Robert joined the Pacific Institute in May 2016. He works as an IT Manager/Web Developer assisting with cloud computing and technical projects while also handling full stack implementations and maintenance.

Robert previously worked as IT Director at BAMM, a San Francisco start-up, for large scale IT projects involving facial recognition technology and core product development of video-editing hardware. He also owned and operated, for ten years, an IT services and web developing company (Catharsis) for various business sectors and high-net worth philanthropists within the San Francisco Bay Area.

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