Company
D. Bello Associates is a privately owned, independent consulting company that specializes in the design, construction and searching of title plants. D. Bello Associates has served the title industry since 1988.
Beginning with title plant evaluations and various other title consulting projects, D. Bello Associates eventually oversaw the development of the first offshore daily title plant in 1991. The enormous success of this project opened the door for the offshore movement of data entry in the title industry. Together with its offshore partners, D. Bello Associates has constructed over 30 title backplants since 1991.
In 1999, D. Bello Associates launched its first offshore searching project. This service was subsequently expanded to include title chain examination and customized policy preparation. We currently supervise hundreds of searches daily and has evolved into the fastest growing aspect of our business.
Today D. Bello Associates oversees document posting in over 60 counties from Hawaii to Florida and monitors title searches nationwide. With a great deal of careful administration, D. Bello Associates has ensured the success of over one hundred title projects over the past decade.
Leadership
Doug Bello
President
Doug has spent his entire career in the title insurance industry. He began by working for Chicago Title in Los Angeles in 1970. In 1973 he joined HW Systems, one of the first data processing companies to build and install online title plants. Doug supervised the installation of online title plants in the Western United States, including the first online plant in the state of Hawaii.
In 1980, he left HW Systems and headed up the Title Records, Inc. facility, the Sun Valley, California based Los Angeles County title plant. Doug served as President of TRI from 1980 to 1988, overseeing the daily operations of the largest title plant in the United States.
In 1988, he left TRI and founded D. Bello Associates, Inc., with the intention of offering title plant consulting to the industry. In 1989, he was selected by a Federal Judge to serve on a committee to study and make recommendations to the state of Hawaii to revamp their recording system. Many of his recommendations are still in place today.
In early 1991 and again in 1993, Doug traveled to Russia consulting with the new Russian Land Privatization Committee to discuss land reform and private ownership as a part of the new Perestroika.
Doug has a B.A. degree from The University of California, Santa Barbara, and an M.B.A. degree from Pepperdine University, Los Angeles. Doug devotes 3 hours a week each Thursday as a volunteer driver for a local Meals-on-Wheels program delivering hot lunches to home-bound seniors.
Jeffrey Bates
Vice President
Jeff joined D. Bello Associates in early 2003. He spent the previous 4 years working in accounting and financial management, dealing primarily in the fields of commercial and residential real estate development.
Upon his hire, his primary duty at D. Bello Associates was assisting in the setup of title plant data entry projects by performing site visits and preparing manuals. He was then given the responsibility of managing instructional development and documentation for all title projects. Jeff was instrumental in the installation of many technological improvements to reorganize and streamline workflow within the D. Bello Associates office.
Jeff was promoted to Vice President in January of 2006. His current duties include serving as project manager for various title projects, serving as the main customer liaison to new clients, as well as handling general day-to-day corporate operations.
Jeff is currently working on completing a Bachelor of Science degree from The California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He also devotes two or more weekends each month assisting with video equipment at ROCKharbor Church in Costa Mesa, California.
