Bob Sanguedolce

As the Vice President of Information Systems for the Computer History Museum, Bob serves the diverse technology and systems needs of the Museum's expanding community of visitors, members, staff and volunteers. Leading the Computer History Museum's Information Systems team, he is primarily responsible for designing, developing and implementing a total technology strategy for the Museum. A major element of that strategy is to bring the Museum's exhibits and collections online by building a Virtual Museum on the Internet.

Before joining the Computer History Museum in 2006, Bob was with eBay, Inc. as VP and Chief Information Officer (CIO) during eBay's explosive growth. As CIO, he was responsible for building eBay's business technology infrastructure including an award winning data warehouse and analytics reporting system. Later, Bob took on the challenge of enhancing eBay's customer service capabilities as VP, Customer Support Technology and Operations where he implemented systems and processes to handle eBay's high volume of customer contacts.

Prior to eBay, Bob co-founded Assured Solutions, Inc., a technology consulting company focused on implementing large ERP systems like SAP for mid-sized to Fortune 500 organizations throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. In the previous years, he gained his business systems and applications experience leading information technology teams at Bay Networks, Wellfleet Communications and General Mills.

Bob's technology career began at General Electric's Aircraft Engine Group as a Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) engineer designing automated production systems for jet engine manufacturing, quality control and assembly. Later, he was systems manager for GE's Factory of the Future where robotics and multiple automation systems were brought together in newly developed ways to form a totally computer integrated production environment.

A native of the Boston area, Bob holds a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from the University of Massachusetts.