Arizona Public Service
The business driver behind the development of this application was a catastrophic fire that destroyed five transformers at an Arizona Public Service (APS) substation. That fire impacted 400,000 customers, caused millions of dollars worth of damage, and required a rebuild of the substation. As part of the corrective action plan that was approved by the Arizona Corporation Commission, APS agreed to incorporate leading practices into its substation maintenance processes and to implement a scheduling tool.
Paul Harmon
Executive Editor and Founder, Business Process Trends
In addition to his role as Executive Editor and Founder of Business Process Trends, Paul Harmon is Chief Consultant and Founder of BPTrends Associates, a professional services company providing educational and consulting services to managers interested in understanding and implementing business process change.
Paul is a noted consultant, author and analyst concerned with applying new technologies to real-world business problems. He is the author of Business Process Change: A Manager's Guide to Improving, Redesigning, and Automating Processes (2003). He has previously co-authored Developing E-business Systems and Architectures (2001), Understanding UML (1998), and Intelligent Software Systems Development (1993). Mr. Harmon has served as a senior consultant and head of Cutter Consortium's Distributed Architecture practice. Between 1985 and 2000 Mr. Harmon wrote Cutter newsletters, including Expert Systems Strategies, CASE Strategies, and Component Development Strategies.
Paul has worked on major process redesign projects with Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Security Pacific, Prudential, and Citibank, among others. He is a member of ISPI and a Certified Performance Technologist. Paul is a widely respected keynote speaker and has developed and delivered workshops and seminars on a wide variety of topics to conferences and major corporations through out the world.
Paul lives in Las Vegas.
Paul can be reached at pharmon@bptrends.com
Latest posts by Paul Harmon (see all)
- Harmon on BPM: Major Transformation, Incremental Improvement and AI - May 4, 2020
- Harmon on BPM: Business Process Trends - April 6, 2020
- Harmon on BPM: Recycling - March 2, 2020
- Harmon on BPM: Artificial Intelligence–Some Recent Developments - February 3, 2020
- Harmon on BPM: Why Isn’t Process a First Class Concern to Business? - January 6, 2020
