Passion and Purpose.

“Throughout my career, I have had the privilege of holding dozens of executive leadership and senior management positions in health, wellness, personal care, and retail and fashion. My goal is to be a recognized leader in strategy, branding, digital marketing, and product development on a global scale.”

Robert has more than 20 years of hands-on C-Level experience in developing international brand strategies and leading global marketing and sales organizations.

He has a proven track record of large enterprise change and transformation, as well as a significant amount of accelerated growth and new venture development experience.

Robert was the Founder of Charlotte-based Black Labs Ventures, LLC who has recently acquired MRK Collective out of Salt Lake City. In this role, Robert has served as a full-time growth marketing executive as well as more than two dozen fractional CMO/CEO roles, investor, and board member.

In 2014, he was recruited to join as a Co-Founder and Global Chief Marketing Officer of private-equity backed Modere, which officially launched in Beverly Hills in 2013. Prior to Modere, Robert was a Managing Partner and Chief Creative Officer for Seismic Partners, where the firm led growth efforts for Six Flags and Jackson Hewitt, as well as launching several new venture concepts including Twelve Bar Co. (an LA-based apparel brand), and JJ’s Red Hots (a Carolinas based restaurant brand, recently awarded Top 50 fast casual restaurant concepts). From 2002-2012, Robert led Premier Accounts, as the Global CMO/Executive Vice President at Mood Media (TSX:MM / LSE AIM:MM), the world’s largest in-store media company with revenues exceeding $500M annually, operating in more than 200 offices world-wide including North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.

Previously, he held the position of Vice President at Bank of America assisting in the marketing and communications divisions and global brand integration.

As a branding leader, Robert has served as the President of the Heart & Soul Foundation, a 501(c)3 focused on supporting and redefining music education. I have been privileged to be recognized as an award-winning creative director and regularly speak internationally.

Robert has been quoted and featured on CBS Sunday Morning, NPR, and CNBC. He holds a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts from the Rochester Institute of Technology, where he was also an adjunct professor in the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences.