Author Bio

Rob has lived and worked extensively around the globe. His experience includes
start-ups, turn-arounds, global strategic partnerships, board memberships and
Fortune 500 experience.

As a practicing executive Rob walks his talk and speaks from practical experience
as a business leader.

Over the last 24 years Rob has served in the following capacities:


  • CEO & President, Metal Sales Manufacturing Corporation - Sellersburg, IN

  • Vice President - Sales & Marketing, Dietrich Metal Framing, as division of
    Worthington Industries - Pittsburgh, PA

  • Vice President - Sales & Marketing - Lafarge Gypsum, Herndon, VA

  • General Manager and Member of the Board of Directors,
    Armstrong/HunterDouglas - London, England

  • Managing Director and Member of the Board of Directors,
    Armstrong/Parafon, Skovde, Sweden

  • General Manager - Armstrong Latin America

  • Marketing Manager - Armstrong Canada

  • Product Manager - Forms + Surfaces - Santa Barbara, CA

In addition to "The Lost Art of General Management" Rob is a contributing author
to the "Walking With The Wise" series from Mentors Magazine. Rob joined such
business luminaries as Bill Gates, Donald Trump, Suze Orman and others in
authoring this inspiring series.

He is also a frequent contributor to such publications as the Business Journals,
Sales and Service Excellence magazine, Capital magazine, The Christian Science
Monitor and Agents Sales Journal.
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