Rob Richard is a solutions engineer with Infragistics. A 20 year veteran of the I.T. industry, Rob has an extensive background in Sales Engineering, complementing his Microsoft-oriented development background and business process analysis / re-engineering experience. Richard also has a strong entrepreneurial spirit, having founded several companies including Cogent Business Applications, itsPokerNight.com, SendSecurely.com, and Futurity IT Consulting. Rob earned a Master of Business Administration degree from The Pennsylvania State University, as well as a B.S. in Information Systems, also from Penn State. He is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Business Administration from Walden University. Rob is a United States Air Force veteran having served during Operation Just Cause (Panama) and Operation Desert Storm.