With his more than 16 years of experience in the technology industry - managing marketing, sales, distribution channels, and new market development - Rob's experience is a perfect match for his work in managing the sales team at ShopLocal. Prior to joining the company, Rob served as Vice President of Sales/eCRM at Hyperion Solutions, where he was responsible for building a national organization to support the launch of a new product suite focused on CRM analytics. Before that, Rob was Vice President of Worldwide Sales for Presideo, Inc., an Internet security company, and a winner of the Microsoft-HUGS Best Emerging Technology award. Before joining Presideo, Rob managed P&L results for the Higher Education and Corporate Business Units of SPSS Inc., a provider of predictive analytics and data mining software. Rob received a bachelor's degree in communications from Northern Illinois University.