Dave Bertolini

Dave Bertolini has more than thirty-five years’ hands on experience in improvement initiatives specializing in changing cultures from reactive to proactive through the optimization of people and processes.

As the author of “CMMS Explained” (1st and 2nd edition) and the inventory control and management for the Maintenance Engineering handbook, he is routinely sought out by organizations for system advice and guidance. 

His certification as a Reliability Leader (CRL), Master Instructor and Seminar Leader has led to his involvement in over three hundred and seventy-five improvement initiatives and CMMS implementations, utilizing thirty-nine different software packages. He has conducted numerous needs analysis and system selections for facilities, municipalities and manufacturing environments. In addition, he routinely conducts educational seminars on CMMS selection, Request for Proposal (RFP) development and avoiding CMMS implementation failures. He routinely is a speaker at the CMMS/EAM Conference and the International Maintenance Conference and has numerous articles published in trade publications for facilities, municipalities and manufacturing plants.

His satisfied clients include Alcatel-Lucent, Procter & Gamble, Motorola, Uniroyal, DirecTV, Ainsworth Engineered, Lockheed Martin, City of Akron, City of South Bend, Old World Industries, Ohio State University, J.M. Huber Corporation, Rayonier, Cornell University, Georgia-Pacific, Northrop Grumman Corporation, PCS Phosphate White Springs, C. H. Guenther & Son Inc., Trinity Industries, Grassland Dairy Products, and Latrobe Specialty Metals.