Robert Root is a Software Development Manager at Kimball Midwest. He possess expertise in sdlc, rad, application development, agile, sybase and 20 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "I worked with Robert for almost a year. Robert Root was the best manager in all my professional career. Robert has exceptional leadership skills, management abilities. Over the months that I have worked under Robert, he has successfully taken our current project to finish line before the due date of the project. He has always encouraged people to work better in their given role. He is very understanding and a very kind person." and "Bob was my manager at JP Morgan Chase. Bob and I worked together for an application rewrite that allowed Commercial Business owners to fulfill their needs for cash in their day-to-day business. My role entailed technically leading the team to achieve the result. Bob as the manager ensured that the requirements were well captured, prioritized, refined, and well understood by the team, before being developed and delivered to the clients. Bob is an empathetic leader, who continuously worked on improving the communications between multiple teams across multiple time-zones. Bob partnered closely with business teams prioritizing the requirements and ensuring that there was sufficient time available to development teams as well as the deliverables to business were met. Bob took it upon himself to ensure that the deliverables maintained the desired quality and would meet the customer objectives. Where needed Bob would coach the team on the right thing to do. Bob always stood up for his team even during difficult situations. Bob mentored the team and taught his mantra of influencing without authority to his team, thus allowing them to accomplish their goals efficiently and successfully. Bob is a thought leader who encourages his team to think beyond the ordinary. His problem-solving skills were greatly admired, and we always relied on his assertion to ensure the application met the long-term objectives. He is very down-to-earth and open-minded and does not waver to take input from his team to ensure a better outcome. Bob has a huge experience in the IT industry which helps the team reach desired favorable outcomes."