David Bart

David Bart has spent more than 40 years leading organizations by fostering a spirit of value-added service, participation, collaboration, positive outlook, and teamwork. His vocation is in corporate restructuring and litigation. His avocation focuses on the history of science in electrical and electronic communications.

David is a Senior Member of IEEE, Vice-Chair of the IEEE History Committee, and Chair of the IEEE Milestone Program Subcommittee. He is the former President of the Radio Club of America (the world’s oldest wireless society, founded in 1909). He previously served as Executive Vice President and Vice President. He is a Life Member and Fellow of RCA and serves as Editor of the Proceedings of the Radio Club of America. He is a Vice President, Life Member, and Fellow of the Antique Wireless Association, and he was a former Co-editor of the AWA Review. David is a former Vice President of Chicago’s Museum of Broadcast Communications and continues to serve on the Collections Committee of the Board of Directors for Chicago’s Adler Planetarium.

David was inducted into IEEE Eta Kappa Nu as a professional member and has received numerous awards for his professional contributions, service, and historical publications. He holds an Extra Class amateur radio license and is a Life Member of the Amateur Radio Relay League.

Professionally, David holds a BA and an MBA from the University of Chicago and has earned numerous professional certifications in corporate restructuring, business valuation, and forensics. He is the former National Director of Restructuring and Complex Litigation at Baker Tilly US LLP and the former Sr. Director of Litigation Consulting for the Great Lakes Region of RSM US LLP. He served as Chairman and President of the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors. He continues as Co-editor of the AIRA Journal and Chair of its Technical Issues and Standards Committee. He is the lead author of AIRA’s Standards for Distressed Business Valuation. At the American Bankruptcy Institute, David chaired the task force and is the lead author of A Practitioner’s Guide to Liquidation and Litigation Trusts. He also co-authored ABI’s Developing The Evidence: Using Prospective Financial Information in Bankruptcy and Other Litigation for Valuation, Damages, and Other Applications. David is a Fellow of the AIRA and a recipient of the Turnaround Management Association’s Pro Bono Award.