Robert Otal

Robert Otal is a Professional Engineer with over 17 years of experience working in the areas of asset management, generation, transmission & distribution system planning, load & capacity forecasting, equipment loading & power flow analysis, power quality, data, and data management. Mr. Otal has leveraged this collective experience in developing asset management practices for organizations, including the development of foundational AM Policies, Plans & SAMPs, as well as AM analytics, risk and reliability-driven engineering decision-support systems, business case development, failure curve calibration and failure mode development, financial modeling, and process automation solutions.

Mr. Otal has previously worked for the two largest utilities in Canada: Alectra Utilities and Toronto Hydro-Electric System respectively – in delivering AM, distribution system planning, load forecasting and power flow analysis, as well as power quality analysis initiatives. Mr. Otal has spent considerable time in developing business automation solutions that optimize data channels to better support decision-making analytics to create prudent business cases and justification for investment decisions. Mr. Otal is a Certified Asset Management Assessor (CAMA) and has an Asset Management Diploma with Distinction from the Institute of Asset Management (IAM).