Robert Rowen

Current

• Counselor at Austin SCORE Chapter #249
• Owner at Piquero Insights, Inc.

Past

• Consultant at IBM

Education

• The University of Texas at Austin
• St. Edward's University
• University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

• University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Connections

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Industry

Management Consulting

Websites

• Piquero Insights, Inc.
• Business Related Blog
• Personal Interest Blog

Robert Rowen’s Summary

Dr. Robert Rowen is a management consultant and founder of Piquero Insights, Inc. His expertise includes brainstorming, manufacturing systems requirements, and process definition and transformation. He is also a trainer for Mindjet's MindManager business mapping software.

Robert Rowen’s Specialties:

Software training, Business Process Mapping, Brainstorming

Robert Rowen’s Experience

• Counselor

  Austin SCORE Chapter #249

  (Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry)

  March 2002 — Present (7 years 10 months)

  SCORE is a national non-profit with over 400 locations in the United States. They offer free counseling to entrepreneurs building or starting a business. (www.score.org)
  In addition to counseling clients, Robert has taught or coordinated workshops that teach the basics for starting a business or writing a business plan.
  The Austin Chapter had about 40 volunteers.

• Owner

  Piquero Insights, Inc.

  (Management Consulting industry)

  March 2002 — Present (7 years 10 months)

  Piquero Insights, Inc. has concentrated on high quality training for the software product MindManager. This tool fits nicely with Dr. Rowen's facilitation skills.
  In addition to training, consulting on process descriptions and mapping are some of the services offered by Piquero Insights, Inc.

• Consultant

  IBM

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1973 — 2003 (30 years )

  Dr. Rowen held engineering, management, and consulting staff positions. These assignments touched all areas of electronics manufacturing, such as test equipment, logistics systems, electronic card assembly, and software distribution. He has more than 35 years of industrial experience.

Robert Rowen’s Education

• The University of Texas at Austin

  PhD , Electrical Engineering , 1985 — 1988

  Manufacturing Systems Focus

• St. Edward's University

  MBA , General Management , 1981 — 1985

• University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

  MSEE , Electrical Engineering , 1974 — 1978

• University of Wisconsin-Madison

  BSEE , Electrical Engineering , 1968 — 1972

  Activities and Societies:

  Triangle Fraternity

Additional Information

Robert Rowen’s Websites:

• Piquero Insights, Inc.
• Business Related Blog
• Personal Interest Blog

Robert Rowen’s Interests:

Mind Manager, brainstorming, SCORE

Robert Rowen’s Groups:

SME, IEEE, SCORE

•    The Greater IBM Connection: IBM's alumni program for past and present IBM employees
•    Triangle Fraternity
•    VizThink
•    MindManager Enthusiasts
•    SCORE, Counselors to America's Small Business
•    Texas Exes - Life Member
•    Bucky Networking
•    Amateur Radio Global
•    SME Society of Manufacturing Engineers
•    IBM Alumni
•    MentorWorks
•    SME - Society of Manufacturing Engineers - #211 (Austin/Waco/San Marcos, TX)
•    The Human Side of Lean
•    VISUALMAPPER

Robert Rowen’s Honors:

SCORE Counselor of the Year, 2005, Southern Texas

Robert Rowen’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• expertise requests
• business deals
• getting back in touch