Bob has over 30 years of experience as a start-up entrepreneur and business executive. The vast majority of his work has been in the broadcasting and Internet media fields. Early in his career, Bob held various production, operations and sales positions at KNDO-TV/KNDU-TV (Yakima/Tri-Cities, WA NBC affiliate), Simpson/Reilly & Associates (Seattle broadcast advertising sales representative firm) and KOMO-TV (Seattle ABC affiliate). Later, he was the founder, president and general manager of KMTR, Inc. Under his direction, this start-up company secured a license from the Federal Communications Commission to build a new television station in Eugene, OR. The station, KMTR-TV, became the local NBC Television Network affiliate. After supervising the construction of facilities, hiring the staff and organizing business operations, he acted as president and general manager of the company for 14 years. Subsequently, he was the founder and president of CyberFirst, Inc. The company acted as an Internet advertising sales representation firm (representing hundreds of web sites in the sale of advertising space). More recently, he has worked as a sole proprietor business consultant. Over the years, Bob has been involved in a number of business, civic and professional organizations including the National Association of Broadcasters (board member), Oregon Association of broadcasters (board member), NBC-TV affiliates committees, Arbitron Television Advisory Council (chairman) and Eugene Rotary (board member). He also does seminars designed to improve written and verbal communication skills, and works as a voice-over actor/narrator/announcer.Bob is a graduate of the University of Washington, School of Business. He enjoys boating, saltwater fishing, music and spending time with three, young granddaughters. Bob and his wife, Joan, live in Kirkland, WA.