Bob Hart

Bob Hart is the Senior Vice President of Worldwide Operations for Zortag, Inc. He is presently Director of Mexico Operations for SVAM International, Inc. and is a senior executive with over 40 years of experience as a change leader with the demonstrated ability to deliver breakthrough results. An accomplished executive, he has built organizations in the US and Mexico, and led strategic solutions for industry leading global companies - AT&T and Symbol Technologies and SVAM International, Inc. His broad industry experience includes quality, engineering, manufacturing, customer support and operations.

In 2009, Bob established and now directs the SVAM International, Inc. software development center in City of Victoria, Tamaulipas Mexico. The Center supports SVAM customers in the United States and Mexico.

Bob was a respected team leader that successfully transformed and reversed the negative operating and quality trends of Symbol's 1,200 employees at the Reynosa, Mexico manufacturing site. Bob is a proven operations, manufacturing and quality leader with significant experience in change management, staff development, systemic problem solving and quality improvement strategies to optimize company productivity and profitability. The Introduced Lean Manufacturing techniques resulted in $30 million in cost reduction.

Bob led both AT&T Power Systems (1991) and Symbol Technologies (2003) in achieving the "Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing" awards. Business Week Magazine is quoted as saying, "The Shingo Prize is equivalent to the Nobel Prize in Manufacturing.".

He was a key leader in achieving Japans prestigious "Deming Prize" for AT&T Power Systems in 1994. AT&T Power Systems remains today, as the only American manufacturer to receive the "Deming Prize".

Bob holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Lafayette College, Easton, PA.