BROKEN ARROW, OK, USA — January 28, 2026 | International Council for Machinery Lubrication (ICML), the pioneer of global standards in lubrication certifications for industrial technicians and oil analysis professionals, today announced the election of three new members to its board of directors: Kelley Evans, Matthew G. Collins, and Mike Ramsey. Their appointments became effective January 23, 2026.

The election of Evans, Collins, and Ramsey brings a powerful and diverse combination of business oversight experiences with functional discipline backgrounds spanning marketing, industry publishing, human resources, and professional development, as well as international oil and gas engineering, which will help guide ICML’s continued growth and global impact.

“ICML is pleased to add these leaders who are highly motivated to shape our next stage of growth,” said Bryan Coggins, ICML Chief Executive Officer. “We look forward to leveraging their experience and passion for service to further elevate ICML’s support of the current, as well as next, generation of maintenance and reliability professionals.”

Paul Dufresne, ICML Board Chairman and Chief Reliability Officer at Reliability Playbook, added: “The addition of our newest board members marks an exciting chapter for ICML. With their insight and stewardship, we will continue to advance our global standards, certification programs, and industry partnerships with added strength.”

Kelley Evans

Kelley Evans brings more than 20 years of executive and operational leadership experience across organizational development, human resources, and manufacturing operations. Most recently, she served in several executive roles at Industrial Oils Unlimited (IOU) / Adjuvants Unlimited, including five years as co-chief operating officer, where she oversaw company-wide operations including human resources, finance, information technology, customer care, quality, manufacturing, and IOU sales.

In these roles she witnessed firsthand the positive career impact of ICML certifications on lubrication professionals, motivating her to contribute her experience in strategy, governance, and organizational development to the ICML board.

“People are the most important asset any organization can have,” said Evans. “Serving on ICML’s board gives me an opportunity to make a positive impact in an industry that has supported and shaped my career the past 15 years.”

Prior to IOU, Evans served in HR management with Deloitte and then Convergys, where she developed and implemented professional growth initiatives and led regional employee relations strategy across several business units in a multi-state workforce. Throughout her career, she has consistently served as a trusted advisor to C-level executives and boards, with a strong focus on sustainable growth, organizational health, and people-centered leadership initiatives.

Matthew G. Collins

Matthew Collins is a professional mechanical engineer and professional welding engineer with more than 34 years of diversified managerial and technical expertise, including 22 years as a welding/mechanical engineering SME within the oil and gas industry and for Los Alamos National Laboratories, and six years as an upstream oil and gas asset integrity manager, maintenance and reliability (M&R) manager, and offshore asset integrity maintenance and shutdown manager.

Collins spent the majority of his career with ConocoPhillips and ARCO Alaska. His work supported complex onshore and offshore facilities worldwide, with notable involvement in corrosion control, inspection programs, global welding technology, and compliance with international codes and standards.

“I have passion for the multiple industries supported by the ICML and have worked the entirety of my career in an industry (Energy/Oil & Gas) that is highly dependent on multiple lubrication products and personnel,” said Collins. “I am intrigued by the prospect of being part of ICML’s multi-discipline team from varied industries, coming together to provide consistent guidance while also providing a view of the future state of the industry.”

Collins is an active contributor to industry standards through long-standing service on the ASME B31.3 Process Piping Code Committee and as a member of the Edison Welding Institute Industry Advisory Board. He currently performs consulting work as a Welding Engineering SME through his firm, WeldMech LLC. In addition, Collins owns GJW Farm LLC, a 580-acre operating farm/ranch in Missouri that has been in his family for 133 years.

Mike Ramsey

Mike Ramsey is a long-time industry leader in lubrication education, publishing, marketing, and professional development. He previously served on ICML’s inaugural board of directors during the organization’s formation and now returns with decades of B2B experience helping expand the operations and market impact of businesses that specialize in developing lubrication practitioners and programs at client sites worldwide.

“I was fortunate to be part of ICML’s formation 25 years ago, and from the beginning I believed strongly that our industry needed a professional body to set global standards and provide certifications that give credibility to the work of lubrication and oil analysis practitioners. That belief hasn’t changed,” said Ramsey. “What motivates me now is the opportunity to give back to this organization that shaped both my career and the careers of so many others, and to help ICML continue evolving.”

Ramsey is the co-founder and former president of Noria Corporation. He first led the publishing division (conferences, magazines and newsletters) before becoming president and growing it into a globally recognized business spanning publishing, training, consulting, events, software, and industrial products. Under his leadership, the company developed independent training courses to correlate with ICML’s vendor-neutral certifications and trained thousands of professionals in support of lubrication and reliability programs at more than 100 Fortune 500 companies. During this time Noria earned recognition among Oklahoma’s Top Workplaces for four consecutive years.

Ramsey currently publishes the online media properties Precision Lubrication Magazine and Reliable. Prior to his time with Noria, Ramsey was the marketing manager at Diagnetics, a producer of instruments designed for onsite oil analysis, filtration test stands, oil analysis seminars, and analysis software. 

ABOUT ICML

The International Council for Machinery Lubrication (ICML) is a vendor-neutral, independent, non-profit organization founded in 2001 to help lubrication practitioners succeed in their professional careers, and to serve global industry as the world-class authority on machinery lubrication certifications that advance the optimization of asset reliability and utilization. ICML consists of both paid professional staff members and volunteer committees. It is a certification body serving industrial lubrication and oil analysis practitioners worldwide; a technical awards body recognizing companies that excel in oil analysis and machinery lubrication programs; a membership body engaging and promoting individuals and organizations; and a standards body maintaining the ICML 55® Standard for lubricated asset management. ICML certification exams are administered in accordance with ISO 18436 and are available in multiple languages worldwide.

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