Primary Job Title Founder & Chief Sales Officer Primary Organization Xtera
Location Atlanta, Georgia, United States Regions Greater Atlanta Area, East Coast, Southern US Gender Male
Website www.xtera.com/ LinkedIn View on LinkedIn
Robert joined Xtera in 2008 and serves as its Chief Sales Officer. Previously, he was the company’s Vice President of Global Submarine Solutions Sales, a role that he occupied for nine years. Robert has held a number of senior executive positions in his more than three decades of experience, including Director of Sales, Americas Region at Azea
Networks, and Managing Director and President, North America, at 3D Networks. Previously, at Nortel Networks, he held various executive and leadership positions in sales, marketing and product management during his 21-year tenure, culminating in his appointment to Vice President. Prior to Nortel, he was a member of the technical staff at Telcordia (formerly, Bellcore), and held various engineering, operations and management positions at AT&T.
Robert attended the United States Naval Academy and the Illinois Institute of Technology, where he majored in engineering. He has completed executive education programs in marketing leadership at the London Business School and the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, and strategic market management at Harvard Business School.
