changes and an understanding of the failure methods increased the value of the reliability program. The practices also lead to a greater competitive advantage in the industry through overall cost reductions, increased productivity and quality and a safer and environmentally healthier place to work.

Prior to joining Predictive Service, he served as General Manager of Absolute Thermography, which specialized in reliability service, consulting and training.

Allan attended Mohawk College in Hamilton, Ontario, were he studied Non-Destructive Testing along with Air-conditioning and Refrigeration. He has several Infrared certifications from various training institutes in Canada and the United States as well as Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) certification with the Canadian Government. Allan is an executive member with the Society of Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (SMRP) - Hamilton Chapter.