Dave Bartholomew
Dave Bartholomew is the president and founder of Ascent Advising, LLC. Dave has been a leader inside companies from small to large. He has taken out the garbage and led acquisition teams. He is skilled at understanding the inner workings of a company and its people, helping them understand themselves even better, and translating all of this into action that produces results.
Dave’s particular focus is on working with business owners, presidents, CEOs, executives and leadership teams. Through coaching, mentoring, advising and teaching, he applies his first-hand executive experience to help solve present problems, prevent future problems, and to create new and better opportunities.
Dave has been bagging summits for over 30 years, both in the mountains and in the boardroom. At an early age, Dave learned that one can do the impossible with the right preparation, attitude, resources, and team.
Dave is perhaps best known for his work at Mountain Safety Research (MSR). He started with MSR when it was a little known company in south Seattle. Over the intervening 23 years, Dave led MSR to a position of market leadership and sound financial performance. MSR’s product line had become enormous, distribution extensive, and reputation extremely strong. As president of MSR, Dave also served on the senior management team of its parent company, Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI).
In addition to being president of MSR, Dave has also been president of companies such as Marathon Ceramics, Walrus Tents/Moss Tents, and Sportworks Northwest. Dave has been on the board of directors for all of those companies plus the Pacific Crest Trail Association. He has been a guest lecturer at the University of Washington, Seattle University, Pacific Lutheran University, Bellevue Community College and Cascadia Community College. He is on the board of directors of and volunteers with Big City Mountaineers taking at-risk inner city youth on outdoor outings.
He has a passion for leading teams to greatness, for mentoring individuals in their quest for success, and for sharing his ideas and experiences in written word. Dave has published in Washington CEO and Signpost for Northwest Trails magazines, published a book of personal stories, Before I Forget, and more recently a business book entitled, Adages from Ascent.
Dave loves to work one-on-one with high-performance individuals, but is equally comfortable speaking in front of large audiences. Challenges are his forte.
Adages from Ascent (the book)
For five years, Ascent has published a period email newsletter. It has been well received and found to be practical ideas and information. Ascent recently re-published these newsletters in book form.
Adages from Ascent
by Dave Bartholomew by Infinity Publishing
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