Rob Renner is a retired Raytheon executive. Assignments included the in-country program director for the Saudi New Additional Patriot (SNAP) program, Raytheon Middle Eastern Systems (RAYMES), Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Other positions included: Capture Executive for Intelligence and Information Services; Distributed Common Ground System Executive for Tactical Intelligence responsible for strategic growth, contract performance, overseeing internal research and development activities. He was also the business development executive, Raytheon Space Systems.
Mr. Renner is a retired US Air Force Colonel. Colonel Renner's assignments included the USAF Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), Air Force Space Command, and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), He is a decorated veteran and is a life member of Disabled American Veterans. He is level three DoD Acquisition Certified in both program management and systems engineering.
Mr. Renner earned his bachelors of science from the US Air Force Academy in engineering and middle eastern studies/arabic and holds a MS in engineering and a MBA in finance, both from the University of Southern California. Mr. Renner also attended the executive management program at the Anderson School of Business, UCLA, Directors College at Stanford Law School, and Air War College. He is a Certified Program Manager, PMP, ITIL certified and published IEEE author. Mr. Renner currently teaches for the California Institute of Technology, Caltech Center for Technology and Management Education.