Bob was the only investor in Recommind prior to Kennet and has been CEO from the early formation of the business in 2001. Prior to Recommind, Bob was the co-founder and CEO of Beduin Communication, a developer of web browsers for smart phones that was acquired by Sun Microsystems in 1998. At Sun, he held senior positions in the Java Software division, where he led the marketing of the Java platform into consumer electronics. Bob is a board member of several young companies and a graduate of the University of Victoria, the University of California at Berkeley, and Columbia University, from which he has an MBA.