Bob Associates
Some people find me.
Some people are sent.
I've been a consultant since 1981. Before that I worked for the federal government in roles I'm not going to describe on a website.
I work with a small number of clients. The work is usually interesting. Some of it I can talk about.
What I Do
- Strategic consultation
- Operational planning and review
- Introductions — qualified, not casual
- Intelligence assessment
- Organizational problem-solving
- Conversations worth having
Some Clients
- Shelly's Ranch, Pahrump NV — Operational consulting, staff development, community relations (2004–2011)
- [Client name withheld] — Finance, Las Vegas. Active.
- [Client name withheld] — Technology, Bay Area. Active.
- Authority Innovation — Strategic advisor. Active.
"Is he always like this?"— Henry Kissinger
One Story
There are others. Most of them I can't tell you.
December 5, 1972. A helicopter flew into North Vietnamese airspace in the middle of the night. It flew over a military communications line near Vinh. Dropped a two-man team with a wiretap.
At 500 feet, nobody on the ground heard a thing.
The intelligence that wiretap produced was used at the Paris Peace Talks. Henry Kissinger wanted to know if the North Vietnamese were following the peace terms or using them as cover for an attack. Bob built the program that answered that question.
After the test flight in California, the CIA's senior lawyer stood on a dark runway waiting for the quiet helicopter to pass. Waited. Waited.
"When is it coming?"
"It just did," Bob said.
The "Quiet One" program conceived and executed by Bob and his team of "Inventive Bastards" at DARPA, likely provided the critical intelligence that ended the Vietnam war.
The Quiet One was the first aerial platform to ever employ forward looking infra red (FLIR). Bob used it to check his house for air conditioning leaks.
Get in Touch
I am reachable. I am not always quick. If it's important, say so.