Robert J. Struble
President, CEO and Chairman of the Board
Bob Struble , President, CEO and Chairman of iBiquity Digital Corporation, is a recognized leader in the digital transformation of the AM and FM radio broadcasting industry. As the head of iBiquity Digital since 1996, Bob has overall responsibility for the company's efforts to successfully commercialize HD Radio™ technology, the first dramatic change radio broadcasting since the introduction of FM.
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Bob founded iBiquity (then known as USA Digital Radio) in 1998, spinning the company out from parent CBS. In doing so, he secured financial backing from the nation's largest radio broadcasters. During his tenure, he has built iBiquity's assets and industry supplier position through mergers and acquisitions, assembled iBiquity's world-class technical and management teams, supervised the successful development and launch of HD Radio products, secured approval for the technology from the Federal Communications Commission and secured the investment community's support for iBiquity, raising over $150 million to date. Among his other accolades, Bob was named 2005 Maryland Entrepreneur of the Year Award by Ernst & Young.
Prior to heading up iBiquity, Bob held leadership roles as President of Westinghouse Communications and Westinghouse Wireless Solutions Company, two business units of CBS focused on digital product technology development and commercialization. Previously, Bob gained experience in strategy development, mergers and acquisition, design engineering, marketing, and new business development at McKinsey & Company, M.A. Hanna and Solvay. While at McKinsey, he consulted to Fortune 100 companies on setting up and spinning out entrepreneurial ventures.
Bob is on the Consumer Electronics Association Board of Industry Leaders, and he is a past member of the Electronics Industry Association Board of Governors.
Bob is quoted frequently on radio's digital transition, and his views have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Business Week, Time and major industry publications. He has appeared on CNN, Fox News, CNBC, Nightly Business Report and numerous local radio and TV broadcasts.
Bob earned his Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering from MIT where he was elected into the Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Xi engineering honor societies, and an MBA from Harvard, where he graduated with high distinction as a Baker Scholar.
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