Lecturer in Entrepreneurship

Office: CS-1-211B Carol Simon Hall
Phone: (585) 276-3411
Email: bob.tobin@simon.rochester.edu

Mr. Tobin’s current position is Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the University’s Center for Entrepreneurship as well as Associate Director of the Center.

Prior to the University, he was president and C.E.O. of Tobin & Associates Inc., an information technology services firm that was established in 1987. Over the next 20 years, the company grew from six employees to over 140, while extending the core competencies and capabilities to better meet the evolving technical requirements of its clients.

Tobin & Associates Inc. was a seven-time recipient of the Rochester Top 100 Award and also received the Quality First Award from Eastman Kodak Company. Tobin & Associates Inc. was also awarded the Empire State Employer Recognition Award, earning statewide praise for its proactive employment efforts on behalf of physically challenged individuals.

In addition to running a highly successful information technology firm, Tobin is very active in the Rochester community. He was an inaugural member of the Entrepreneurial Partnership of Nazareth College, a member of the Rochester Rehabilitation Center Board, board member of the Center for Information Services (a nonprofit IT collaboration project) and a member of the finance committee for the Nazareth Schools. He is past president of the Small Business Council of the Greater Metro Rochester Chamber of Commerce, past board president of the Rochester Rehabilitation Center and past president of Prevention Partners, a drug use prevention and education agency.

Tobin was named Small Business Person of the Year by the Small Business Council of the Greater Metro Rochester Chamber of Commerce and Citizen of the Year by the Penfield (N.Y.) Lions Club.

B.A., Sociology,

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