CMMS Data Group Founder and CEO Ruth Hughes Makes Crain’s Notable

Entrepreneurs List

Chicago, IL, September 16, 2019 --(PR.com)-- CMMS Data Group's founder and CEO, Ruth Hughes,
has made the Crain's Notable Entrepreneurs list, an accolade of Crain's Chicago Business that recognizes
notable and industry-leading entrepreneurs from the Chicagoland area. The newspaper applauds Hughes
for her incredible journey from a humble Illinois Institute of Technology graduate with little money in her
pocket to founder and CEO of a multimillion-dollar maintenance and reliability software powerhouse.

In the late '90s, Hughes traveled 100% as an MP2™ CMMS software training consultant. At the end of
each assignment, she was asked: "How do I get all of our data into the system?", "What are other
companies doing?", "Can you help us on the weekends?" Hughes started CMMS Data Group using a
$600 credit card check with the hopes of making reliability a reality for maintenance departments all over
the world. She is proud to say that CMMS Data Group is fully bootstrapped, entirely self-funded by Ruth.
Profits are reinvested into the company, contributing to the current 3-year growth rate of over 90%.

Hughes has enjoyed a few milestones over the past two years. MVP Plant CMMS software, CMMS Data
Group's flagship product, was named the 2018 Product of the Year GOLD Winner by Plant Engineering
in the Maintenance Software category. Additionally, MVP Plant was recognized by G2 as a High
Performer in the CMMS category. CMMS Data Group also effectively doubled its office space in
Chicago and plans to expand again by another third within the year. Another dream of Hughes' came to
fruition in 2018 when the company held MORE! 2018, its first annual MVP Plant training, reliability, and
user conference. Held earlier this year, MORE! 2019 doubled the attendance of the inaugural conference.

“To be recognized by Crain's Chicago Business newspaper as a Notable Entrepreneur is an incredible

honor,” said Hughes. “What started as a dream to help maintenance and facilities teams increase
reliability, capacity, productivity, and profitability and achieve maintenance excellence has become a
reality. Thank you to my team and our customers for making CMMS Data Group what it is today and for
making the world more reliable.”

Hughes has been engaged in the maintenance and reliability community since 1998. She is a Certified
Maintenance & Reliability Professional and a member of SMRP. CMMS Data Group is also an
SMRPCO sustaining sponsor. Under her leadership, CMMS Data Group was certified as a national
Women's Business Enterprise (WBE) by the Women's Business Enterprise National Council. The
company hosts its annual MORE! MVP Plant training, reliability, and user conference, and continues to
promote reliability and manufacturing initiatives to not only help local businesses but global business,
too. A native of Wheeling, IL, Hughes currently lives in a North Shore suburb of Chicago.

Connect with Ruth on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruth-hughes-cmrp-20a6b4/

Contact us today for more information: https://www.cmmsdatagroup.com/contact/

About Crain's Chicago Business

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About CMMS Data Group

Founded in 2000 to help organizations achieve maintenance excellence, CMMS Data Group is the market
leader in CMMS software and services. Led by the award-winning MVP Plant™ CMMS software, the
Company also provides comprehensive reliability engineering services, enabling maintenance and
facilities teams to increase reliability, capacity, productivity, and profitability.

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Contact Information:
CMMS Data Group
Chad Koons
(312) 757-5394
Contact via Email
www.CMMSDataGroup.com

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