Robert Norton

Summary of Some Key Achievements

• Speaker and author of four books on entrepreneurship and growing companies

• Creator of The CEO Boot Camp and other advanced management and leadership training programs for CEOs, entrepreneurs and senior executives

• Twenty-seven years experience developing products and services and growing businesses of all sizes including startups, turnarounds and working in two multi-billion dollar enterprises (International Thomson Organization and Grumman (now Northrop Grumman).

• Nineteen years as CEO with four startup launches. Two other startups in senior positions as Vice President and CTO and two in senior engineering positions for eight total.

• Expertise and proven success in all major disciplines including finance, P&L management, operations, sales, marketing, strategy, product development and business development.

• Founder HomeView (multimedia Realty Search Services). Achieved $156 million annualized sales within 1 year of a new product launch with a 6-fold increase in sales productivity over industry averages. Penetrated 72% of market in only 18 months.

• Generated over $1+ billion in total shareholder value (while at these companies).

• Drove sales from $0 to $100 million with 26% pretax profit in 5 years; added $35 million to revenue in a single year.

• Co-founder FIRST CALL Corporation. Developed FIRST CALL research distribution network, FIRST CALL Earnings Estimate product, VideoMunifacts and Portia portfolio management system.

• Launched more than 50 products and services that generate over $1 billion in annual sales today.