Hailing from Atlanta Georgia, Robert manages the  Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) at Georgia Tech FinTech program, providing acceleration opportunities to portfolio companies, fostering their development and growth. He also manages ATDC relationships with investors, prospective business partners, CEOs, and community technology leaders to promote market outreach and business development in the FinTech ecosystem. Robert is also Founder and Chief Comedy Officer of Standups & Startups which produces comedy events for the startup and small business community.