Robert Rose
Type of Fellow: Research Fellow
Description: Robert Rose is currently vice president, marketing and product strategy, for
CrownPeak - a software-as-a-service company providing web site management
software for global organizations. Robert joined CrownPeak in 2002. Since coming
aboard he has revamped the company's brand and messaging, as well as taken over
product strategy for the company.
Previous to joining CrownPeak, Robert
served as vice president of strategic planning for Ignited Minds, an advertising
agency specializing in strategic marketing consulting to the entertainment and
consumer electronics sectors. There he directed the company's business
development efforts, new internet service offerings and contributed to the
firm's creative, results-oriented internet marketing strategies.
Robert
has been providing strategic marketing and technology related consulting for web
startups since 1994. He served on the board of the SIIA's Software
Division from 2003 to 2006, and was one of the founding members of the Executive
Council on Software as a Service. He is a frequent speaker at internet
related conferences, and writes a monthly byline for the online marketing
publication iMedia Connection. Links to current articles, and his blog can be
found at http://www.mymagiclife.com
Prior to technology and the internet
invading his life, Rose was a screenwriter and musician in Hollywood. He helped
create a television series for Showtime Networks, wrote a number of plays that
premiered in both Los Angeles and Off-Broadway in New York and scored the music
for numerous film and theatrical productions in both cities. Despite that,
Robert still lives in and loves Hollywood with his wife Elizabeth, their Golden
Doodle Daisy and enormous Pug Winston.