Bob

Carlson

President, Korn Ferry Executive Interim, North America

Bob is the President of Korn Ferry Executive Interim in North America and has been at the company in various roles since 2012.

Bob has over 25 years of experience in the professional services industry and is responsible for all aspects of Patina’s operations.

Prior to joining Patina, Bob held and succeeded in several senior executive positions. His career began in sales for a business services company. Subsequent to that, Bob spent eight years at General Electric Co. (GE) in a variety of sales, marketing and management roles. While at GE, he was recruited to join a start up technology staffing company called Alternative Resources Company (ARC). Bob held a variety of increasingly responsible roles there, starting as the General Manager of the Chicago office. Eventually, he was named Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Board of Directors.

After working for ARC, Bob took the role of Executive Vice President of engineering and technology services company providing human capital-based solutions to the automotive industry. Bob left that company to join Mike Harris, Patina’s CEO and Co-Founder, in starting SilverTrain, an IT consulting and solutions business that they grew to over $10 million in sales. Since then, and just prior to joining Patina Solutions, he owned and managed an executive search firm in Austin, Tex.

Bob earned his B.S. in Business Administration from Sacred Heart University.