Across 7 industries and for over 30 years, Robert has been a strategist and futurist for companies including IBM, Motorola, Continental, and AUMOVIO.

His projects have encompassed defense and commercial communications technologies – including space, aerial, and terrestrial – for dozens of countries across five continents. He has degrees in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering and is an inventor on over 20 granted patents.

Robert received a television Emmy Award with CNN and has been credited with pioneering the modern contracting approach for citizen photojournalists. At one point, he had a CNN-estimated syndication audience of over 1 billion viewers.

A close-range survivor of two terrorist attacks, Robert has focused his public-facing activities toward influencing the directions of life-saving technologies.