Guild Member Profile

Robert is the Managing Director in KPMG’s Global Location and Expansion Services (GLES) practice based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has over fifteen years of cross-functional experience, primarily focusing on location analysis, site selection and business incentive services, serving as a national resource and subject matter expert (SME) at KPMG. He manages a national cross-functional team who executes projects ranging from $1 million to in excess of $1 billion in capital investment.

Robert develops location and site selection strategies for a broad range of corporate investment projects operating within an array of industries. He designs incentive negotiation strategies to help clients reduce up-front and recurring project costs and performs comprehensive operational and cost assessments to support the due diligence of real estate, labor markets, utilities and infrastructure, and tax.

GEOGRAPHIC AREAS SERVED

North America

Industries

IT	Business Services and HQ	Medical and Life Sciences
Chemicals and Plastics	Advanced Manufacturing	R&D

PERSONAL NOTE

Prior to joining KPMG, Robert served as Development Specialist for the Governor’s Action Team in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and completed the Pennsylvania Management Associate Program (PMA). PMA is a post graduate fellowship designed to bring new and innovative leadership to Pennsylvania state government.

Robert holds an M.P.A. from the University of South Carolina and a B.A. from the California University of Pennsylvania. He is an avid cyclist, logging thousands of miles annually.