Bob’s career included 40 years in the Semiconductor Industry. During that time he worked for a Fortune 500 company as well as two smaller companies. He began as an applications engineer and then sales engineer, and  rose to director of marketing and world wide sales. Bob has had P & L responsibility for discrete, hybrid and integrated circuits. He also directed various manufacturing operations in the USA and Internationally. He successfully managed a multi-million dollar ground water contamination project. Before joining SCORE 10 years ago, he was a managing consultant for a consulting company focused on northern California’s small and medium sized manufacturers. While there he provided consulting guidance to clients seeking funding, marketing planning and manufacturing efficiencies. Bob has also been involved with several non-profit corporations as CFO and Treasurer and served as a reviewer for major government and state grants.  His skills include B2B marketing,strategic planning, manufactuing, international supply chain management and project management.

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) specialist and Internet Marketing consultant. 10 years in search engine optimization, web design, and web development. Experienced in HTML, graphics design, building web sites with MS Expressions/Dreamweaver, CSS, and Adobe products.

Socail Media Consultant.  Provide design and setup, including all graphics as supplied by you for your Facebook, LinkedIN and Twitter business social media pages.

Product design experience for 26 years on electrical controls, portable contractor tools, and metal cutting tools. Designed high volume precision molded plastic parts for switchgear. Designed precision metal stampings and forms for springs and assemblies.  Managed engineering departments from design, prototype, full production design, and launch to production.  Held Director of Engineering and VP Engineering positions for major corporations.

Managed product liability cases for a division of a major corporation.  Worked with legal counsel on developing product warnings, labels, jwritting instruction manuals, and building defense strategies for all products having a potential for injury.

Managed patent processes including working with corporate counsel on the issuance of new design and novelty patents.

I’m a “generalist” who can give you input on starting your own business, writing your business plan, and so forth. I also know the basics of starting a non-profit and can help you administratively. (I’m NOT an expert on grants.)

My professional career was spent in the Insurance business where I held jobs in safety, methods and project management. This included developing and teaching courses in insurance, safety, project management and quality systems. (ISO 9001)  I also ran a small trucking business.

I develop web sites using FrontPage and WordPress.  I maintain websites for my SCORE Chapter and several small businesses.  Skills include marketing promotion using email and social media.  

I am a Certified SCORE Mentor with competencies in business planning, business startup, cash flow management and online promotion.  I serve as Vice President IT for SCORE District 0189.

Designations held include, CSP, CPCU and Quality Systems Auditor

Mr Bose has over 30 years of manufacturing and operations experience with GE and Stryker Medical, as well as with his own consulting firm.  As a consultant and project leader, he successfully work on various strategy or implementation projects for such organizations as GE, Ford, Bristol Myers Squibb, Johnson & Johnson, US Steel and Mattel/Fisher-Price, to name a few.

He is the principal of his own consulting firm, which delivers policy and systems solutions in the areas of Lean Six Sigma, Supply Chain Management, Quality, Team Building and Management Systems to small and mid-sized companies.