Mike Poland

Mike Poland of Life Cycle Engineering specializes in life cycle asset management with a focus on increasing asset utilization at the lowest total cost of ownership. His expertise is in systems engineering and operational risk management with an emphasis on defect detection and elimination strategies. Mike previously worked for the Department of the Navy as the life cycle engineer and defense acquisition professional for nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. He also spent several years as the engineering and maintenance manager for the USS Theodore Roosevelt. Mike has a nuclear engineering degree and is a Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional as well as a master training specialist with DoD certifications in Reliability-Centered Maintenance, root cause analysis and systems engineering. He served as a panel member of the American Society for Quality and is frequently requested to facilitate RCA courses. For more information, visit the Life Cycle Engineering Web site at www.LCE.com.