Robert joined the Pacific Institute in May 2016. He works as an IT Specialist 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.