Professional Qualifications
As a Special Government Employee of the Department of Defense, Bob was a member of the Defense Science Board task force that produced the “Cyber Supply Chain Report” in April 2017. This Report subsequently received the SANS Institute “Difference Maker” award. Bob is a co-author of “Deliver Uncompromised – A Strategy for Supply Chain Security and Resilience in Response to the Changing Character of War,” released by The MITRE Corporation in August 2018. The “Deliver Uncompromised” Report is widely credited with significant influence on a broad range of security initiatives of the Department of Defense and civilian agencies. The Report team received a “Program Recognition Award” from MITRE in 2019. Bob continues to support MITRE in public-private cyber and supply chain security initiatives.
Bob is recognized for subject area leadership in cyber, supply chain and related security matters. Chambers USA 2020 ranked Bob in Band 2 for Government Contracts – Nationwide and said that he is am “routinely called upon by clients in cybersecurity matters, assisting clients with high-stakes contract procurements, qui tam litigation and compliance issues.” Who’s Who Legal (2018) described Bob as “shown by our research to be one of the leading [government contracts] practitioners worldwide” and identified Bob as a “Global Elite Thought Leader” in 2018, 2019 and 2020 – one of five in the US and 18 globally in 2020.
Named a 2016 “Federal 100” awardee, Federal Computer Week cited Bob for his “ability to integrate policy, regulation and technology” and said of him: “In 2015, he was at the forefront of the convergence of the supply chain and cybersecurity, and his work continues to influence the strategies of federal entities and companies alike.”
Bob is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, where he was an Editor of the Georgetown Law Journal. Subsequently to graduation from law school, he was a Research Fellow at the Center for Science & International Affairs (presently, “Belfer Center”) at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
Bob is a widely published author and frequent speaker on cyber and supply chain security, as well as other subjects. His most recent article, “Cyber Safety in the Era of Cyber Warfare,” Feb. 28, 2020, has been featured on a main page of the American Bar Association website.
Education
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center
Editor, Georgetown University Law Journal
B.A., Middlebury College
Research Fellow, Center for Science & International Affairs
(now “Belfer Center”),
Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Bar Admissions
California
District of Columbia