Robert joined Pacific Institute in May 2016, where he serves as IT Solutions Manager, supporting cloud computing initiatives, technical infrastructure, and full-stack implementation and maintenance across the organization.

Prior to Pacific Institute, Robert served as IT Director at BAMM, a San Francisco-based startup, where he led large-scale IT projects spanning facial recognition technology and video-editing hardware development. He also founded and operated Catharsis, an IT services and web development firm serving diverse business sectors and clients throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, for over a decade.

Robert holds a BA in Electronic Communications with an emphasis on coding and web design from San Francisco State University, and studied mechanical engineering at Fairleigh Dickinson University.