Bob has deep experience in medical devices and diagnostics product and business development. Having already served as interim CEO of Pathfinder, he is now a director there. Bob also serves as a director at Histosonics. He was VP and CSO of the Wallace Coulter Foundation, Principal at Senmed Medical Ventures, and Senior Research Scientist in Eli Lilly's Medical Device and Diagnostics Division. He has founded and led several companies in the microfluidics, stem cell, and tissue engineering areas.

When he was with Eli Lilly's Medical Devices and Diagnostics Division, he led the research teams that developed the first commercially available continuous glucose monitor and the first closed-loop drug delivery pump.

Bob graduated from the University of Missouri with a B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering, and a Ph.D. in medical physiology.