Assetivity was founded by, and is led by, Sandy Dunn. Sandy has over 25 years experience in Asset Management, Maintenance and Operations Management as well as Supply Management, gained primarily within the Mining and Mineral Processing sector in Western Australia, Queensland, Papua New Guinea, Laos, Vietnam, Chile, Tanzania, South Africa and Indonesia. This experience includes senior line management positions and senior consulting roles. He holds a first class honours degree in Industrial Engineering, and a Masters degree in Business Administration.

Immediately prior to establishing Assetivity, he was the National Manager of Wishaw Engineering Services, Australia's largest specialist provider of Condition Monitoring and Consulting Engineering services to the resources sector. Prior to that, he was a Specialist Maintenance and Mining Consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers for nine years, and led the Mining and Mineral Processing and Maintenance consulting groups in PwC's Australian offices in Perth and Brisbane. He has significant experience in the maintenance of both fixed plant and mobile plant.

In his career, he has gained hands-on experience in:

• Maintenance Assessments and Audits
• Integrated Maintenance and Operations Performance Improvement
• Operations and Maintenance Strategy Development
• Operations and Maintenance Performance Measurement
• Maintenance Benchmarking
• Operations and Maintenance Planning & Scheduling Improvement
• Operations and Maintenance Skills Assessment and Training Needs Analysis
• Computerised Maintenance Management Systems Specification, Selection and Implementation
• Shutdown and Turnaround Management
• Predictive Maintenance Technologies
• Equipment Maintenance Strategy (PM) Optimisation
• Reliability Centered Maintenance Training and Implementation
• Operations and Maintenance Management Training
• Spare Parts Optimisation, Procurement and Inventory Management
• Outsourcing Strategy and Contractor Management · Maintenance Strategy Development
• Organisational Development and Change Management

He has assisted, and consulted to many of Australia's leading blue-chip organisations, with a particular focus on Mining and Mineral Processing organisations, including:

Rio Tinto BHP Billiton Newcrest Mining Alinta Barrick Gold Woodside Energy Santos

Iluka Resources Alcoa Worldwide Alumina Australia Orica Wesfarmers Lihir Gold Tiwest Western Power