Previously, Rob founded and served as president of Netvision, a VC-backed enterprise networking technology company, where he led the development of the world’s first non-blocking stackable Gigabit Ethernet switch. Netvision was acquired by Network Peripherals (NPI) where Rob served as a corporate officer and VP of Worldwide Engineering post-merger with NPI, where his unique technology led to a successful raise of $175Mn in capital. After leading NPI for 4 years, NPI underwent a reverse-merger with Falconstor Software (NYSE: FALC).

After working at Falconstor for a period of 1 year, Rob went on to start Afides, an enterprise network security start-up, served in multiple VP roles at SMSC, a $400mn semiconductor company where he led the product line of a $75Mn division, and served as VP of Operations at Altior, which was later acquired by Exar Corporation.

In 2013, Rob was brought back to Falconstor by one of their largest investors and Board Member at the time, where he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer for 3 years.