Facilities and manufacturing management technology company Limble appointed Gary Specter CEO Wednesday to lead its business while it adds AI tools to its computerized maintenance management systems and scales its platforms.
“We needed a leader with deep experience scaling high-growth software companies that deliver real customer value,” company founder Bryan Christiansen said in a blog post Wednesday. “Gary brings a proven track record of growing businesses that empower frontline teams to manage and maintain critical assets, and his leadership will be instrumental in our next stage of growth.”
Specter has more than 20 years experience overseeing business-to-business software-as-a-service companies, including Simpro Group, which provides job and project management software to trade professionals for managing their work. Specter has also held executive roles at Adobe, NetSuite, IBM and Magento, according to a release.
“Limble has established itself as the modern maintenance and asset management platform that manufacturers and facilities managers rely on for human-centric CMMS and [enterprise asset management] capabilities,” Specter said in a statement.
Christiansen will step down as CEO and assume the role of executive chairman, according to a release shared with Facilities Dive.
“I built Limble to empower … heroes of manufacturing and facilities management with a maintenance technician-first platform,” Christiansen said in the blog post. “Ten years later, Limble and our customers have come a long way. Over 3,500 organizations around the world now use Limble to drive their maintenance and asset management efforts.”
Specter will oversee a company that has begun adding AI capabilities to its platforms. The company last week introduced three AI-powered capabilities designed to make daily maintenance work easier for facilities staff:
- Asset snap uses AI-powered image and text recognition to turn photos of product nameplates into a structured asset record that includes the name of the manufacturer, the model and serial number, and other details. The functionality is expected to speed the onboarding of legacy assets up to 80% faster than if it were done manually and requiring fewer corrections later, the company says.
- A new resource planning tool provides a real-time view of work and capacity so teams can see what maintenance is planned, what is urgent and what’s at risk, according to the company. An AI component reviews workloads and time estimates and suggests tasks to keep schedules balanced and achievable, potentially reducing scheduling time by 10 to 15 hours per week and preventing technician overload, Limble says.
- A model context protocol, or MCP, is intended to make AI assistants like Cursor or Claude Code more capable by providing a secure, standardized way for developers to bring Limble data into AI clients, the company says. “MCP is read-only by design, ensuring data stays secure while enabling more powerful analysis and automation across maintenance operations,” the company says.
“We have repaired and maintained hundreds of thousands of pieces of equipment and manage billions of dollars worth of assets every year,” Christiansen said in his post. “Today, we are seeing the intersection of human-centric CMMS, strategic asset management capabilities, and the application of highly practical AI in our industry. The opportunities for impact are only growing.”
