About Us

We are a consulting business working with industrial process clients. We act as an embedded partner to effect change and help transform the business from an operational perspective. Our approach takes a bottoms-up review to identify the business and operational improvement areas. We then define what it takes to design, implement, and support the work. This results in new and sustained business value throughout your operations.

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Years of Combined Experience

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Enterprise Projects Completed

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Millions in Cost Savings

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Our Mission

To deliver bold changes in corporate results and outcomes by transforming Operational digital assets

Our Vision

We strive to synchronise our client’s business strategy with their digital strategy to deliver bold changes in corporate results and outcomes by optimally designing the mix of people empowerment, business processes, and operations technology.

Our Values

Integrity in every action

Respect for all

Always a Trusted Advisor

Our Leadership Team

Our team members have, on average, over 25 years’ experience defining, leading, and implementing process automation solutions and programs throughout the world. Optimal will effectively and efficiently lead your organization through complex operational transformations.

Gerry Gutierrez

President

Proven management and engineering leader with decades of experience working in the industrial manufacturing and automation industries. Skilled in Budget management, Forecasting, Process Control, Sales, Marketing, Control Systems Design, Strategic Planning, Coaching and Mentoring. Strong information technology professional with a BS in Electrical Engineering from University of Houston.

Mike Sinclair

Technical Director

A respected Technical Executive with extensive Industrial Automation experience that builds high achieving teams that constantly innovate and drive for better results in everything they do. Thrives working in a high integrity environment with focus on providing outstanding results for the client and the team. Enjoys bringing innovation to local and global roles to deliver the targeted objectives and benefits to the client. Has the relevant Business and Entrepreneurial Acumen to focus on the client’s business and their results to achieve superior outcomes.

Teresa Robertson

Chief Financial Officer

Teresa is responsible for the Accounting and Finance, Human Resources and General Administration for the global Optimal organization. Teresa joins Optimal after 27 years of practicing as a Certified Public Accountant in manufacturing, distribution, oil and gas, working in industrial markets in North and South America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Africa. She has also worked the last 10 years as an educator in higher education in the fields of Accounting and Finance. She continually remains focused on Corporate Results, Budget Preparation and Forecasting, Corporate Financial Reporting & Analysis, Process Improvements, and System Implementations.

Richard Muniz

Advanced Solutions Director

Richard leads the advanced solutions business for Optimal. The business assists our customers in leveraging advanced technologies to drive value in their businesses. Richard is a software engineer who has been working in the operational technology sector for over 15 years. He has been involved on a variety of projects including industrial cyber security, industrial/building automation, enterprise asset management, ICT, cloud solutions, software development, IT, business intelligence, data management and industrial operations solutions. Richard is a technology evangelist and is passionate about learning new technologies and taking that knowledge to his team and customers.

Ken Twedt

OT Digital Transformation Manager

Ken is responsible for the client partnership development and the jointly defined commercial strategies to meet the business outcomes. He is the focal point for collaboration and teamwork across all participating partners to manage the change and complexity associated with operational technology transformation. Ken joins Optimal after 31 years with Honeywell’s process solutions business having held roles in field engineering, services management, business development and sales & sales management, working in industrial markets throughout Asia Pacific, North and South America, Europe and Saudi Arabia.

Strategic Collaborations

Synergistics Australia have been servicing clients in asset intensive industries since September of 2002. We work with C-level executives; CEO’s; COO’s; CTO’s and CIO’s to implement new processes in your business, delivering tangible benefits throughout the business lifecycle.

NewLand Control & Associates is a highly experienced process control consulting company. We provide services and training ranging from base layer control to Advanced Process Control and on-line Optimization.

We deliver four core capabilities to the customers we work with: modelling, monitoring, prediction, and optimisation. With these capabilities in hand, we work with our clients to automate analysis and processes, and reduce the amount of time people are spending on lower level tasks. This increases their ability to focus on higher value work so that personnel are freed up to make better, actionable decisions to improve operations.

User Centered Design Services Inc. Is an especially unique company, we stand out against the competition because we are the only company that has developed a complete human factors methodology that integrates unique steps that address every aspect of the operator’s job.