About Us

Historically, industry awards focused on the physical design and construction of infrastructure projects. There had never been an award category to recognize the achievements of the millions of operational readiness professionals around the world who drive the most successful project outcomes.

They are stewards of operator intent, minimizing disruptions and driving the actions required to achieve operators’ strategic goals and their project commitments. AOEP was established to recognize and celebrate the achievements and importance of operations enablement professionals and the organizations and individuals that support them.

Our mission is to recognize excellence in operational readiness and owner scope management, connect and cultivate the global operational readiness community, and evangelize operational outcomes as the number one measure of project success.

Operations Enablement Professionals are an Essential Element for Successful Project Outcomes