MAS 8.x end-of-support was April 30, 2026. If you're still running 8.x or earlier, the clock isn't ticking — it stopped.
IBM Maximo Application Suite 9.x migration consulting from a Principal Maximo SME with 20+ years across government, defense, pharma, utilities, and transit. Assessment, planning, execution support, post-migration verification, and governance — delivered directly, not through a staffing layer.
I audit your current Maximo environment against the MAS 9.x target: customizations, automation scripts, integrations, data quality, and licensing. You get a gap analysis with a ranked risk list, not a slide deck full of generalizations.
Sequenced plan covering data migration, configuration translation, integration re-validation, and cutover. Includes a governance framework so you don't just move the mess to a new platform.
I work alongside your team or your SI during the actual migration. Automation script conversion, integration testing, data validation, and the configuration decisions that derail schedules when nobody in the room has done this before.
Structured validation that the new environment actually works: data integrity checks, workflow verification, integration round-trips, and user acceptance against real operational scenarios — not just "the login page loads."
The migration is also the best opportunity you'll get to fix your change control, data ownership, and configuration management. I help you build the governance framework so the new environment doesn't drift the same way the old one did.
Most MAS migrations don't fail because of the technology. They fail because nobody dealt with the problems that were already there.
The first one is data quality debt. Every Maximo environment I've walked into has it — duplicate locations, orphaned assets, PM records pointing at equipment that was decommissioned three years ago, classification structures that stopped making sense two reorganizations back. If you migrate that data as-is, you're just moving the mess to a more expensive platform. The migration is the forcing function to clean it up, but only if someone actually scopes that work and builds it into the plan.
The second is customization translation. MAS 9.x is not Maximo 7.6 with a new coat of paint. Automation scripts behave differently. Custom apps built on the classic UI framework need rework. Integrations that talked to on-prem endpoints need to account for the new deployment topology. I've seen migrations stall for months because the team assumed their existing customizations would just carry over. They don't. Somebody has to inventory every customization, assess what translates, what needs rewriting, and what you should just kill — and that assessment needs to happen before you start, not when things break in staging.
The third is governance gaps. Most organizations migrate the system but don't migrate the operating model. Nobody owns the new environment's configuration management. Nobody defined the change control process for the containerized deployment. Nobody built validation criteria for the data migration. So you end up with a new platform, same old problems, and a team that's now supporting an environment they don't fully understand. That's where I come in.
I'm a 1099 Principal SME — not a staffing company, not a body shop. When you engage Brock Industries, you get me. Direct.
I work as a direct consulting engagement for organizations running their own migration, or I embed with your SI team as the senior Maximo resource on the program. Either model works. I've done both across government, defense, pharma, utilities, and transit.
For federal primes and large SIs: Brock Industries is a verified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). I'm available for subcontracting, teaming agreements, and set-aside work where SDVOSB participation matters for your proposal.
Remote-first, with travel to your site when the work requires it.
I'll give you an honest assessment of where you stand and what it's going to take.