Bob Wald, MS

About Bob Wald, MS

Bob Wald, MS is CTO, Technology Innovation and Strategy at In-Knowvation. Location: Kansas City Metropolitan Area, United States.

My biggest value adds are: • Executive transformation • Enterprise architecture • Semantic technologies • AI Three specialty areas: • Invention: creating and refining ideas that remove obstacles to strategic-plan attainment • Discernment: evaluating and ranking ideas and solutions • Wonder: continually exploring opportunities for improvement “The value of expertise isn't in the actions you see; it's in the decades of knowledge that make that action possible.” C-level and board consulting clients have called me a “trailblazer in technology strategy, problem-solving, and market-proven innovation,” with almost three decades of experience conceiving, developing, and managing cutting-edge solutions that “transcend industry boundaries.” My record in R&D, intellectual-property commercialization (24 to date), and complex product/program leadership reflects “a rare fusion of technical brilliance, strategic acumen, and emotional intelligence” (client quote). As a technology innovation expert, I help organizations accelerate meaningfully unique ideas, strengthen collaboration, and navigate complex transformation. My work has supported revenue, growth, and market share across 57 sectors through visionary ideation, strategic leadership, and disciplined execution. DIFFERENTIATORS: • “Bob possesses the rare combination of technical, business, and emotional intelligence with significant senior-level management experience in complex environments.” (CEO consulting client) • Experience advising CEOs/MDs, CTOs, CIOs, boards, and senior IT leaders • 32 data, analytics, visualization, ML, and AI products or projects delivered, supported by two AI minors in engineering degrees and four relevant certificates • 25+ years in technology and software product management across strategy, development, commercialization, and lifecycle leadership • IP creation, proof of concept, and commercialization leading to startups and spin-offs • Experience in management consulting, venture capital, private equity, strategy, and early-stage operations • Digital transformation through data, analytics, knowledge management, semantic technologies, and AI • International standards development • Technical, competitive, and market research • Four-year European expatriate experience • Former NCAA Division I football player on a bowl team while earning an engineering degree • Eagle Scout; leader/mentor to 20+ Eagles and board reviewer for 30+ more

Skills

• Business Process Management
• Visio

Additional experience

• Project Lead

  SCTE a subsidiary of CableLabs

  Started January 2026

Education

• MS, University of Colorado Boulder
• BS, Kansas State University