Robert Rechtman

Dr. Rechtman is currently the Chief Executive Officer and a Principal Archaeologist with ASM. Prior to joining ASM in 2013, Dr. Rechtman founded and was the Principal Archaeologist of Rechtman Consulting, LLC, a cultural resources management firm (founded in 2000) working primarily in Hawai‘i. Before forming Rechtman Consulting, LLC, Dr. Rechtman was a Senior Archaeologist with PHRI for three years, where among other responsibilities he was a Principal Investigator for a portion of an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with the U.S. Navy, Pacific Division. Before that, from 1995 to 1997, Dr. Rechtman served as the Cultural Resources Manager for the U.S. Army’s National Training Center at Fort Irwin, for which he received the Secretary of the Army Environmental Award.

His collateral responsibilities included leading cultural resources person for the Mojave Ecosystem National Performance Review Project, for which he received a National Performance Review Award. As a result of his work with the U.S. Army, Dr. Rechtman has gained substantial expertise in federal contracting and regulatory compliance activities. Dr. Rechtman’s 41 years of professional archaeological experience includes work on archaeological projects in the Mojave Desert spanning from 1978 to 1997. Dr. Rechtman exceeds the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards for Archaeology.