Rendela K Wenzel

Speakers at Reliability Ireland 2025/Rendela K Wenzel

Rendela is currently the Advisor for Maintenance and Reliability at Eli Lilly Lebanon API Operations in Lebanon Indiana. She was the previously the Global Reliability and Maintenance Leader for Eli Lilly.

Rendela has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University and an MBA in Business Administration. Her role includes providing technical leadership and oversight to the global reliability community, mentoring and developing new talent, coordinating reliability initiatives around the world, and leading a team of engineers and planners for asset delivery of $14B in equipment for Lebanon API Operations. She has extensive Reliability and Maintenance experience developing and implementing successful PdM programs, leading RCA activities, and driving maintenance execution initiatives.

Prior to Lilly, she was the Lead Reliability Engineer supporting the Crankshaft Steel Business Unit at Navistar, and an Operations and Maintenance Manager at Chrysler overseeing the cleaning and core rooms. She is a previous SMRP Indiana Chair, a previous ICML Chair, and is an Industrial Advisory Board member at Purdue University.

Rendela is a Level 2 Machinery Lubricant Analyst, Level 2 Vibration Analyst, a Level 1 Infrared Analyst, and a Level 1 Ultrasonics Analyst. Rendela is a Six Sigma Greenbelt, RCM facilitator, a Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional, and a Certified Reliability Leader. She has also attained the rank of Captain in the United States Army.