Robert Strickland

Strickland founded Move 37 Ventures in 2014. M37 is a Technology Management Consulting & Business Solutions Company that services domestic and international organizations to understand and harness technology to propel their business forward in today’s global IT/mobile economy.

M37 provides interim C-level capacity for organizations undergoing significant technology transformations. Rob is presently providing Interim COO duties at GenXComm. He has recently served as Interim CTO for Kymeta Corp (9 months), Interim CEO of Atonomi.io/Centri Technologies (1 year), Interim CTO of Neustar (1 year) and Interim Group CTO Televisa (1 year).

Rob is President and COO for Text+, a software-based MVNO platform with >7M subscribers with >100M downloads. Additionally, Strickland currently provides services to several international companies and several large US-based brands. Clients: GenXComm, LPL Financial, Epiq Global, Renew Financial, Huber+Suhner (Switzerland),Vapor.io, SINC USA, NTT Data Systems (México), Televisa (México), Grupo Carso/HITSS (México), CSG International, TruFort, Lightspin, Neustar, WeDo Technologies (Portugal), Tata Consultancy Services, Afiniti, Convene, Drake Star, Searchlight Capital, Pathway Consulting Group - among others.

Rob was Chief Technical Officer of Leap Wireless/Cricket, until AT&T’s purchase in 2014. At the 6th largest wireless carrier, Rob led all Information Technology, Engineering and Operations (CDMA and LTE networks), and Product Realization.

In the satellite market, Strickland served as CIO for Echostar/Dish Network and Interim Group CTO for Televisa, including izzi and SKY properties. Strickland also provided PrimeStar’s BSS through Continental Cablevision’s IT department. Additionally in the wireless market, Strickland served as CIO for T-Mobile, interim COO for TruConnect and an advisory role for GenMobile. He currently is advising start-up MVNO Really.

Strickland is a board director at Text+, Inhance Digital, and of OCEARCH. In 2017, Rob joined Rady Childrens Hospital Board of Trustees IT Task force. He serves on several Advisory Boards: Boston Red Sox, GenXComm, B2B Soft, Afiniti, TessPay, Motive Information Systems, and Vapor.io. Strickland is also a Senior Advisor to the CMO Consulting Group. Also, Rob previously served as Board Advisor to the Sundance Institute.

Early in Rob’s career he was CIO at Continental Cablevision and CTO for Landmark Communications (owners of The Weather Channel). He worked at Apple, Harvard Business School, Stratus Computers and Honeywell International. Post sale of Continental to US West, Strickland led several VC backed start-ups.

Strickland is a 1984 Mathematics graduate from Brandeis University. He resides in the Austin, Texas area with his family.