Select Transactions
- Bought and sold over 20 companies from valuations of ~ $500k to > $1B
- Purchased three different rentals focused digital marketplaces for $2M, $10M, and $15M
- Sold a Data as a Service Business for $20M+
- Purchased/sold two different digital marketplaces for $100M+ and $1B+
- Sold an auto-focused print publisher and digital marketing company for $2.5M
- Sold a real estate focused print publisher and digital marketing company for $10M
- Purchased an air freight, ocean delivery, and customs brokerage business for $260M
- Purchased various franchises offering packaging and shipping services from $5M to $10M
- Purchased a less-than-truckload carrier for $1.25B
- Sold a vertically focused software and services company focused on the travel industry for $55M
Transformations
- Transformed a KKR/TPG backed business to an online marketplace. Initial change agent driving not only the strategy, but the communication and execution of the plan. This reduced costs by $80M, doubled revenue growth, and increased the valuation from $525M to > $1.2B.
- Scaled and positioned a founder-led, data as a service business increasing the value by > 60% with very limited additional investment.
- Launched and operationalized a multi-channel sales team growing to > $25M in revenue
- Incubated and managed $30M+ in revenue driven by a data product, advertising software/services, and the monetization of the consumer move process.
Industry Experience
- Asset Management
- Business Services
- Data as a Service Companies
- Digital Marketplaces
- Home Services
- Influencer Marketing
- Manufacturing
- Purpose Driven Tech
- Property Technology
- Property Management
- Tech-enabled Services
- Transportation & Logistics
- Vertical SaaS Businesses
Rob is a transformation executive with 25 years of experience leading and operating public and private companies with revenue ranging primarily from $5M to $300M. He has had C-level responsibility for corporate development, digital marketing, FP&A, operations, product, sales, strategy and transformation. His roles have allowed him to own many specific functions and now primarily he works cross-functionally to acquire, sell, and integrate companies, develop strategic plans, implement/manage operating systems, and lead teams driving organic and inorganic growth. Rob has bought and sold over 20 companies during his career from valuations of ~ $500k to > $1B.
Rob has been an investor, advisor, strategist, and operator gaining a broad understanding of value creation with resource and timing constraints. He started his career in private equity, investing and developing manufacturing companies and in investment banking, focused on technology and business services companies during the first dot-com bubble. Rob has also worked for a Fortune 50 organization, UPS, and led a PE backed, real-estate focused, online marketplace owned by KKR, TPG, and now Zillow. He scaled and positioned a founder-led, data-as-a-service business for an exit and was the GM of the Moving Marketplace Division of Porch (NASDAQ: PRCH). Rob also led a team of 400+ people responsible for a vertically integrated real estate company owning and managing approximately 25,000 rental units.
