Bob is an internationally recognized expert with 50+ years of experience in transmission system operation and system protection design and application for generation, transmission, and distribution. He advises clients on the interconnection process, files interconnection requests, and runs power flow studies to determine potential transmission capacity. Bob has supported multiple Tribes, including the Hopi Tribe, in submitting Department of Energy grant proposals for transmission and utility-scale solar projects and has provided on-call transmission planning support for the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs since 2022 and for Yakama Power since 2023. Bob provided transmission planning services to the Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy, a national 501(c)(3) supporting Tribes in their green energy transitions, and has consulted for Navajo Power PBC, rPlus Energies, Onyx Renewables, and ZGlobal.

Bob has worked with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to further the development of interconnection transmission systems in East Africa and developed a master plan for the Beale Air Force Base being implemented today with a significant reduction in the number of outages on the base. He was the principal investigator for a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project supporting NASA's Manned Mission to MARS project. He served as the transmission team lead for the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) in investigating the August 14, 2003, Northeast Blackout and won the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) Outstanding Contributor Award for his work as the chair of the Operating Capability Study Group investigating the August 10, 1996, Western Grid Blackout, an investigation that led to the development of the methodology and procedures to restore the reliable operation of the Western United States electrical grid.

During a 35-year career as the manager of operations engineering for Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), Bob successfully championed the application of microprocessor technology for system protection and fault-tolerant remedial action schemes. He led the effort to design and implement special protection and remedial action schemes to prevent blackouts and was responsible for the development of unique operating procedures utilizing the dispatch of generation for San Francisco Bay Area reliability and helped in the development of PG&E's three-stage electric emergency plan.