Graduated with Bachelor Degree from Northwest Missouri State University in Management Information Systems. Employed as a Systems Integrator at Sprint prior to Joining the FBI as a Special Agent in 2004. First office of assignment the Dallas Field office where he worked closely with the Defense Industrial Base to protect the F-35 Lightning II. Rob was also a SWAT operator, certified EMT-B, and certified Cyber Instructor. In 2009 was promoted to Supervisory Special Agent and stationed at FBIHQ detailed to the National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force (NCIJTF). While there mentored and supervised the China Cyber Espionage program and mentored over 200 field special agents. Coordinated operations and investigations across CIA and NSA as related to the APT. Transferred to Kansas City FBI field office where Rob worked the first successful arrest of a Cyber Espionage actor, Su Bin. In 2014, Rob left the FBI to join Northrup Grumman as a Senior Analyst and helped design and implement the Insider Threat program while hunting for the APT. In 2015, Rob joined iSIGHT partners as a Senior Sales Engineer supporting the North Central and South Central United States. Rob was promoted in 2018 to Senior Manager, Intelligence Performance, overseeing the content and quality of finished intelligence products (FINTEL) and also functioning as Senior Reports Officer. Rob has 3 children and is an advocate for Autism research.

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