About
Robert is an experienced data-driven professional with a background that bridges geospatial science, business analytics, and organizational strategy. Over the past decade, he helped grow and lead nSide, a SaaS company focused on school safety, through multiple stages of transformation, from early data initiatives to eventual acquisition.His experience spans geospatial, data science, financial, operational, and product analysis. Robert has built analytical frameworks, ETL piplines, and data models that supported business decisions, optimized operations, and demonstrated measurable growth outcomes. Earlier in his career, he managed geospatial and statistical analysis projects across public safety, education, infrastructure, and agriculture sectors, building strong quantitative and technical foundations.
Experience
Senior Vice President
nSide - The School Safety Platform · Florence, Alabama, United States
ACQUIRED | nSide Inc was acquired by Harris Computer in Aug 2025. EXIT | February 2026 • Oversaw business continuity and integration efforts post-acquisition as Senior Vice President at nSide. • Focused on aligning business processes to enhance operational efficiency and financial forecasting. • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure a smooth transition and integration of systems.
Chief Executive Officer
nSide - The School Safety Platform · Florence, Alabama, United States
• Led nSide through major transformations to restructure the organization to empower next-gen leaders • Expansion of our customer footprint in more states, crossed $10M in total revenue for the second year in a row, which culminated in EBITDA growth of +350% • Sharpened our SaaS product offering by leveraging AI in development and integration into the product • Led investor relations with a focus on transparency and alignment to strengthen confidence and help position nSide for long-term growth. • Played a key role in preparing the company for investment • Supported rigorous due diligence by maintaining operational clarity, aligning the advisory team, and ensuring data reporting deliveries. • Successful acquisition in August 2025.
Chief Operating Officer
nSide - The School Safety Platform · Florence, Alabama, United States
• Spearheaded the implementation of a metrics-driven methodology to enhance daily operations. • Collaborated closely with the CEO and CFO to align business strategies with organizational goals. • Provided strategic support across various departments, including engineering, operations, marketing, and sales. • Optimized departmental success through effective communication and alignment with company objectives.
Chief Data Officer
nSide - The School Safety Platform · Florence, Alabama, United States
• Led the Data Science, Mapping and Support, and Marketing divisions to enhance business intelligence. • Developed pricing strategies focused for increased revenue generation and automated technical support strategies for clients. • Implemented innovative marketing strategies to improve outreach and engagement.
Director of Data Management
nSide - The School Safety Platform · Florence, Alabama Area
• Lead Data, Customer Success, Marketing, and Creative teams through identifying scope and associated deliverables and tools throughout project life-cycle • Design and conduct experiments regarding customer engagement and product • Automate reporting and visualization on user organization data • Quantitative analysis and data visualization for month, quarter, and year-end product reviews • Market analysis and profiling methods for sales expansion • Develop text categorization models for ~600,000 emergency notifications through Bayesian and kNN approach • Develop empirical scoring algorithms for emergency operation plans through word and phrasing evalaution. • Create data-driven API with plumber and flask in order to answer niche questions quickly • Originate strategies for Customer Success Program by communicating with customers for feedback about product and analyzing associated customer data • Author, edit, and review 100s of nSider's Community and Knowledge Base articles in Help Rac…
Adjunct Instructor
University of North Alabama · Florence, Alabama Area
GE-325 (Cartography) Teach cartography and cartographic concepts using open source desktop and web applications while incorporating multifaceted writing assignments with industry and academic, peer-reviewed readings.
Gis Manager
SICS Consultants, LLC · Florence, Alabama Area
Oversee technical geospatial and data analysis operations; sale of Google Imagery and value added products (file format conversions, reprojections, resampling, mosaicking, tiling & reindexing, spectral band recombination, and hosting services); lead, maintain, and execute ImageryConnect processing jobs; develop, build, and execute handoff of statistical models for fiber infrastructure prediction using binary logistic regression (BLR); develop hierarchical geoprocessing techniques for data translation in Virtual Alabama School Safety System and Virtual Alabama, develop and maintain scalable geocoding applications for Medicaid of Alabama and manage Medicaid of Alabama related GIS and analytical projects; configure and maintain ArcGIS web services for Alabama Forestry Commission and National Weather Service; develop geoprocessing tools for standardization and data delivery for Wiregrass E911 Consortium; serve as internal and external contact for GIS consultation and spatial analysis
Spatial Analyst
Ag Technologies, LLC · Cordele, Georgia
Point of contact for internal and external GIS consulting and spatial analysis; multivariate statistical analysis and modeling of soil data for variable rate application; develop custom GIS tools for automation of soil analysis; spatial data creation, processing, and input for tractor guidance systems; data compilation and analysis of regional agricultural markets; cartographic production in static and web environments; field data collection using soil electrical conductivity instrumentation and Trimble devices ; EM-38 Soil Mapping, VERIS Technologies, Trimble Yuma 2, FmX
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Geographic Information Systems, Physical Geography-Landscapes, Physical Geography-Weather and Climate, Aerial Photography Use & Interpretation; Summer Geography Teaching Institute, hosted by Alabama Geographic Alliance
Graduate Research Assistant
Modeling Place-based Vulnerability to Hurricanes in Mobile County, AL: funded by NOAA Grant, Presented research at Association of American Geographers Conference in NYC, 2012; Image Accuracy Assessment in Francis Marion National Forest, South Carolina; Consultant- Optimal Site Selection Model for a Regional Health Care Facility in Northwest Alabama.
Gis Technician
Cobb County · Marietta, Georgia
Design and maintenance of 2010 Census geodatabase; spatial and descriptive statistical analysis of 2010 Census demographics within county; author sections of the 2010 Census Report presented to Board of Commissioners; build footprint inventory and geodatabase creation for “Vinings Vision Plan”; geocode county addresses for E-911 cooperation in Fire Plan development; assign, verify, and QA/QC parcel addresses within county; interact with county citizens to resolve requests, issues, and concerns related to parcel addressing; cartographic production on Planning Division studies; attend Planning Commission meetings and presented maps of study areas via multimedia
Education
Auburn University
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Geography
University of North Alabama
Master of Science (MS), Geospatial Science
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