As Executive Vice President of Finance and Operations, Rob partners with portfolio company executive leadership teams on all finance-related activities and strategic operational improvement initiatives to drive best-in-class performance. Rob is passionate about instilling operational discipline across organizations and leading a continuous improvement culture both within the Firm and across Transom’s portfolio companies. Rob brings diverse experience across industries and sectors with expertise in finance, accounting, and operations.
Rob was a senior leader at Transom Capital for many years and rejoined the firm in 2024. For the past several years, he established C-level operating experience at a middle-market distribution business in the automotive aftermarket. In addition to day-to-day leadership responsibilities, Rob focused on strategy development and business transformation projects to modernize systems and processes to scale the business.
Rob began his career at EY where he rose to Senior Manager in the Strategy and Transactions practice in Los Angeles. Rob has diverse experience in M&A consulting across the transaction lifecycle, ranging from financial due diligence to operational separation workstreams. At EY, Rob specialized in advising clients engaged in large-scale divestitures and helped launch and grow EY’s divestiture practice in the West. Rob also led EY’s Veterans Network in the West Region and remains actively involved in various organizations supporting veterans.
Rob is a CPA (inactive) and graduated with honors from the University of Missouri with Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Accounting.
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Rob served in the US Army and deployed to Iraq in 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.