For 22 years, Bob worked at Westinghouse starting in the marketing and sales support function in Dallas , Texas and rising to the position of Director of Internal Communication for the entire corporation. During his Westinghouse career, he served as principal internal communication counsel to four CEOs, two presidents and six business unit vice presidents; directed worldwide external and internal communications for a $3 billion business; and planned and led corporate-wide internal communication efforts through 26 acquisitions and divestitures, four corporate restructurings and three CEO successions. During this time Bob also served as national chair of the Business-to-Business Marketing Committee of the Association of National Advertisers and was a contributing author to four books.

In 1996 Bob left Westinghouse, became more involved in community work and started a consulting business based on his passions for executive coaching and communication planning.

In his executive coaching and communication counseling business, Bob works with senior executives to clarify issues, enhance behaviors and increase the effectiveness of communication processes to improve both personal and organizational performance. His clients include Sony, Alcoa, FedEx Ground, Siemens, Westinghouse, PNC, UPMC, Washington Group International, Deloitte and Touche, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Schering-Plough, as well as a dozen smaller companies and nonprofit organizations including the Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild and The Neighborhood Academy.

Bob is immediate past chair of the board of the Conflict Resolution Center International, is vice-chair of the Marshall Township Board of Supervisors, sits as vice president on the Board of Trustees for Northland Public Library and served two terms on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. He is chair of Western PA Indoor Field Hockey and recipient of the United States Field Hockey Association’s Volunteer of the Year Award for 2004. He is also a member of the World Affairs Council and Leadership Pittsburgh; has taught at Carnegie Mellon University, the Geneva Leadership Institute, the University of Pittsburgh and the University of St.Gallen in Switzerland; and has served as a U.S. State Department People-to-People delegate to Eastern Europe and Russia

Bob received his bachelor degrees from Waynesburg College and has completed graduate work in law at the University of Pittsburgh , finance at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School and human resources at the University of Michigan Graduate School of Business.

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