Bob Armbrister
President & CEO at SPARK Business Works
The entrepreneur next door. Bob launched his first startup right before the 2008 crash– it failed of course. But then he turned around and scaled an iPad app built for $1,800 to 3M downloads.
Since then, Bob has continued to deliver the same ‘practical innovation’ and ROI to hundreds of clients– even in the most unlikely places. Construction job sites. Manufacturing plant floors. Pet cremation services. Wait, what?
You are going to love to geek out with Bob’s contrarian views of what digital transformation ACTUALLY looks like in high-growth companies– whether they’re your local business or a national leader.
Your audience can learn (and laugh) from his stories of serving clients, growing successful tech teams, or raising his 4 boys.
It’s real business leadership and real life… and there’s something in the water at Bob’s company, SPARK.
- Tech Entrepreneur
- 📍Kalamazoo, MI
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Bob Armbrister
President & CEO at SPARK Business Works
- Tech Entrepreneur
- 📍Kalamazoo, MI
The entrepreneur next door. Bob launched his first startup right before the 2008 crash– it failed of course. But then he turned around and scaled an iPad app built for $1,800 to 3M downloads.
Since then, Bob has continued to deliver the same ‘practical innovation’ and ROI to hundreds of clients– even in the most unlikely places. Construction job sites. Manufacturing plant floors. Pet cremation services. Wait, what?
You are going to love to geek out with Bob’s contrarian views of what digital transformation ACTUALLY looks like in high-growth companies– whether they’re your local business or a national leader.
Your audience can learn (and laugh) from his stories of serving clients, growing successful tech teams, or raising his 4 boys.
It’s real business leadership and real life… and there’s something in the water at Bob’s company, SPARK.
read more
BOOK NOW FOR your podcast
Bob Armbrister
President & CEO at SPARK Business Works
- 📍Kalamazoo, MI
- Tech Entrepreneur
The entrepreneur next door. Bob launched his first startup right before the 2008 crash– it failed of course. But then he turned around and scaled an iPad app built for $1,800 to 3M downloads.
Since then, Bob has continued to deliver the same ‘practical innovation’ and ROI to hundreds of clients– even in the most unlikely places. Construction job sites. Manufacturing plant floors. Pet cremation services. Wait, what?
You are going to love to geek out with Bob’s contrarian views of what digital transformation ACTUALLY looks like in high-growth companies– whether they’re your local business or a national leader.
Your audience can learn (and laugh) from his stories of serving clients, growing successful tech teams, or raising his 4 boys.
It’s real business leadership and real life… and there’s something in the water at Bob’s company, SPARK.
read more
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Timeline
2017 - Present
CEO
2016 - Present
CIO
2014 - 2020
Co-Founder & CIO
2009 - 2016
Executive Director of Administration
Ask me
| What it was like launching a SaaS startup right as the Great Recession hit... and it FAILING? |
| How the pandemic prompted his team to launch a custom digital tool that got adopted by hundreds of thousands of construction users (one of the most laggard industries)? |
| What should the average business know that nobody is telling them? |
| Stories from having FOUR (4!) young kids, being a young Executive, with a young team and a growing business. |
| How we manifested “4 Locations in 4 Years” ...growing national and international teams. |
| What the innovation ecosystem is like in the midwest and what it is like thriving from a city with a name like Kalamazoo. |
| What is NOT going to change with tech by 2025 and what the younger tech professionals are missing. |
