Bob Bailey

After graduating from the College of William and Mary with a B.S. In Physics (graduated with High Honors) and spending a year as a teaching assistant at Duke University in physics, Bob joined Limitorque Corporation as a sales engineer. Bob left Limitorque in 1996 to become the founder of the Advanced Manufacturing Technology Association, a non-profit industry trade group in Virginia’s Region 2000 dedicated to promoting manufacturing as an attractive career choice and providing education and training opportunities in manufacturing, and served as Executive Director of AMTEC, a training center that is a collaboration between industry and Central Virginia Community College. Bob has also been Executive Director of the VCCS Institute for Excellence in Advanced Technology. In this position, Bob worked with all 23 colleges in the VCCS to develop advanced technology programs, market the ability of the VCCS to deliver these programs, and promote collaboration among colleges and industry in advanced technologies such as biotechnology, advanced manufacturing, electronics, CADD, and geospatial technologies. In addition he has experience with the National Science Foundation Advanced Technology Education (ATE) program. He has served as a project manager for NSF-ATE grants as well as serving on National Visiting Committees and as an outside evaluator for NSF-ATE grants at other institutions Positions held include sales engineer, program manager, sales support manager, service manager, product manager, and executive director. Industries served include nuclear power, petrochemical, utilities, HVAC and marine. Expertise and experience in non-profit organization management, workforce development, tech based economic development, grant proposals, project management, evaluation of NSF-ATE projects, strategic planning and meeting facilitation.