An avid writer Robert began keeping a journal at an early age and found it an interesting rear-view perspective of life. In 2015, he crafted his journal writings into his first book; A Warrior’s Faith (HarperCollins 2015). The story became an Amazon #1 Best Seller and earned the publishing industry’s 2016 Illumination Silver Medal Award for Best Memoir.

After graduating from Boston College with a degree in Political Science, Robert accepted an appointment as a Staff Assistant to United States Senator Edward M. Kennedy where he managed military and veteran constituent services. He transitioned from government into a finance career where he worked for fifteen years. It was during this period when he took up a hobby of racing Ironman triathlons. Fascinated by the mental, physical, and spiritual transformation that he experienced as a result of a day-long race that includes a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike, followed by a 26.2-mile run, he traded in his banking career to become a technology entrepreneur. Robert distilled the revolutionary tenets of Ironman training into a first-of-its-kind online lifestyle transformation system. This system was adopted by the White House to become the platform for the President’s Challenge, a program of the President’s Council on Sports and transformed the lives of thousands of participants.

He is the Founder and Chairman of the Institute for Transformation, a non-profit organization that offers educational programs to entrepreneurs. He serves as a mentor to returning veterans and leads groups on “Transformational Expeditions” across the Grand Canyon, to the summit of Mt. Rainier, and other locations. He is a board member and a consultant to a select group of corporations and non-profit organizations including, the Patriot Boot Camp, Permission to Start Dreaming Foundation, Voz Que Clama Mission of Costa Rica, and Friends of Freedom.

Robert is married with children and lives in Phoenix, Arizona where he works as a professional speaker and writer.