Robert Kallman. Mr. Kallman has more than 18 years of experience leading international marketing and development projects. He has considerable expertise identifying market perceptions and forging long-term relationships and growth strategies across multiple industries. He has worked with Cheshire Partners to develop a number of international start up ventures and is the managing partner of a private equity project that developed and commercialized an innovative seating technology, manufactured in the UK and Germany and featured on BMW automobiles worldwide. He has served on many Chicago area not-for-profit boards, was a founding board member of the John G. Shedd Aquarium’s Auxiliary Society and was a co-founder of ARC of Virgin Gorda, an animal welfare organization dedicated to the rescue, spay/neuter and adoption of dogs in the British Virgin Islands. He is currently dogless but has plans to adopt another dog in the future. He holds an MBA in Global Management from the Thunderbird School of Global Management and holds a BA from the University of Rochester.
