Rob is the Chief Legal Officer and Chief Strategy Officer at Syndio, a SaaS startup that is the world's first workplace equity platform.
Before joining Syndio, Rob served as the vice president and assistant general counsel at Starbucks. He led teams responsible for global labor, employment, and EEO issues, including oversight of Starbuck's equal pay efforts since 2005. Rob took on Starbucks pay equity work at the same time his then-young daughter said she wanted "to make girls as even as boys." His daughter is nearly grown and shamelessly takes partial credit for Syndio's success.
Prior to Starbucks, Rob was a partner with Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP. He also served in the U.S. Navy JAG Corps, and while on active duty, served as a special assistant to the U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia.
He is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland Law School.
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Education
- Johns Hopkins University
- University of Maryland Law School
Rob is the Chief Legal Officer and Chief Strategy Officer at Syndio, a SaaS startup that is the world's first workplace equity platform.
Before joining Syndio, Rob served as the vice president and assistant general counsel at Starbucks. He led teams responsible for global labor, employment, and EEO issues, including oversight of Starbuck's equal pay efforts since 2005. Rob took on Starbucks pay equity work at the same time his then-young daughter said she wanted "to make girls as even as boys." His daughter is nearly grown and shamelessly takes partial credit for Syndio's success.
Prior to Starbucks, Rob was a partner with Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP. He also served in the U.S. Navy JAG Corps, and while on active duty, served as a special assistant to the U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia.
He is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland Law School.
