Robert Kehrer Email & Phone Number

Mapleton, Ut, Us

Springville, Utah, United States

Lehi, Utah

Responsible for managing the life cycle of genealogical technology products that support the needs of a global array of thousands of internal employees and millions of customers internal and external to FamilySearch InternationalFeb 2007-2008 Salt Lake Family History Library2008-2009 FamilySearch Partner APIs2009-2017 FamilySearch Search and Hinting Systems2017-2020 Genetic Genealogy2021-Present Strategic RoadmapResponsibilities include:1) Rigorously identify and segment internal and external customer needs 2) Strategize & define solutions that will need those needs3) Clearly and accurately articulating those solutions4) Work with engineering to implement technology solutions5) Put in place training and awareness programs that support products & services and establish & monitor metrics of product success6) Define and deploy value delivery systems and associated product services that will enhance the customer experience

Lehi, Utah, United States

Lehi, Utah

• Directed corporate alliances with over 100 Apple scientific partners insuring 3rd party alignment with Apple strategy at executive, engineering and marketing levels.• Crafted and executed developer partner strategies enabling a rapidly growing 41% Apple market share in the life sciences.• Negotiated partner commitments for Mac OS X product support & delivered hundreds of the most widely used research tools on Mac OS X, often from initially reluctant organizations. • Experienced at bringing to market joint venture products.• Insured strong Apple representation on scientific and high performance computing industry groups. • Orchestration of complex large scale projects, including conference events, market initiatives, and messaging campaigns involving hundreds of Apple’s key business partners.• Extensive international network of government, academic and corporate executives and researchers within high tech, life science, chemistry, and high performance computing industries

• Managed a team of bioinformatics programmers in the discovery, identification, cloning and diagnostic test development of the breast cancer and heart disease genes. • Directed the internal development and implementation of company wide bioinformatics tools and infrastructure.• Managed corporate relationships with external bioinformatics software and hardware solutions providers.• Crafted corporate strategy for targeting government forensics market

• Environmental consulting on USDA Forest Service contracts.• Monitored effectiveness and non-target impact of USDA gypsy moth eradication efforts.

Mba

M.S., Genetics