Richard G. Lamb, PE, CPA, has worked in the field of maintenance and reliability since 1988 after 13 years working as a business strategic planner and design engineer. His expertise has evolved to tapping the business returns that are possible through maintenance by bringing financial-statements-based, MBA-type practices and ERP-type technologies to the profession's knowledge base. His role as a consultant has become to mentor firm's as they put the practices and technologies into play to generate new returns.

In the late 1980's, he was the first to fully map how availability performance would be designed into a manufacturing plant. His book, “Availability Engineering and Management for Manufacturing Plant Performance,” published the findings and was awarded the Society of Logistic Engineers’ 1995 Armitage Medal for outstanding contributions to logistics literature. His book, "Maintenance Reinvented and Business Success," (2009) defined and explained the MBA-type practices and ERP-type technologies that have been absent from the standard practices for maintenance and reliability; preventing them from delivering their intended value for a firm's business success.

As contributing editor to the Hydrocarbon Processing magazine, he wrote a monthly column titled "HP in Competitiveness" that appeared from July 1997 through April 1999. He has authored a considerable number of articles and papers.

Lamb is a registered professional engineer and certified public accountant in the State of Texas. He received a bachelor of science in civil engineering, bachelor of business administration and master of business administration from the University of Houston.