David Armstrong

David Armstrong
Director Advisory Services, Americas
Cohesive

David merges field proven capabilities with the practical experience of building digital asset management systems with leading transformative change.  He has helped Asset Owner Operators for 25+ years from the ground floor up to achieve significant results in the areas of Operational and Reliability Excellence, Investments & Engineer-Procure-Construct, Enterprise Configuration Management and Asset Performance Management.  This puts him in the ideal position to pull through a cohesive solution integrate Engineering, Operations and Maintenance across the complete asset lifecycle. David joined Cohesive in January of 2022 after 11 successful years within Bentley Systems Asset Performance team.  David holds a master’s Certification in Enterprise Configuration Management from the University of Phoenix, is an Aladon RCM2 Practitioner and a Six Sigma Blackbelt, Project Management Professional that pairs certifications with practical battle scars from running cultural change management initiatives within asset intensive industries:  heavy industry steel, O&G, water and power utilities and mining sectors.  Typically, he challenges his projects to drive out costly variation by understanding the contributing root cause datapoints that not only determine the right strategies at the right time, but also to enable actionable results within the evolving science of data analytics.  David is passionate about deriving maximum results from the circular economy, fostering discussions on socially responsible projects and inclusive societal systems and programs, supported by digital enabling solutions.