Rob Smithson Email & Phone Number

Austin, TX, US

Corporate Investment, founded in 1984, is a leading sell-side M&A advisory firm based in Austin, Texas, representing companies throughout Texas. Corporate Investment works primarily with the owners of private companies in a variety of industries, guiding them through the process to a successful exit.

GenZe by Mahindra is a manufacturer of e-bikes and e-scooters along with software and IoT solutions for last mile mobility shared fleets and consumers.

Lajitas Group, Inc is a quick service restaurant franchise operator and consulting platform. I returned the fast-growing Teriyaki Madness chain to the challenging Austin metro food market in 2018, and operated the restaurant until selling it in early 2020. The store had consistent, strong social media ratings of 4 or more stars, and developed a solid.

I bring a wealth of experience in building organizations, development of technology, strategic planning and execution to work with entrepreneurs and growth companies at all stages as an advisor and mentor.

Maumee, Ohio, US

In this role, I combine business development, technology assessment, investment assessment, and business building skills to look both at what Dana will be building 10 years from now, and how we will be building it, in a global transportation industry that stands on the brink of massive change. This is a multi-disciplinary effort within the company that.

Maumee, Ohio, US

Responsible for building a new, ground-up technical center, engineering staff, and business for Dana around the recently licensed VariGlide continuously variable planetary technology. The technology was licensed from Fallbrook Technologies Inc, a company that Rob co-founded. His role at Dana includes both commercialization of the new VariGlide continuously.

After playing a number of roles for Fallbrook in my previous position, I began to focus on these two roles in late '09 as the business began to expand and the opportunities in powered applications (ie, all of Fallbrook's applications that do not have pedals) came into focus. I was responsible for strategic business planning and sales for the powered.

I began coaching FTI through VentureRAMP when it was still in the inventor's basement in California with only 1 contract employee. I made a fulltime commitment to FTI in mid-2003 and assumed the VP-Product Development position, and formally became an employee in early 2004. I created the company's first strategic plan, centered around an IP strategy that.

I co-founded VentureRAMP with Jim Brazell with the objective of building a platform company for serial entrepreneurs and early stage service providers to use collaboratively to coach, evaluate, consult for, and help form other early stage technology companies. The concept was that staff would regularly move from early stage companies to VentureRAMP, then.

The Institute is a not-for-profit, contract R&D entity with about $400MM in annual revenues. There is no affiliation with the government or an institution of higher learning. The technical divisions are essentially loose confederations of independent entrepreneurs. I was responsible in my position for selling programs, financial and technical delivery.

Dearborn, Michigan, US

After completion of the MSME at the University of Texas, I joined Ford through the Ford College Graduate Program (FCGP), a two year training program that included substantial classroom training in addition to 3-6 month assignments in all aspects of the business. The program was self-governed to a great extent by the FCGP Steering Committee. I was elected.

US

Co-founder

Msstc, Entrepreneur'S Mba

Msme, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics

Bme, Mechanical Engineering, Co-Op