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This week, we're shining the spotlight on Neeraja Vinoba, Senior Software Developer who is a yogi at heart.❓ Tell us something fun that you do in your spare time/ any hobbies that you have!✨ I live my life on yoga and a day without my practice is a day wasted for me 🧘‍♀️. I also enjoy reading 📚, cooking 🥘 and making itineraries to the places that I wish to travel to some day ✈️.❓ What motivates or drives you?✨ Practice. The knowledge that no matter how bad I am at something today, if I put my mind to it and keep at it I will definitely be good at it some day.❓ Are you an early bird or a night owl? Why?✨ Definitely an early bird 🐦 mainly because I like to finish my yoga practice before I start my day.❓ What is something interesting no one knows about you? ✨ I solo backpacked across the islands of Oahu and The Big Island of Hawaii a couple of

This week, we're shining the spotlight on Patricia Calderon, Technical Support Specialist.❓ What made you decide to work at Fiix?✨ The work culture, Corporate Social responsibility policy, transparency, and the opportunity to use my customer skills, maintenance, and instrumentation background, all in one place 🌱 🛠.❓ What has been the highlight or your most proud moment since starting at Fiix?✨ How efficient and easy was the transition to working remotely in response to the pandemic was. It is easy when the people around you are so professional, prepared, empathetic and organized. I am so proud to be part of this team. I love being a Fiixer!❓ What motivates or drives you?✨ My family and the opportunity to grow personally and professionally 🌱.❓ Tell us something fun that you do in your spare time/ any hobbies that you have!✨ I love going to th

This week, we're shining the spotlight on Mohammad Esmalifalak, Machine Learning Engineer that helped to bring Fiix Foresight to life!❓ What made you decide to work at Fiix?✨ I was an electrical engineer for a long time but always had a passion for software engineering. After I realized that Fiix is a place that I can use my mathematical skills for creating cool software, I decided to join Fiix. I am proud of our first AI product, Fiix Foresight, that was recently released - it helps our customers manage their inventories much better.❓What motivates or drives you?✨ I'm motivated by looking at data. Give me a spreadsheet and questions, and I would be busy for hours to understand the driving forces behind those numbers 📈
.❓How do you think introducing AI into our product will help transform the maintenance industry?✨ Currently our software is leaning

This week, we're shining the spotlight on Mary Sunitha Joseph, Lead Developer and owner of over 40 succulents 🌵.❓ What development team are you a part of?✨ Team Luna. I’ve been with Fiix for 2 years now and I’ve loved every moment of it!❓ What made you decide to work at Fiix?✨ When I applied to Fiix I researched the company and found their blogs and a video made by the then 30 or so Fiixers. It was a warm and honest video that gave me a glimpse of what life at Fiix would be like! I felt at home instantly.❓ Tell us something fun that you do in your spare time or something interesting no one knows about you.✨ I bake banana muffins like a crazy person 👩‍🍳.❓ What is one thing you miss now that you are not working in the office? ✨ The people, the warmth of the office environment! A work day at Fiix is a thing to look

This week, we're shining the spotlight on Morteza Nejad, Machine Learning Engineer that helped bring Fiix Foresight to life!❓ What made you decide to work at Fiix?✨ Fiix’s atmosphere and culture. Motivational and inspiring managers.❓ What motivates or drives you? ✨ The type and nature of projects that I’m working on.❓ What fascinates you most about AI?✨ In some cases, our team might be the first in the world that applies today’s science into a product 🧬.❓ Tell us something fun that you do in your spare time! ✨ I build RC planes and drones!❓ If Fiix organized a talent show, what do you think you would do?✨ I would show my handmade AI-enabled drone (which I plan to build) 🛠.❓ What's your favourite thing to do on the weekends?✨ Hiking in th

This week, we're shining the spotlight on Isabel, Account Executive, who grew up in the US but has now acquired the Canadian “I’m sorry”.❓ What made you decide to work at Fiix? What has been the highlight or your most proud moment since starting at Fiix? ✨ I decided to work at Fiix because it aligned with my values personally and professionally. I love how much opportunity there is in the market for Fiix and the value this brings to our customers. The company being a B-corp was also amazing for me.❓ What motivates or drives you?✨ 
I am driven by the new world for women in the workplace. It wasn't too long ago when women were defined by their role at home or for the family. It limited the career options and pay we could get. We have a new generation of people now coming into the workplace and I believe the actions of everyone help create a world where gender/race doesn't matter. No one can do it alone so I gear my act

This week, we're shining the spotlight on Phillipe Barbosa, Senior Software Developer and loving Dad.❓ What's your favourite memory or experience you've had since joining Fiix?✨ My first week at Fiix is definitely one of my favourite memories... The people were so friendly, so nice to me that I was almost shocked. After that week, I was sure that I made the right choice joining Fiix.❓ What made you decide to work at Fiix?✨ I received a message from Tham asking if I was opened to new opportunities. When I checked the Glassdoor score for Fiix and saw where the office was, I realized that it would be a great opportunity for me and my family. In the end, I really enjoyed the culture of the company. It was maybe one of the first times I had contact with a company that looked at me not just as a resource, but as a human being.❓ Tell us something fun that you do in your spare time or something interestin

This week, we're shining the spotlight on Lily Li, Account Executive, who cares about making a positive social impact and motivating other women in traditionally male-dominated fields. ❓ What made you decide to work at Fiix?✨ A combination of things: I wanted to be part of a rapid-growth company that would also have a positive social impact within the community that it serves. When I found out that Fiix was a B Corp, instantly I knew that I wanted to get to know Fiix a bit more!❓ What motivates or drives you?✨ I'm motivated to be a trailblazer for women in the workplace, especially in roles and markets that are traditionally male-dominated. I've been fortunate enough to have some amazing mentors (both men & women) who have guided me throughout my career so far to be unapologetically me. I love the energy that being on a team brings -- when everyone is working towards the same North Star 🌟.
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This week, we’re shining the spotlight on Leo Tang, DevOps Engineer. He is a give-me-a-coffee-in-the-morning-so-I-can-get-stuff-done person ☕️, that loves summer ☀ and longs to get a furry friend 🐶🦴, but will settle for the Fiix-dogs Slack channel for now (where Fiix employees share pictures of their best friends).❓ What was your "I need to work at Fiix" moment? ✨ I met the Fiix product team at an offsite event shortly before I started. I asked the question "Is a hotdog a sandwich?" 🌭 and a few of us got into a very lengthy well thought out debate on the topic. That was when I knew Fiix would be a great place to work.  ❓ What do you love most about the work that you do?✨ Even though I have a very technical role, I like that there's a human aspect to it. How do I provide a solution that solves a problem but also has lower barrier to entry and ease of use.❓ What is something interesting that no

This week, we're shining the spotlight on Nelson Mark. Nelson is a Senior Scrum Master.❓ What's your favourite memory or experience you've had since joining Fiix?✨ One of the more memorable experiences was someone adding me as a custom emoji on Slack.  Haha! (I suppose there are some Nelsonisms that can be reflected with an emoji.❓ What is one thing you miss now that you are not working in the office?👨‍💻✨ The 3rd dimension when interacting with people, which allows one to delve into the conversation, be it a strategic planning session, to a heated discussion over lunch, to what’s happening in the world.❓ Tell us something fun that you do in your spare time or something interesting no one knows about you?✨ I create home videos as a hobby, and have a few different cameras such as sports cameras, stabilizers, etc. 🎥 .❓If Fiix organized a talent show, what do you thin

This week, we’re shining the spotlight on Grace Yu, Lead Developer for our Applied AI team. She is an early bird that enjoys sipping a warm cup of tea ☕️, watching hockey 🏒& indulging in anything delicious 🍝🥙🍕! ❓ What was your "I need to work at Fiix" moment? ✨ I decided to work at Fiix the moment I got a heart-felt warm welcome message and video from the team before I joined. Definitely it's the company culture and the friendly working environment where everyone is respected. 😊❓ What do you love most about your role?✨ What I love most about the work is endless opportunities to get the product better and better.❓ What is your favourite thing to do on the weekend? ✨ I enjoy cooking with my husband and trying different recipes. 👩‍🍳❓ What is something fun that you do in your spare time or any hobbies that you have. What do you love about doing these things? 

 This week, we’re shining the spotlight on Meraj Imani, Manager of Product Management. He is a night owl that loves getting outdoors for a good cycle session 🚴‍♂️ fuelled by a good cup of coffee ☕️ (jet fuel’s cooler cousin), watching soccer ⚽️ and enjoying a plate of jerk chicken with rice and beans! ❓ What was your "I need to work at Fiix" moment? ✨ When I learned about how Fiix approaches Product Management. We do it the way it should be done! ❓ What motivates or drives you? ✨ It is especially motivating when a user tells me a solution we built for them has made their life easier! We get a lot of it here at Fiix 🛠.  ❓ What is something interesting that no one knows about you? ✨  During my teens I was a nationally ranked show jumper 🏇.❓ What is something fun that you do in your spare time or any hobbies that you have. What do you love about doing the

Calling all music fans… We’re building a playlist for all the maintainers of the world and we need your help!  The Fiixers Playlist on Spotify  What are YOUR song suggestions where the title or lyrics are a play on maintenance, repair, fixing, or tools? Do you whistle while you work? What helps you get ‘er done? Sing when nobody can hear you on your commute? What pumps you up for work?  Pop your suggestions in the comments and we’ll add them to our playlist

This week we’re shining a spotlight on member @ryanr who recently shared his big plans with us for improving maintenance efficiency and asset performance at his company, an Oregon-based wholesale tree grower. If you think the idea of pulling data from decades-old equipment seems like a long-shot, Ryan agrees that “it seemed like a very far-fetched idea at the beginning...but then I realized it was a lot easier than I thought”. Thank you @ryanr for sharing this lesson with us! Listen to our full interview with Ryan to learn how his maintenance team is merging new technology with an old-school farming industry 🚜 

This week, we're shining the spotlight on Jason Afara, Solutions Engineer from a whole family of engineers 🛠.❓ What made you decide to work at Fiix?✨ Fiix gave me an opportunity to leverage my experience from manufacturing to support customers across the world. In this position, I believe I am able to support people and their maintenance teams make a significant impact on their businesses.❓ What has been the highlight or your most proud moment since starting at Fiix?✨ A highlight of mine at Fiix was travelling to Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom in 2019 🌍.❓ What motivates or drives you?✨ Continuing to get better each day, finding the small changes that can eventually lead to a major impact.❓ What made you interested in becoming an engineer?✨ My dad, and 2 older brothers have chemical engineering degrees as well. I was fortunate in my

This week, we're shining the spotlight on Frank Emery, Senior Product Manager for the AI team. Many of you already know Frank as the face of Fiix Foresight so here’s a little more about him that you may not know.❓ What made you decide to work at Fiix?✨ The Applied AI project Fiix was working on was extremely unique, I hadn't seen the same approach taken at any other companies in Toronto and I wanted to get in on the ground floor 🛠.❓ What has been the highlight or your most proud moment since starting at Fiix?✨ When we got our first POC out into production, proving out that our AI tools would work.❓ What motivates or drives you?✨ Doing what people say can't be done, solving problems that people say are too complex or too hard to solve 🤔.
❓ How do you think introducing AI into our product will help transform the maintenance industry?✨ As I

This week, we're shining the spotlight on Niv Bamal. He is the Lead Developer on Team Sirius and has been at Fiix since 2016!❓ What made you decide to work at Fiix?✨ A recruiter reached out to me on LinkedIn about a startup that built software for the maintenance domain. Fiix was a young company at the time and did not have much presence on LinkedIn but the idea of building a sustainable world by taking care of crippling infrastructure drew me to it. The tipping point for me to join Fiix was the final interview with co-founder, Daryl, where he shared the ambitious goal of building a cloud platform that will set the stage for modern day artificial intelligent maintenance software. We did not have an AI team then. Boy am I glad I made that decision!❓ Tell us something fun that you do in your spare time?✨ In my spare time I like to read, cook, hike, bike, play ball with Arya and I am also learning to play the ukul

This week, we're shining the spotlight on Michael Onabolu, Business Development Rep & musician extraordinaire! What motivates or drives you?  My drive comes from my desire to make a change in the world, in myself, and inspire others to do the same while pursuing their passions. My passion is to impact the world through my actions and my music .Tell us something fun that you do in your spare time/ any hobbies that you have!

Your Fiix Community Team will be slowing down for the next two weeks with the intention of performing some preventative maintenance on ourselves to recharge and refocus for 2021 🧠 💪 . We understand that not everyone (especially those in maintenance) will get to completely step away. Thankfully, the light in our online community is always on 💡 to keep helping each other.We’ll be back with vigor (and full of cookies and eggnog) to bring exciting new programs in the new year!Until then, on behalf of the entire Fiix Community Team, we wish you a safe and happy holiday season.

This week, we’re shining the spotlight on Roopali Bagaria, Implementation Specialist! She is a night owl that loves tea, watching basketball and has a sweet spot for Tiny Tim’s donuts 🍩❓ What was your "I need to work at Fiix" moment? ✨ Before interviewing with Fiix, I looked up the company website and was FLOORED by it's dedication and desire to focus on the environment 🌏 and its people. I knew from that moment on, Fiix was something I needed to be part of! It always had and continues to have a big picture focus 🌠.  ❓ What do you love most about your role/ the work that you do?✨ Being part of Professional Services has been really exciting! Not only have I been fortunate enough to build amazing client relationships but also the ability to travel across the world including Germany and Scotland✈️ .❓ What motivates or drives you?✨My family and amazing husband 💕❓ What is something interesting that no one knows about you

MILWAUKEE November 17, 2020  Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Fiix, a privately-held, AI-enabled computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) company. Fiix, founded in 2008, is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.As the number of industrial connected assets multiplies, the ability to gain insights from maintenance operations is becoming increasingly important to a manufacturer’s ability to gain competitive advantage. This insight enables another level of productivity in addition to the core automation.Fiix’s cloud-native CMMS creates workflows for the scheduling, organizing, and tracking of equipment maintenance. It connects seamlessly to business systems and drives data-driven decisions. The company’s revenue grew 70% in 2019 with more than 85% recurring revenue. Fiix has mo

This week, we're shining the spotlight on Princie Reza, Customer Success Manager & song writing-watercolour painting - pro knitting - plant parent🌟❓Tell us something fun that you do in your spare time/ any hobbies that you have.✨During my spare time, I like to make watercolour paintings 🎨. I also enjoy learning and recording acoustic covers of my favourite tunes 🎵. Recently, I started a plant family of 9 (...and counting) 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱. Once in a while, I’ll dabble a bit in photography as well. I like to take photos of my friend’s dog on hikes (she's in one of the pictures) 📸. I knit too 🧶. The great thing about having so many hobbies is that I’m never bored!❓Are you an early bird or a night owl? Why?✨I’d say that I’m an early bird. I like to wake up with the sun. I find that this is when I am the most productive 🐦.  Once in a while, I enjoy being a night owl too. That's when I am the most creative 🦉.❓What motivates or drives you?

TORONTO, CANADA November 10, 2020 Fiix Inc. and Optimum Fleet Health have announced a new partnership that will help companies track the performance and condition of fleet vehicles in real-time, build a predictive maintenance program that can spot and prevent failure on those vehicles before it happens, and maximize resources across maintenance and operations teams. “Every business is different and shouldn’t be confined to tracking, sharing, and analyzing asset and maintenance data in a certain way. That’s why Fiix is giving control back to companies with its expansive list of vetted partner solutions. Organizations can choose the systems that work best for their workflows, workforce, and business goals, and connect them to a powerful maintenance management platform that extends their capabilities without spending lots of time or money

 This week, we're shining the spotlight on Eugene Belik, Senior Technical Support Specialist & BMX biker extraordinaire 🌟  ❓What motivates or drives you?✨Getting things resolved and running. I truly enjoy seeking for solutions that help our end-users operate efficiently 🛠❓Are you an early bird or a night owl? Why?✨Early bird 🐦 Primarily, because I prefer having my things done early morning and I am most productive before lunchtime.❓Tell us something fun that you do in your spare time/ any hobbies that you have.✨At home, I casually play guitar and competitive video games. As for the outside - I have been a huge fan of extreme sports since I was a kid. I've tried a lot of things throughout my life but mainly I ride BMX 🚲 in summer (yes, the small bicycle) and go snowboarding in winter (favourite place in Ontario: Blue Mountains!) 🏂❓What's your favourite thing to do on the weekends?✨I really enjoy g

TORONTO, CANADA October 22, 2020  A new partnership between Fiix and Life Cycle Engineering was announced today that will help thousands of maintenance and asset management professionals develop best-in-class maintenance and reliability programs, strategies, and processes through access to hundreds of digital training resources. “Digital transformation in maintenance is about so much more than just installing new technology or software. It’s about evolving the way whole teams and organizations work, from the systems they use to the culture they establish. That’s why Fiix has built an ecosystem of partner solutions that connect businesses to the tools and resources that allow them to train teams, navigate change, become more data-driven, and implement best practices, regardless of where they are in their digital transformation journey,” says James No