Bob Brauer is the visionary behind StrikeIron with a zeal for exploiting new technologies to create exciting products and services. As President, he is responsible for StrikeIron s product vision and strategy, as well as providing an integrated direction of sales, marketing, and technology. Prior to StrikeIron, Mr. Brauer was the founding Chief Executive Officer for the DataFlux Corporation, an innovative database management software company launched in 1996, financed by the Aurora Funds and several private investors, and acquired by SAS Institute in June of 2000. Prior to DataFlux, Mr. Brauer was a software engineer with Seer Technologies. Mr. Brauer is a frequent guest speaker at software industry technology conferences and has appeared as an author in several industry publications, including Web Services Journal and Webservices.org. In 2004, Mr. Brauer received the Triangle Business Journal s 40 Under 40 Leadership Award. He was nominated for Ernst & Young s Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2001 and 2004, and was chosen to the Research Triangle area s Impact 100 presented by Business Leader magazine. Mr. Brauer holds a B.S. in Computer Science from The Ohio State University. Read Bob's Blog