Robert J. Hoey

Bob serves on the OpenLegacy Advisory Board. He is retired from IBM where in his final assignment he served as the General Manager of IBM's US Financial Services Market responsible for 10% of the Company's global revenue from hardware, software, and consulting services revenue.

With an IBM career of over 30 years, Bob has held a variety of global, country, and regional leadership roles, driving a collaborative culture, designing and successfully executing strategic plans, and delivering sales growth. He was formerly Global General Manager of IBM's Systems Sales where he helped restore the mainframe platform to consistent revenue growth. He has built his career developing deep partnerships, implementing high-performance sales cultures, and leading from the front. Bob served on the IBM Chairman's Performance Team of top executives where in addition to leading the US Financial Services Market he helped drive IBM's internal transformation agenda and other cross-company initiatives.

Prior to joining IBM, Bob graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy where he served as a Lieutenant on active duty. He was born in New York, holds a BS degree in Mathematics from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, two master's degrees (MBA and MS in Operations Research & Statistics) from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and completed advanced professional education at Harvard Business School.