Bob Proctor

Bob Proctor is the co-founder and CEO of Link Labs, a leading provider of an end-to-end IoT platform for tagging, locating and monitoring equipment, supplies and assets anywhere at any time.

With a PhD in applied physics and 25 years of entrepreneurial and business leadership, Bob is also a founding principal of Blu Venture Investors, a venture capital investment company that supports early-stage entrepreneurs in the mid-Atlantic region of the U.S.

Bob has a unique point of view on a wide range of emerging technologies and their novel applications and potential market viability as an investor, strategic advisor and board director to many early- and mid-stage companies. His investments focus on high technology software and hardware companies led by highly-talented teams.

In addition to Link Labs, Bob's investments in companies now realizing leadership in their respective markets include Reify Health, a provider of cloud-based software to the life sciences industry that accelerates development of new and life-saving therapies and Signal Vine, an AI messaging platform for higher education institutions.

Before Link Labs, Bob served as CEO, board director and lead investor of FlexEl, a University of Maryland spin-off that manufactured ultra-high capacity batteries and power management systems, from 2009-2016; CEO of GlobalLogic, a digital product engineering services company, in 2001; and in a variety of senior management positions at The Corporate Executive Board Company (CEB), a provider of advisory services in IT, finance, legal/compliance and supply chain functions, from 2002-2008.

Bob also previously served as vice president of strategy and marketing at Saba Software, a provider of cloud-based solutions for recruiting, enterprise learning, talent management and collaboration, from 1999-2001, where he helped grow the business from $10 million to $100 million in annualized revenues. He also served as the project lead for the company’s IPO in April 2000.

Bob began his career at global management consulting firm McKinsey and Company where he worked on strategy, organization, and operational engagements in banking, pharmaceuticals, gaming, professional services and the oil and gas industry.

Bob received his Ph.D. in applied physics from Cornell University, and earned his master’s degree in engineering and bachelor’s degree in applied and engineering physics, both also from Cornell University.