Robert (Bob) Berger

Experience

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  United States Air Force

  Jun 1978 - Sept 1999

  Pilot

  Flew four different aircraft throughout my Air Force career. I was an instructor pilot in the T-37, the TG-7A, and the T-3, and an Aircraft Commander in the C-130. As a T-37 instructor pilot I was stationed in Del Rio, TX. I flew C-130's during the four years I was stationed at Yokota AB, Japan and had the opportunity to fly all over Southeast Asia and the South Pacific. While I was a faculty member at the Air Force Academy I continued to fly part-time as a TG-7A and T3 instructor.

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  US Air Force Academy

  Jan 1989 - Jan 1999

  Professor

  Deputy Department Head for Leadership Programs, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership. Responsible for development and delivery of leadership programs for 4000 officer candidates. Taught a variety of psychology and leadership courses.

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  USAA

  Jun 1999 - Nov 2002

  Designed, analyzed, and reported transactional customer satisfaction and marketing research surveys. Integrated the transactional customer satisfaction process across USAA’s various lines of business. Responded to ad hoc requests for data analysis using SAS statistical packages. Advised lines of business on how to use data to improve business results. Designed and delivered leadership curriculum to mid- and senior-level managers. Certified coach. Responsible for analysis of action planning process for company-wide Employee Opinion Survey. Responsible for management assessment program including administrating and designing feedback and action planning sessions for 360º feedback tools and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Internal business consultant. Qualified 360º feedback coach.

  • Researcher, Corporate Research

    Jul 2000 - Nov 2002

  • Leadership Advisor, Leadership and Organizational Development

    Jun 1999 - Jul 2000
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  Robert C. Berger Consulting

  Sept 2000 - now

  Owner

  Focus on executive coaching, leadership development, team building and group facilitation, and strategic planning. Recent clients have included ExxonMobil, Methodist Healthcare Ministries, the Institute for Public Procurement, the Opal Group, and SIGGRAPH.As an organizational development consultant since 2000 for The Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques (SIGGRAPH), I have provided meeting planning, goal setting, agenda development, team building, and executive coaching for the conference planning committees during the planning cycle for their annual international computer graphics conference attended by over 20,000 computer graphics professionals. I have guided SIGGRAPH Executive Committee through long-term strategic planning cycle resulting in a published five-year strategic plan.Provide survey guided organizational performance development through planning, assessing, feedback, action planning, and follow-up using an internally built and validated instrument. Enhance client organizational effectiveness through introduction of selected management techniques including team building, conflict resolution, time management, etc. Can include focused, customized workshops designed to improve specific organizational skills diagnosed through survey analysis and structured interviews. Strategic planning and team building consultant providing planning, facilitation of small group strategic planning sessions, individualized leadership feedback, and small group team building exercises. Experienced executive coach providing one-on-one short-term or long-term engagements with mid- to senior-level leaders. Each engagement is customized to specific needs of the executive. Most include personality and behavioral assessments, 360° feedback, personal and professional development planning. Show less

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  The Scooter Store

  Nov 2002 - Jul 2012

  Direct marketing and business strategy. Direct marketing, lead acquisition from direct response television, direct mail, and on-line programs and campaigns. Budget of $75M+. Lead a staff of 20 marketing professionals. Call center operations. Field sales personnel. Special Assistant to the President, responsible for working closely with the President/CEO as Chief of Staff to help grow revenue by focusing on assisting individual revenue channels with strategy, process improvement, and revenue forecasting. Drove company's strategic planning process. Responsible for the planning, execution, assessment, and analysis of a multi-channel direct marketing plan supporting the efforts of the nation’s largest provider ($250 million in annual revenue) of powered mobility to the elderly. Managed a $50 million annual marketing budget. Responsibilities included developing, implementing, and assessing leadership programs executive development programs, new employee orientation, and corporate culture training.

  • Chief Marketing Officer

    Dec 2010 - Jul 2012

  • Executive Vice President, Special Asst to the President

    Jan 2008 - Dec 2010

  • Vice President, Marketing Research and Analysis

    Jul 2004 - Jan 2008

  • Vice President, TSS University

    Nov 2002 - Jul 2004
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  Baseball HQ.com

  Feb 2010 - now

  Writer, Researcher and Analyst

  Writer, researcher, and analyst for BaseballHQ.com (part of USA TODAY Sports Media Group), a fantasy baseball website that has provided baseball news, rankings, statistical projections, and research analyses since 1996.

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  RedLine Leadership Associates

  Oct 2012 - Nov 2024

  Partner

  RedLine Leadership Associates is a leadership/management consulting company that is focused on improving the performance of individuals and organizations by providing innovative solutions to leadership development, strategic planning, coaching, team building and facilitation.Clients of our team have included the US Air Force, ExxonMobil, JCPenney, Methodist HealthCare Ministries, Shell, the European Space Agency, NASA Ames, The University of Texas San Antonio, Baker Hughes, USA Hockey, Triangle, Venture Capital Group, among others. Show less

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  Stevens Institute of Technology

  Nov 2012 - Nov 2023

  Adjunct Faculty

  As an adjunct faculty member of the W.J. Howe School of Technology Management at Stevens Institute of Technology I facilitate a leadership course for ExxonMobil titled "Business Acumen Master Class" Topics include 360 degree feedback, DISC feedback, influencing without authority, principles of cognitive bias, decision trees, psychological safety, and decision making under uncertainty.