Rob is a Managing Director of Kinderhook Industries. Rob started his investment career as an analyst in the Merger and Acquisitions group at Morgan Stanley. Following Harvard Business School, Rob joined UBS Capital Corporation, the North American merchant bank of the Union Bank of Switzerland where he provided mezzanine and equity capital both as a lead investor and in partnership with other private equity firms. Prior to Kinderhook Industries, Rob was a Managing Director at Thayer Capital Partners, a middle market buyout fund with over $1.2 billion of capital under management, where he sourced, financed and negotiated a number of investments. Rob was raised in Detroit, Michigan, graduated from Yale University and received his MBA with Distinction from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar.

Rob serves on the Board of Directors of Dispensing Dynamics International, ARC International Group, Custom Ecology, Inc., and Rizzo Environmental Services, Inc. He is also the Chairman of VacationRoost, Trubiquity and The Environmental Quality Company. He has relevant investment experience in  business services, environmental services and software.