Chairman of Northeastern University IDEA Venture Accelerator
Bob is currently Chairman of the Board of Northeastern University’s IDEA Venture Accelerator and EIR for NU’s Center For Entrepreneurship Education. Prior to joining the University he was a consultant serving as interim CEO for technology companies. He has extensive executive management and entrepreneurial experience in the technology industry having been involved in the growth and eventual sale of a number of successful technology ventures.
Bob served as CEO and President of PermissionTV, an innovative online video platform company. Bob also held senior executive positions at OATSystems, Inc.; the recognized leader in radio-frequency identification (RFID) frameworks, now part of Checkpoint; and at eRoom Technology; a Web-based collaborative workspace that enables distributed teams to work together more efficiently; sold to Documentum Inc. and now part of EMC Corp. Additionally, Bob serves on the Board of Directors of Monotype Imaging Corp. (Nasdaq: TYPE) as well having served as a board member and advisor to a number of technology companies in the greater Boston area.
He holds an MBA from Babson College and a BS in Business from Northeastern University.
