Bob has nearly 26 years of experience in leading global businesses that grow via Product and process innovation, acquisition, venturing, and marketing. Thus far he has been associated with launching 50+ new businesses, and 100's of new products and services which produced over $1B in revenue. During the 1980's and 1990's he worked for an early stage venture firm, Kewit Investors Corporation, Dow Chemical Company and The General Electric Company. During his 12-year tenure with General Electric, he was a General Manager of businesses with annual sales revenue ranging from $10MM to $2B and served at an executive level in a variety of functional areas including manufacturing, finance, technology, sales and marketing. From 2000 to 2005 he was an Executive Vice President at Smurfit-Stone and Eastman Chemical Co. in charge of corporate strategy, commercialization of new technology, venturing and marketing activities. Bob has also served as a Director on a variety of boards from the 16th largest credit union in the U.S. to a variety of early-stage companies including current portfolio companies, SiGNa Chemistry and Trophos Energy.

Bob earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin in Madison and a Master of Business Administration degree with an emphasis on international high-tech management from Northeastern University in Boston.