In today’s industrial landscape, the silent villain lurking in the shadows isn’t just equipment failure—it’s the outdated, reactive approach to asset reliability that’s costing you millions in unexpected downtime, emergency repairs, and lost productivity. As a leader in oil and gas, mining, energy, or pulp and paper, you’re faced with a critical challenge: How do you keep your assets running at peak performance while controlling costs and maximizing ROI?
The answer lays in the power of data, and it’s time for you to become the hero of your organization’s asset performance management story.
Asset Performance Management isn’t just another industry buzzword—it’s a transformative strategy that puts you in control. By leveraging data analytics, real-time monitoring, and predictive maintenance, APM reshapes how you manage your critical assets’ reliability by:
These capabilities form the foundation of a proactive, intelligent approach to asset reliability, which looks at the long-term reliability of the asset and ROI. By implementing APM, you’re not just maintaining equipment—you’re optimizing entire operational ecosystems.
In the world of APM, data is your most valuable resource. Here’s how it empowers your decision-making:
IoT sensors and advanced analytics provide a continuous stream of actionable intelligence about your assets’ health and performance.
Machine learning algorithms analyze historical and real-time data to forecast potential issues, allowing you to intervene before costly breakdowns occur.
Data-driven insights help you make informed decisions about when to repair, replace, or decommission assets, maximizing their value throughout their lifecycle.
Compare asset performance across your operations, identifying optimization opportunities, best practices and areas for improvement.
This data-centric approach transforms raw information into strategic insights, enabling you to make decisions that drive operational excellence and financial performance.
By embracing APM and leveraging the power of data, you can achieve remarkable improvements in your operations:
At Dexcent, we specialize in guiding organizations through the APM transformation. Our approach encompasses:
We assess your current state and future goals to create a tailored roadmap for APM implementation or enhancement.
We help you harness the full power of your data with cutting-edge analytics tools and ML-driven insights.
We ensure your team is equipped and empowered to embrace the new APM paradigm.
We work with you to refine and optimize your APM strategy as your needs evolve.
This comprehensive methodology ensures that your APM implementation is not just technically sound, but also fully aligned with your organizational goals and culture.
Don’t let outdated asset performance management strategies limit your organization’s potential. It’s time to harness the power of data-driven APM and unlock new levels of performance and profitability. Your assets—and your bottom line—will thank you.
Andrew Capper is Vice President of Industrial Digital Transformation at Dexcent, helping industrial organizations improve data-driven decision-making by optimizing the data journey, reuniting siloed information, and delivering a trustworthy version of the truth.
With more than 25 years of experience, he is known as a results-driven leader who delivers on commitments and tackles complex information management challenges with a practical, human-centric approach. His work spans digital transformation strategy and roadmaps, governance, digital maturity assessments, and performance measurement through clear KPIs and metrics. Andrew is a NAIT graduate with training in Instrumentation Engineering Technology and Security Systems, and he brings a strong focus on safer, more effective operations from data producers through to data consumers
Nader Asgharinia, PMP, P.Eng., is Vice President of Enterprise SCADA & Advanced Applications at Dexcent, leading the delivery of complex, mission-critical solutions with a clear focus on client experience and operational excellence. With more than 30 years in business execution and over 25 years managing multi-million-dollar programs for mission-critical and SCADA systems, he brings a pragmatic, delivery-at-scale approach to every engagement. Nader is recognized for building high-performing teams, driving disciplined portfolio execution, and delivering measurable business outcomes, including significant growth in program portfolios and team capacity over time. He holds a B.Sc.(Hons.) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of Newcastle-Upon-Type in the UK, a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Calgary, completed Georgetown University’s Director’s Program, is a Professional Engineer in Alberta, and a Project Management Professional.
Tobias (Gerrit) Nel, CISSP, CISM, is Vice President of OT Infrastructure and Cyber Security Services at Dexcent, leading the development and delivery of practical services and solutions that integrate, complement, or replace OT infrastructure and protect OT assets from cyber threats. He is known for building resilient security frameworks, governance processes, and integrated solutions that reduce risk and support compliance across diverse industries. Gerrit has over 40 years of relevant IT/OT experience and has built and delivered highly skilled and high-performance delivery teams. His strengths include Cyber Security roadmaps, security architecture, incident response, and alignment to standards such as IEC 62443, NIST, and NERC CIP. Furthermore, he has deep foundational technical experience in Networking and OT infrastructure systems architectures that he leverages in building and leading successful delivery teams. Gerrit holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Johannesburg and brings deep cross-sector experience supporting clients in oil and gas, mining, chemical, healthcare, financial, and government environments.
Jaydeep Deshpande, P.Eng., is a seasoned and decisive executive with over 25 years of experience driving operational excellence, profitability, and market growth in national and multinational organizations. As President, he is recognized for his strategic leadership, disciplined execution, and ability to lead organizations through change. Jaydeep is passionate about developing people, building strong leadership teams, and fostering a positive, performance-driven culture. His expertise spans strategic planning, business diversification, financial management, and organizational transformation, with a consistent focus on delivering growth-oriented, profitable results. He holds a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from the University of Alberta, is a Prosci Certified Change Practitioner and Project Management Professional (PMP), and has completed the CMA Accelerated Accounting Program, bringing deep financial and strategic insight to executive decision-making.
Karim Amarshi is Chair of Dexcent’s Board of Directors, providing governance leadership and strategic oversight to support the company’s long-term strategy and executive team. With nearly 40 years as an entrepreneur and owner-operator, he is recognized for building high-performance organizations and forging strategic alliances across Information Technology, government, health care, education, and energy. He is the former co-owner and Chief Executive Officer of one of Canada’s leading enterprise Information Technology solution providers, where he led the organization through three successful mergers and helped scale long-term client and vendor partnerships. Karim remains active across a diverse business portfolio, serving as a founding principal, officer, and advisor to organizations spanning Information Technology, hospitality, manufacturing, retail, and real estate in Canada and internationally.
Yasmin Jivraj, FCIPS, I.S.P., is a Board Member at Dexcent, providing executive guidance and strategic oversight to support corporate management and long-term business direction. Over a 35-year career, she has held senior leadership roles across private, public, and non-profit organizations, with a track record of building operating foundations and driving profitable growth. Following a 15-year tenure as a co-owner and President of one of Canada’s leading strategic Information Technology solution providers, she expanded her governance leadership through active board service in post-secondary education and community-focused organizations. She is recognized for decisive, purpose-led leadership, clear communication, and deep expertise in technology, business models, and methodologies that help enterprise organizations advance digital transformation.
As Chief Executive Officer, Nadir is accountable for providing overall leadership and Dexcent’s Industrial operational performance. Nadir has been involved as an executive sponsor with Oil & Gas and Mining companies for over 35 years, and through the years has developed a strong working relationship with the Executive leadership team of many Fortune 500 companies.
Nadir is known for recognizing value and superior investment opportunities in the technology services sector. His pursuit of highly prospective technology companies around the world has resulted in numerous company start-ups. Prior to starting Dexcent, Nadir had led companies through highly profitable business transactions, including the merger of Atlas Systems Group with CompCanada (later renamed Acrodex) in 2000 and later as Chairman of the Board of Axcend Pvt – an engineering solutions provider – based in Bangalore, India from 2004 – 2014. Acrodex and Axcend were sold in 2015
