ABOUT US

From the pit lane and pit face,
to the platform.

OXMT was founded in Oxford, UK, in April 2015, by engineers with backgrounds across Formula 1, mining, rail, aerospace and defence — industries where getting maintenance and reliability wrong is not an option. With offices in London and Perth, that same rigour is how we build and run IronMan®.

// LEADERSHIP

Domain expertise in our DNA.

The people setting direction and standing behind every deployment.

Sam Michael
LEADERSHIP

Sam Michael

Executive Chair · Mechanical Engineer

Two decades in Formula 1 — including Technical Director at Williams and Sporting Director at McLaren — before co-founding OXMT. Also lectures on Maintenance Leadership within university MBA programs and has spent 5 years driving Breakthrough improvement programs with senior mining executives.

Elias Kassas
LEADERSHIP

Elias Kassas

Chief Executive Officer · Mechanical Engineer

18 years in engineering and maintenance across rail, mining and steelmaking, including leading large teams responsible for BHP's Iron Ore rollingstock — hands-on experience with what it actually takes to make the right tools work in complex operational environments.

Charles Dibsdale
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Charles Dibsdale

Co-Founder & Technical Director

20 years leading maintenance on Royal Navy nuclear submarines, followed by 20 years leading the Rolls-Royce Aerospace predictive maintenance program.

Mariana Agra
LEADERSHIP

Mariana Agra

Head of Engineering · Industrial Engineer

Industrial engineer with a Master's degree in Artificial Intelligence and 12+ years across product management, data engineering and analytics in capital-intensive industries, including BHP and Vale. Previously a management consultant at Visagio, working across the US, Australia and Brazil.

Ian Moss
LEADERSHIP

Ian Moss

Head of Software · Software Engineer

Technology leadership across large-scale publishing, media, cloud, data and AI platforms — extensive experience designing, building and operating complex software and data platforms, from large-scale publishing systems to modern cloud and AI applications.

LEADERSHIP

Warwick Garth

Head of Development · Civil Engineer

Engineering and asset management leader with 15 years across heavy haul, freight and passenger rail at Rio Tinto, Sydney Trains and BHP.

Laurie Kennedy
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Laurie Kennedy

Director

Over 20 years in senior commercial and legal roles across international business, including within Rio Tinto.

Mary Catherine Di Nunzio
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Mary Catherine Di Nunzio

Company Secretary & Legal · Patent Lawyer

Brings legal and strategic counsel to OXMT's growth and intellectual property.

// INFORMATION SECURITY

Certified, not just claimed.

IronMan® handles operational maintenance data from critical rail and mining infrastructure, so information security is treated as a first-class engineering requirement.

ISO 27001 certified

OXMT has held ISO 27001 certification for information security management since 2020.

Patent-protected method

IronMan's® core method has approved patents in USA, South Africa, Chile & Japan, with applications pending in Australia, Canada, India, Brazil, Peru & China.

// INSIGHTS

The Maintenance Guru

Our column on reliability engineering and maintenance.

Want to see how we work?

We run live demonstrations and zero-risk pilot deployments — so you can see the value before you commit to anything.