Feb 10th, 2015 Speaker – Rob Pace: “Travel the High Road of Feedback”

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Rob Pace is a thought leader on business strategy, culture and innovation. Rob founded Goodsnitch, a feedback and recognition company, in 2012 with the mission of using technology for good. The Goodsnitch mobile app was released in August 2013 and has revealed extremely positive trends using its fast feedback method. In 2014 Goodsnitch received the San Diego Chamber of Commerce “Most Innovative Product/Service” award.

 

Previously, Rob held a number of senior leadership positions at Goldman, Sachs & Co. during his over twenty-year career. At Goldman, Rob headed the Americas Financing Group. In that capacity, he coordinated the Firm’s multi-billion dollar financing and risk management businesses. Principal product groups in the Americans Financing Group include equity capital markets, leverage finance, debt capital markets, structured finance, swaps marketing, quantitative strategies, and new products.  Rob was also the Partner in charge of the San Francisco office and co-head of West Coast Investment Banking for many years.

 

At Goldman, Rob was a member of the Investment Banking Operating, Business practices, Compensation, and Career Development Committees and the Firmwide Capital Committee. Rob was the creator of the highly publicized GSTrUE Private Equity Platform and also co-created the Timber REIT product, now widely utilized throughout the Paper and Forest products industry. GSTrUE received IFR’s prestigious “Global Innovation of the Year” award. Rob is the past recipient of both the Deal of the Year and Most Innovative Transaction awards at Goldman Sachs.

 

Rob served as Chairman of the National Advisory Board of the Salvation Army and is actively involved in numerous other charitable and civic organizations. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Robert Half International.

 

Rob is a graduate of Oregon State University and the Harvard Business School. He and his wife, Jennifer, have three children and reside in the San Diego area.

 

Visit Rob Pace’s Site Here