Certified Coach - Bob Ross

Bob Ross

Bob has benefited from unique business experiences and wonderful mentors over the years and  wants to pour all those learnings and ventures out to his clients and community in the form of  teaching, coaching, and facilitating. He has a passion for helping organizations ensure they align  their high-level vision and mission, value propositions, and the people and processes where the  work actually gets done. 

Bob received his formal education from Auburn University (’89) and Vanderbilt University’s  Owen Graduate School of Management (’93). He has received his real education outside  academia across a literal span of types of business organizations:  

  • a Fortune 50 company (Dell Computer Corporation, now just Dell, Inc.) 
  • a Fortune 500 company (Acuity Brands, Inc., parent company of Lithonia Lighting) 
  • a mom-n-pop defense contractor with about 30 employees (Salem Technologies) 
  • owned a print shop with seven employees (International Minute Press) 
  • a major non-profit (YMCA of Northwest North Carolina) 
  • board positions on several local youth sports organizations (president of Greater Forsyth  Swim League and treasurer of Winston-Salem Lacrosse) as well as coaching sports teams
  • even a family-owned candy factory

In addition to the varied relative sizes of companies, Bob has vast experience across the  traditional functional disciplines such as finance, marketing, and sales, human resources, and  operations. Bob has married his MBA training in advanced statistics and operations management  with Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing applications. In each of these roles, Bob had mentors  coach him in communication, problem-solving, and business case development. Two of his  mentors came from prestigious strategy consulting firms, so Bob gained the benefit of their  training.  

 

Bob has benefited from unique business experiences and wonderful mentors over the years and  wants to pour all those learnings and ventures out to his clients and community in the form of  teaching, coaching, and facilitating. He has a passion for helping organizations ensure they align  their high-level vision and mission, value propositions, and the people and processes where the  work actually gets done. 

Bob received his formal education from Auburn University (’89) and Vanderbilt University’s  Owen Graduate School of Management (’93). He has received his real education outside  academia across a literal span of types of business organizations:  

  • a Fortune 50 company (Dell Computer Corporation, now just Dell, Inc.) 
  • a Fortune 500 company (Acuity Brands, Inc., parent company of Lithonia Lighting) 
  • a mom-n-pop defense contractor with about 30 employees (Salem Technologies) 
  • owned a print shop with seven employees (International Minute Press) 
  • a major non-profit (YMCA of Northwest North Carolina) 
  • board positions on several local youth sports organizations (president of Greater Forsyth  Swim League and treasurer of Winston-Salem Lacrosse) as well as coaching sports teams
  • even a family-owned candy factory

In addition to the varied relative sizes of companies, Bob has vast experience across the  traditional functional disciplines such as finance, marketing, and sales, human resources, and  operations. Bob has married his MBA training in advanced statistics and operations management  with Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing applications. In each of these roles, Bob had mentors  coach him in communication, problem-solving, and business case development. Two of his  mentors came from prestigious strategy consulting firms, so Bob gained the benefit of their  training.  

 

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