Rob Grimes and Thomas Paige International partner together to identify value-creating Information Technology strategies and to source the unique talent needed to create top and bottom-line growth through technology-based innovation. This combination of executive search and cutting-edge technology insight gives our clients the ability to tap into unique game-changing strategies and talent or as Steve Jobs put it, “to put a dent in the universe.”.
Professional Qualifications and Biography
Robert (“Rob”) Grimes is the Founder and CEO of ConStrata Tech Consulting. ConStrata provides information technology consulting services for the hospitality, foodservice and retail industries. ConStrata’ s information and educational services are delivered through its research and consulting services as well as through affiliated Hostec, FSTEC and TechAdvisor which focus on industry technology publishing and the production of exhibitions, conferences and networking events.
In 1996, Rob co-founded, with Nation’s Restaurant News, FS/TEC, the foodservice industry’s largest technology tradeshow and conference. In 2000, he launched HOSTEC, a technology-focused exhibition and conference for the hospitality and foodservice industries in the U.K. Rob has been a regular technology columnist for Nation’s Restaurant News and has contributed articles to many other industry publications in the U.S. and abroad as well as co-authored and contributed to a number of books. He has spoken at over 500 industry shows, conferences and events around the world.
In April 2000, Rob was honored with the Maryland Executive of the Year Award sponsored by the Maryland High Technology Council. His companies have been awarded the 1999 & 2000 Deloitte & Touche Maryland Technology Fast 50 Award and the 1999 FastTrack Revenue Growth Award, sponsored by Arthur Andersen. Other awards include The Joseph A. Sciulli Entrepreneur of the Year Award (1996), sponsored the Suburban Maryland High Technology Council; The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year Award (1994), World Young Business Achiever Award (1994), sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and presented by His Royal Highness Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh; and The Penn State Alumnus of the Year Award (1994).
Rob is a Conti Professor in the Program of Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management (“HR&IM”) at Penn State University and also serves on the Advisory Boards of the HR&IM Programs at the University of Delaware and the University of Nevada Las Vegas. Rob has served on the Board of the National Restaurant Association as an Industry Representative and is an active member of the Global One Chapter of The Young Presidents Organization.
