A West Texas native, Rob attended Angelo State University earning an undergraduate in business administration and later a master’s degree in public administration.  Rob later joined the university’s faculty as an adjunct and part-time lecturer in the political science department.

Rob began his transit career in a regional planning commission as a community planner, and program manager supporting city, county, and special district members. He was responsible for agency and district management, grant administration, and technical assistance to local governments developing strategies and programs that addressed statewide and local needs on a regional scale.

Rob was selected by the governor’s office to serve on the Texas Department of Transportation Commission’s public transportation advisory committee and later appointed as chair by the Lieutenant Governor of Texas.  From this body of work Rob was able to facilitate increases in state funding to rural and urban transit districts that created efficiencies in service delivery across all modes in urban and rural transit districts across the state.

He has over 30 years of private and public sector transit experience providing operations, and management, planning, and capital improvement support leading systems as general manager in Texas, Florida, and Tennessee. Rob also provided operational support to new starts and provided technical assistance to transit systems in South Carolina, and Maryland.

Rob relocated to Louisville and joined the TARC team as the COO providing executive level operational oversight and strategic leadership for TARC’s fixed route, paratransit, customer service, maintenance and safety functions ensuring effective operations and continuous improvement and innovation. Ensuring a safety and customer service culture is met through programs, procedures, and other related work to achieve TARC’s mission and strategic outcomes.

He has served on numerous state association committees, and local boards as a contributing member providing technical assistance, and thought leadership to address local and state transit needs.