Mr. Livoti has over 40 years of experience in the pump and motor industry designing, field testing, repairing and troubleshooting mechanical seals, compressors, motors and pumping systems. William holds a degree in mechanical engineering and has worked for several motor, pump and mechanical seal OEM’s as well as Corporate Principal Engineer for Balance of Plant equipment at a large power utility company where among other responsibilities he was accountable for asset management, life cycle performance, system assessment, failure analysis, plant efficiency, O&M and capital budget. Mr. Livoti has been active in the Hydraulic Institute for a number of year’s he was previously the Chairman of HIs Educational Affairs Steering Committee, Principal Instructor for Pump System Optimization as well as Instructor for Train the Trainer and has co-authored four books with the Hydraulic Institute, Pumps System Optimization Guide Lines, Power Plant Pump Application Guide Lines, Maintenance and Reliability Guidelines and Variable Frequency Drive Guidelines. William has been an active member of Vibration Institute, IEEE Power Engineering Society, ASME Power Engineering Society, and Electric Power Research Institute Large Electric Motor Users Group. Mr. Livoti also served on the Board of Directors for Pump System Matter