Inside Cranes 101 ’s Rise to Industry Leadership Picture stepping onto a job site where every crane, bucket truck, and digger derrick has been inspected, certified, and operated with unwavering precision. For most companies, this is the goal.
For Cranes101, it’s the standard.
Founded in 2001 by Jay Sturm, the Massachusetts-based company has grown from a small inspection firm into a national leader in crane safety, licensing, and training—with technology and trust as its foundation
JAY STURM | PRESIDENT
“I founded this company in 2001,” Jay recalls.
“For the first three years, our only business was performing inspections on cranes, bucket trucks, digger derricks— anything that lifts.” His deep technical background as a service manager, reading hydraulic and electrical schematics, gave him the knowledge base to elevate inspections into something more: a mission to safeguard lives. That mission quickly expanded. By the mid-2000s, Jay had earned a coveted seat on the ASME and ANSI committees—the very boards that write the standards for crane operation nationwide. “There’s less than five in the United States [like me], including us,” he says.
HEATHER JACOB | CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER
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