
Founder at R.stoeber Group LLC
Greater Salt Lake City Area

Founder at R.stoeber Group LLC
Greater Salt Lake City Area
Robert is a serial entrepreneur, having launched numerous successful technology businesses since the early 80's.
Open source software, online marketing, systems integration for small business, business planning and project management.
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
July 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)
The intersection of marketing and technology is where companies of all sizes run into problems. Marketing people generally don't have the technical skills or resources to use the best, and most current tools. IT staff isn't well-versed in the company's brand and messaging strategy, or the daily needs of the sales and marketing team. And senior management is usually unaware of, or unsure of social media tools like Twitter, blogs, MySpace and FaceBook.
Our consultants can work with you to evaluate your needs, help define your online strategy, train your staff, and implement the best software for the job.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2006 — July 2008 (2 years 2 months)
Responsible for researching new business opportunities and developing the business plan for this wholly owned subsidiary of Pindar, a UK based leader in content management and printing.
The research phase involved visiting Pindar facilities throughout the UK, US and India and evaluating the people and products available from each location. The plan ultimately brought together appropriate resources into a compelling new business opportunity.
(Internet industry)
February 2002 — May 2006 (4 years 4 months)
Founded this technology consulting firm shortly after relocating my family to Park City Utah. In a short time we had full time employees in three states, and clients all over the US connected by VPN and VoIP networks. Two of our most significant projects are:
- a Web-based system for the US Air Force to order and manage printed materials. (http://airforce.weprintfast.com)
- a news and information site focused on industrial products (http://news.thomasnet.com)
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
June 1997 — February 2002 (4 years 9 months)
This was an interesting time period to be responsible for technology at a 30 year old print franchise. In my role I worked with the rest of the executive team to develop the company's first strategic plans for the Internet age.
My team developed a secure intranet to streamline communications and reporting from 300+ locations in 20 countries. We also created individual Web sites for each of the franchised business centers. Outside the US and UK the Web sites were bilingual, including: Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Russian and Arabic.
(Privately Held; Media Production industry)
January 1986 — June 1997 (11 years 6 months)
Creative Media Group, Inc. (CMG) was one of the first companies to use personal computers as an advertising/marketing medium. Starting in the mid-80's with 3 1/2 inch disks, then moving to CD ROM, and finally Web sites in 1993, CMG worked with pharmaceutical, health care and industrial product companies to explore these new marketing applications. CMG's work with publishing companies led to the development of the largest industrial product information Web site (http://www.thomasnet.com) which CMG continues managing today. CMG was acquired by AlphaGraphics, Inc. in 1997 and operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary of AlphaGraphics.
(Computer Software industry)
March 1981 — February 1986 (5 years )
DLS was one of the first companies to recognize the potential for using personal computers for education and the distribution of books. Although limited at first to 5.25" and 3.5" diskettes we managed to create animated, interactive training programs to teach users how and why to format blank disks, how to edit text on a computer screen, and more. IBM, Dell,Compaq and other manufacturers of IBM PC "clones" thought so highly of these tutorials that many of their computers through the 80's were shipped with DLS-developed software.
DLS also pioneered the development of disk-based reference books by adapting the Associated Press Stylebook for users of word processing software, and financial reference books from Prentice Hall to support the new category of spreadsheet software.