This method solved the problem. Exported a model from Maya and successfully uploaded it for review.
Make sure the model is positioned with y up, and makes sure all your scales are set to 100.
So scale your model down to 0.01, freeze transforms, then scale your model up to a 100. In other words, you submit your model with x y and z all being 100. (Make sure you export it in meters as your units. When exporting from Maya, there is a setting that you can use somewhere to manually export in meters)