Bob Locascio Email & Phone Number

Wheaton, Il, Us

Naperville, Illinois, United States

Teach sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Earth Science), Math and Technology to 5th-8th grade students.

Employing Drama Therapy, Body-Centered Transformation, and Neuro-Linguistic Programming techniques in personal emotional healing sessions, experiential groups, workshops, and retreats, as well as recorded self-care content.• Develop and facilitate highly effective emotional healing, growth, and wellness in-person groups, workshops, and retreats as well as recorded sessions, consisting of a variety of experiential exercises which enable participants to 1) explore deep emotional wounds; 2) experience healing and growth; and 3) learn tools for ongoing emotional self-care and wellness. Led 100+ impactful workshops/retreats in four countries as well as online. Facilitated growth/healing groups for 14 years. Produced 20+ hours of valuable recorded content.• Guide individuals on their personal journeys of emotional self-discovery, healing, growth, and wellness. Support them exploring the sources of their woundedness, experiencing healing, reclaiming their true identity, developing life-long emotional wellness practices, and setting and achieving personal life goals. 14 years’ experience serving numerous clients in-person and via video.

Virual

Provide Technology Strategy Consultation for non-profits, including: user needs analysis; technology road-mapping; application/feature requirements specification and architecture; application/function implementation. Systems supported include: Salesforce; Dropbox; WordPress; Stripe: Vimeo; Zoom.Selected Accomplishments(Under contract with The Crucible Project):• Developing cyber security plan and oversaw rollout, including end user training.• Implemented previous designed Group Management System in Salesforce, including: system guide for group leaders, process for maintenance of group rosters by group leaders; roster and payment reports for group leader; "automatic" display of groups on the ministry's website, with link for interested persons to request info on a specific group.• Implemented previous designed Local Community Management System, including: uploading the geographic definition of local communities; developed and provided access to member reports for local community volunteer leaders; provided summary reports of constituents by local community, to ministry staff. Also developed notification function for notifying local community leaders of new constituents in their communities.• Ongoing support for technology enabling ministry operations, including debugging and enhancing of custom code, debugging interfaces between systems, user training and consulting.

Virtual

Led definition and creation of innovative on-line, emotional healing & wellness subscription business.Selected Achievements:• Developed Business plan for new online business, including start-up costs, content development model & costs, and revenue model.• Provided specifications and guidance to website development team through launch and subsequent refinement of online platform for content delivery.• Developed content creation guides. Recruited & supported content creators. Edited and published video and audio content. Resulting in 50+ high quality emotional healing/wellness sessions.• Provided input to marketing team for monthly member newsletter, including monthly emotional wellness related article.As Technology Lead, led road-mapping, specification, development, and rollout of new technology to support the programs and services of the ministry. Systems used in solutions include: Salesforce; Dropbox; WordPress; Stripe: Vimeo; Zoom.Selected Achievements:• Developing architecture and specification for, and led implementation of, Local Community Management System, including: process for creation and maintenance of geographic definition of local communities; automatic assignment of 6000+ constituents to local communities based on their location; developed and provided access to member reports for local community volunteer leaders; provided summary reports of constituents by local community, to ministry staff. Also developed notification function for notifying local community leaders of new constituents in their communities.• Developing architecture and specification for, and led implementation of, Group Management System, including: process for maintenance of group rosters by group leaders; roster and payment reports for group leader; "automatic" display of groups on the ministry's website, with link for interested persons to request info on a specific group.• Developing numerous enhancements to basic ERP capabilities which support ministry operations.

Greater Chicago Area

Oversight, management and innovation of programs and services offered by the ministry, including retreats and groups. Develop new programs, services and products. Drive expansion of ministry into new markets.Selected Achievements:• Created Program & Service Roadmap defining how the ministry would support customers’ personal growth and development over the course of their lives.• Developed and launched new Men's Group Strategy. Included new types of groups.• Developed and launched new Crucible Personal Coaching Practice, including service description, pricing model, definition of website support.• Created Developing Leader training and certification track including defining requirements for various certification levels.• Led technology roadmapping process and development of back-office technologies to support the ministry.• Provided coaching and feedback to numerous developing leaders.

Wheaton,Il

I represented Farmers Insurance, providing home, renter, auto, life, umbrella and commercial insurance for my clients. I can insure a number of specialty products as well, including: motorcycles, boats, RVs, jet skis, campers, and snowmobiles, as well as covering rental properties, vacant properties and undeveloped land. I also provide financial services.Disclosure: farme.rs/disclosure

Consult on technology and business related topics with GLG Clients

Forecast and comment on a wide variety of potential future technologies.

Lead the development of innovative new businesses from idea generation through hand-off to business team for commercialization, as member of the Emerging Business Office, within the CTO. • Leveraging fielded Motorola 2-way radio systems, defined end-to-end solution and developed business proposal for Private M2M (Machine-2-Machine) Solution, forecasted as a $200M+ annual revenue business. Secured partnership with M2M platform vendor, for a key component of the solution.• Exploiting opportunity for accessory sales, championed idea for new battery management solution, supporting the idea inventor. Successful field trials completed, solution added to product catalog, $20M+ forecasted annual revenue.• Foster increased levels of innovation across the company; provide feedback and coaching to junior innovators.

Drove business development in the emerging NFC market in the US by evangelizing innovative NFC technology and creating profitable engagements with potential partners and customers. • Developed terms of agreement to facilitate the inclusion of the company’s NFC technology in the chipset provider’s soon-to-be released 3G mobile phone chipset.• Drove preliminary discussions of technology / IP licensing agreement, with major WLAN chip provider. Built consensus around technology fit and business case compatibility with WLAN provider’s key business leaders and CTO.• Oversaw creation of customer-focused and friendly marketing collateral. Refreshed numerous marketing and technical documents.

Innovated new business and solution strategies for growing and optimizing Agilent’s $1B wireless test equipment business. Consulted to internal VC groups on potential wireless related investments. Forecast key emerging technologies. Contributed to team-developed strategic plans for the overall business. Led strategic planning tactical participation in wireless standards activities.• Revitalized the company’s antiquated hardware-centric business model, authored and executed a strategic plan to transition into a more profitable software-centric model. Collaborated with multiple divisions, developed product model / option structures, licensing methodologies, and update mechanisms, for measurement software products. Doubled software revenue over 2 years, from $77M to $161M.• Identified wireless device R&D as a superior growth opportunity and led development of an R&D solution strategy for emerging / growing wireless standards, e.g. WCDMA and WLAN. Developed a customer development lifecycle / value chain model, a market segmentation model of current solutions, a customer challenges analysis, a high-level solution roadmap, and individual product descriptions. Several new products for emerging technologies and the first test equipment targeting functional verification were developed.

Formed and led this global industry consortium to establish and promote a de-facto industry standard architecture for the wireless in-vehicle information and entertainment market. • Authored business strategy and formation plans for the TSC, led creation of legal and business structure, and established and maintained the TSC global website as a key marketing tool. • Negotiated with 10 key founding member companies to successfully launch the TSC. Grew the TSC to over 25 global member companies from a variety of industries. • Served on TSC Board of Directors and as TSC Treasurer.