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Rob has been involved with wireless systems his entire life. The son and grandson of career civil servants in land mobile radio, he served in the US Navy maintaining communications, navigation, and RADAR systems, rising to First Class Petty Officer. He completed his education at UCSD, graduating magna cum laude with a degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering and earning a Master of Engineering in the same field. Rob began his career developing high-performance RF transceivers and free-space optical communications in defense, led new product introduction at a Fortune 100 company, and held an executive role with a major supplier of confined-space communications systems. He has deep theoretical and practical knowledge of modern wireless including 4G and 5G.

Bob is a seasoned telecommunications professional with 42 years of experience in wired and wireless public safety telecommunications, holding several technical execution leadership roles during his career with the County of Los Angeles Department of Internal Services. He was directly engaged with the procurement, installation, commissioning, and maintenance of among the largest public safety communications systems in the world, with extensive knowledge of analog, digital, APCO P25 PI/PII, EDACS, and Motorola simulcast. Bob holds an FCC commercial license, is licensed by the FAA on NDB transmitters, and is a credentialed college-level educator with 20 years of classroom instruction. He is a longtime member of APCO and the California Public Radio Association.