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ABOUT US
ABL Leadership
Bob Kelley, CEO
Bob has also served as Chairman of the Board of six technology
companies, each focused on a major high-growth initiative during his
service. And he’s an avid investor in the technology sector of the
economy.
Since assuming leadership of ABL in 1985, Bob has continuously
explored and developed innovative new programs for the organization,
including its Healthcare Executives Round Table Program, as well as
various Financial and Board of Directors Workshops. Bob has been
recognized for his Board of Directors work with growing companies as
an Inc. Magazine "Entrepreneur Supporter of the Year" in
Orange County, and subsequently as one of three national finalists
in that category. He published “The Board of Directors and Its
Role in Growing Companies" in 1984. He’s been chair of two
companies while they were recognized as #50 and #280 on the Inc.
500 Fastest Growing Companies List. In addition to facilitating
ABL's Technology Round Tables, he also continues to provide an
average of two of his half day “Developing an Effective Board"
workshops annually. He developed and served on the advisory board,
provided financial deal counseling and general business strategy
guidance, and acted as a temporary division president, for a private
security technology company, which was subsequently sold to a
Fortune 500 US utility for hundreds of millions of dollars. In
the mid '90's he co-authored "Better Than Money," recognized
by Harvard Business School’s Professor of Entrepreneurship, as the
first major work on the then-emerging field of “angel investing."
Co-author Dave Berkus subsequently became Chairman of the Tech Coast
Angels, the largest angel investment network in the country.
Prior to his involvement with the development of ABL, Bob provided
various combinations of executive leadership, strategy, and support
services for innovation initiatives through executive positions and
a business development consultancy. Four of these companies
experienced extraordinary growth during his tenure and two were then
on the Fortune 500. Immediately prior to ABL, in 1981, he
co-founded what became the General Group of Companies which achieved
$200 million in sales, in 1985, through several strategic
partnerships and spin-offs, which he shaped. Bob holds a BBA degree
from Notre Dame and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Bob is
married to ABL business partner Mimi Grant and they have two adult
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