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OptimizeU (OU) is Superior's new, on-demand learning platform with courses to expand product knowledge, enhance technical skills, and master best practices.

PUBLISHED: JANUARY 2025

INTRODUCING OPTIMIZEU

Your New Path to Industry Expertise

The construction aggregates industry is changing rapidly as seasoned professionals retire, taking decades of knowledge with them. To address the gap for a new generation, Superior developed OptimizeU, an on-demand learning platform built to tackle these challenges head-on.

On Demand Access: Learning happens on your schedule, whether you’re in the office, on the road, or at home. Short, focused courses make it easy to build skills without interrupting your whole workday.
Enhanced Customer Support: OU equips you with the skills and knowledge to resolve problems quickly, deliver exceptional customer service, and build stronger relationships with end-users.
Practical Knowledge: Courses are designed to address real-world challenges, from troubleshooting equipment to understanding gradations, with options ranging from beginner classes to advanced topics.
Cost-Effective Training: While we still believe in the power of in-person training events, OptimizeU reduces the need for frequent travel or classroom-based workshops, offering a new way to keep up to date.

AggFlow Basics: Understand what AggFlow is, how it’s used by Superior and others in the industry, and its key features for optimizing plant design.
Guardian® Screens: Learn horizontal screen basics and advantages, triple-shaft action, features, and real-world success through case studies.
Conveying vs Trucking: Compare pros, cons, and cost differences of these material handling methods to help customers find the best fit for their operation.
Understanding Gradations: Explore how gradations impact equipment performance, their role in equipment sizing and selection, and techniques for testing and analysis.
Recycle Crushing: Master the essentials of feed sources and characteristics, plant sizing and preparation, steel removal, and production of finished products.
Cyclone Fundamentals: Understand why cyclones are used, how the technology works, explore models, and gain tips for optimal performance.
TeleStacker® Conveyors: Discover their essential purpose, explore the range, features, advantages, and customization options, including automation.
Cribbing Plants: Learn what cribbing is and why it’s used in portable applications, how to calculate load data, and tips for building your own cribbing.

Scott Gulan

If you've ever caught a whiff of rubber near Scott, it’s no coincidence—this 40-year industry vet spent the first half of his career at Fenner Dunlop. Thanks be to God, he’s been on our team for the last 20 years, where he humbly shares his expertise and passionately inspires others to do the same.
John Rodriguez

Get in a room with J-Rod and you'll leave ready to run through a brick wall! He brings 40-years of experience into his mentoring role at Superior. He's famous for taking the most boring subjects — think gradation analysis — and leaving his students so inspired they’re setting up in-home labs!
Ed Sauser

If you combine Gulan, J-Rod, Sauser, and Benningtons' experience, we go back before the telephone, lightbulb, and refrigeration...that's serious experience! Ed has transformed Superior's vibratory product line into a position of leadership while passionately mentoring others along the way.
John Bennington

He doesn't have a PhD, but most of us refer to him as Dr. Bennington anyway. The good doctor is one of the globe's foremost experts in wet processing. He's got multiple patents to his name with rumors of more on the way and has led thousands of students through training opportunities in class or onsite.
Curt Theisen

Known for his encyclopedic knowledge of crusher parts, Curt can tear down crushers and rebuild them like giant jigsaws. (Look out for him at the nursing home puzzle table in 40 years!) He's the guy you want on your team when a customer points and asks, “What the heck does this thing do?”
Kristen Randall

Meet "Ms. Randall," the Superintendent of OptimizeU, Superior's learning management system designed for dealers, employees, and producers. After 20 years at Haver & Boecker, she joined Superior as our first training coordinator, building OptimizeU from the ground up. Kristen is your go-to for questions, comments, and feedback.