Bob Vinson has more than forty years experience in management consulting, business planning, information systems planning, design, construction, implementation, marketing and sales, and technology support. He has worked with over 100 companies to plan and implement effective business management and information solutions. Companies ranged in size from less than $1 million to more than $33 billion and included both public and private sector organizations. He has worked in and is familiar with several business sectors: municipal, county, and state government, commercial and retail banking, wholesale and distribution, retail, manufacturing, and oil and gas exploration and production among others. He has participated in engagements using a variety of methodologies and techniques.
Bob is also a trained group facilitator accredited by Leadership Strategies, Inc.
Mergers and Acquisitions Advisory
Worked with Litmus Consulting, a Houston-based technology commercialization company to raise equity capital for development and marketing of their rapid pathogen detection system, RAPID-B. Help coordinate the acquisition of a regional oil-field services business.
Business Consulting and Planning
Worked with Harrison County, MS, to assess county management performance and developed 19
recommendations for improvement based on published best practices including complete reorganization of the
County Administration.
Performed overall planning for the implementation and operation of a public/private sector partnership to
deliver welfare eligibility determination and enrollment services to the State of Texas.
Organizational and Process Consulting
Worked with the principals of a large law firm to help define and establish a customer-driven culture.
Designed and helped implement several major cost containment and case management processes.
Helped Ft. Bend Independent School District assess its current IT organization, identify performance and
management issues and plan improvement efforts.
Conducted business process improvement of the production scheduling and management process for
Trendmaker Homes.
Strategic Technology Planning
Worked with the City of Miami, Florida, to assess current information architecture and technology usage
throughout the City and recommended a 15-item agenda to reengineer Citywide information technology
infrastructure.
Worked with Harris County Appraisal District to produce a three-year enterprise-wide information
technology plan and to begin the implementation of the plan.
Helped the Texas Department of Human Services develop a program justification and a five-year plan to
construct and deploy a data warehouse and decision support system for 18,000 employees statewide.
Helped produce a three-year action plan for the implementation of the Southern California Intelligent
Transportation System Corridor.
Information Systems Design
Helped design statewide, automated child care management system for State of Texas using
client/server architecture and rapid application development techniques under the Navigator 2.1
methodology.
Has managed and participated in the production of applications for commercial general accounting, order
management, commercial loan processing, MRPII, asset management, and several other business
processes.
Technology Implementation
Managed the implementation of technology solutions in manufacturing, wholesale, retail, commercial
banking and public education organizations.
Marketing and Sales Local marketing manager and then U. S. national sales
manager for Wilson Computer Services, a well-known Australian manufacturer of software for DEC, Wang,
Prime and Tandem. Was marketing support manager for Unisys United States Division, sales district
resource manager, and acting District Sales Manager for Unisys National Energy Sales District and product
manager for the Unisys Hemisphere line of geo-imaging and document imaging products.
Education and Training
Peter F Drucker Graduate School of Management, Master of Business Administration,1999
Graduated with honors.
Arizona State University, Bachelor of Science in Economics. 1976
Unisys Education
Principal Consultant Certification, Curriculum completed in 6 months
Enterprise Information Technology Planning
Business Process Redesign – TEAMprocess
Interpersonal Management Skills
Basic Project Management
Advanced Project Management
A-Series Technical Curriculum – 12 classes over 5 years
UNIX Technical Curriculum – 5 classes over 2 years
InfoImage Document Management Technical Support
InfoImage Large Document Technical Support
InfoImage System Design and Implementation
Other Education
Principles of Facilitation, Leadership Strategies, Inc.
Discovery Methodologies, Boston Consulting Group
Executive Technology Program, Cambridge Technology Group
Accreditation by the Institute for Independent Business
Affiliations
Member of Beta Gamma Sigma, international business honor society
Member of Omicron Delta Epsilon, international economics honor society
Former Adjunct Professor, School of Economics and Business, Houston Baptist University
Former Adjunct Professor, Cameron School of Business, University of St. Thomas
Chairman emeritus of The Texas Business Group
Former board member of the WIN Association
Accreditations
Accredited International Fellow of The Institute for Independent Business
FINRA Series 79 Investment Banking Representative
FINRA Series 63 NASAA Uniform Securities Agent State Law
Publications
“Marketing for Small Business” White Paper Series, Institute of Independent Business,
2005
“Understanding Competition and Competitive Action” White Paper Series, Institute of Independent Business, 2007
“What Can a Board Really Contribute” Independent Business Today, 2008
Teaching Experience
International Independent University, Chair of the IIBU Management Track
Course developer: Leadership, Motivation
Houston Baptist University, School of Economics and Business Masters of Business Administration Program
Developed and taught capstone class Current Issues in Business
Developed and taught class Masters in Computer Science Program
Developed and taught class Computer Ethics
Developed and taught class System Development Life Cycle
Developed and taught class Project Management
University of St. Thomas, Cameron School of Business Masters of Business Administration Program
Developed and taught class Management and Marketing Theory
Texas Business Brokers’ Association, course developer and instructor – Mergers and Acquisitions Boot Camp
Employment History
2016-2020 FNEX Capital, LLC, Banker
2012-2016 Independent Investment Bankers, LLC, Banker
2006-2010 The Forte Group, L.L.C., Partner
Texas Business Group, Chairman
1999-Present Vinson & Vinson, L.L.C., Managing Partner
1998 Claremont Graduate School Research Institute, Associate Researcher
1986-1998 Unisys Corporation
Consulting Manager State Government National Practice, 1997-1998
National Energy District Sales Manager, 1995-1996
Product manager Hemisphere introduction. 1994-1995
National Energy District Resource Manager, 1994
Regional Services Manager, 1993-1994
District Technical Sales Manager, 1990-1993
Senior Technical Sales Representative, 1986-1990
1985-1986 Vinson & Associates
Owner and Principal
1984-1985 Wilson Computer Services, National Sales Manager
1976-1984 Burroughs Corporation
Senior Marketing Support Representative, 1983-1984
District Marketing Support Manager, 1982-1983
District Customer Support Manager, 1980-1982
Senior Customer Support Representative, 1978-1984
Customer Support Representative, 1976-197