Rob started writing short stories as an undergraduate at the University of Michigan. After college and through law school, a career as a journalist and then entrepreneur, he tried committing more time to writing, but there was this thing called life including a spouse, children, a house, 2 dogs.  

He’d finished a number of full-length manuscripts and all are safely tucked in various desk drawers.

The rise of social media helped him find his voice and audience with In A Foreign Land, his blog chronicling his family's time living as expats in London.

Since moving back to the States he has published more than 50 short stories and essays in publications from the New York Times to the Washington Jewish Week.

After years as a reporter covering Capitol Hill and the White House he now has published more than 400 articles, essays and short stories in over 90 publications.

During his time at the White House Bulletin, when the kids were first born, he wrote from 5:00 AM to midday and then spent his afternoons creating OpEd Online, a subscription online resource for editorial page editors.

In 2001 he took the market research industry from an offline directory to an online marketplace with the launch of MarketResearch.com.

The business evolved through a series of acquisitions until MarketResearch.com, through its MarketResearch.com and Profound platforms the largest proprietor of industry information.

In June 2024 Rob sold MarketResearch.com as it was the largest retailer of market research information with a catalog of 500 publishers and 1,000,000 reports sold to 7,000 clients annually.

There are no more excuses…the time for more writing is now!

Place:  The George Inn, London