Product Development Advantage Group

With over a decade of executive leadership experience he has helped firms advance and change their strategies. As a product development leader, he has 25 years of experience helping companies in a variety of industries create winning products by developing the innovation and execution process capability coupled with building the teams to deliver. In addition, his leadership experience spans both being acquired and being an acquirer of five firms.

Prior to founding this firm, Bob was the Senior Vice President of Engineering and Operations for Mercury Computer Systems, the world's leading developer of high performance embedded multi-computers. He has been the Vice President of Engineering at industry leaders MicroTouch Systems and PictureTel Corporation. He has nine US Patents to his credit where he has developed products with many technologies including microprocessors, ASICs, FPGAs, systems on chip, IP cores, mixed signal, DSPs, PCBs, systems, operating systems, multimedia, development tools, user interfaces, algorithms, display components and manufacturing processes for both electrical and non-electronic products.

With more than 15 years of leadership experience and a background that extends beyond engineering to product management, program management, customer support, manufacturing, supply chain management and corporate quality functions, Bob has a business breadth that helps ensure that product development is meeting business objectives. He is a TAB-Certified facilitator and coach as well as a member of the Management Roundtable, a FastTrack expert panelist where he writes articles and delivers seminars, and the Product Development and Management Association (PDMA).