A lifelong proponent for connected data, industry technology standards, and integrated marketing, he served the mobile industry's GSM Association as Global Marketing Director, was Vice President of Global Marketing for JDA Software Group, and managed top-ten client accounts within various WPP networks Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, J. Walter Thompson, Grey Worldwide and Wunderman/Y&R.

As Brightwell’s Chief Innovation Officer, Robert brings over 20 years of experience in business strategy, marketing, product development, user experience and corporate innovation. In his role, Robert’s focused on uncovering new market and customer opportunities in support of finding paths for transformational business growth and value creation.