Robert Hornung

Bob Hornung is an entrepreneur, company chief, and business development executive who, over the last twenty-five years, has established and grown several successful ventures. He specializes in creating strategic alliances with industry leaders, developing domestic and international distribution channels, analyzing market dynamics, and identifying new opportunities to maximize sustainable competitive advantages. Bob currently serves as the Managing Director of Vertical Ventures, which specializes in funding and managing early stage companies.

His career began at his family’s business in Connecticut, where he developed an interest for industry and its challenges. This interest eventually led him to enroll in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University (formerly the Crouse Hinds School of Management), from which he earned a Bachelor of Sciences degree in Business Marketing.

After graduating, one of Bob’s first moves was to join Industrial Sales Corporation (ISC), the largest window industry sales and distribution organization in the United States. For the next few years, he would establish partnerships and pursue various entrepreneurial ventures before developing new fenestration technology in the late 1990’s.

In 1993, Bob founded On-Link, a business application software company that was the first of its kind in any industry. In 1994, he founded Interactive Data Systems (IDS), an electronic catalog technology provider. After much success, On-Link and IDS merged to form On-Link Technologies Inc. in 1998. Since then, On-Link Technologies has grown into a leading e-commerce software company. After successfully raising $36 million, On-Link Technologies was purchased by Siebel Systems Inc. in August of 2000 for over $600 million.

In 1999, Bob Hornung founded Sashlite LLC, an intellectual property firm that streamlined the window manufacturing process. The technology integrated an insulated glass spacer directly into the sash profile that could be incorporated into any size operation. Sashlite partnered with leading companies such as H.B. Fuller Company (NYSE: FUL), Bystronic Glass, Ashland Hardware Systems, and Deceuninck North America (DAX). Sashlite was sold in 2017 in a private transaction.

In 2017, Bob founded EVO Systems LLC, where he currently serves as Founder and President.