Rob Grimes / Founder & CEO, ConStrata Tech Consulting & FSTEC.

ConStrata and its predecessor companies, has been providing information technology consulting services for the global hospitality, foodservice and retail industries and is headquartered in Potomac, Maryland since 1994. Founded in 1996, FSTEC is the foodservice industry’s longest running and largest technology-focused conference and showcase. In 2000, HOSTEC was launched internationally, focusing on technology for both the hospitality and foodservice industries in Europe and the Asia-Pacific regions.

Rob has been a regular technology columnist for several industry and technology publications and has contributed articles to many other publications in the U.S. and abroad as well as co-authored and contributed to a number of books. He has spoken at over 500 industry shows, conferences and events around the world. He is a Conti Professor in the Program of Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management ("HR&IM") at Penn State University and also serves on the Advisory Boards of the HR&IM Programs at the University of Delaware and the University of Nevada Las Vegas.

Rob has served on the Board of the National Restaurant Association and is an active member of the of The World Presidents Organization. He is a triathlete having completed the Ironman in Lake Placid in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2007 and Ironman World Championship in Kona in 2005.