Rob started his career and rose to Senior Manager with Coopers & Lybrand (now PwC), a Big Eight accounting firm. He earned his CPA license from New York State. Rob holds a B.A. in Economics from Harvard University and M.S. in Accounting from NYU Stern School of Business.
Prior to Semperis, Rob was Partner and CFO at Gefinor Capital, a private equity and venture capital firm in New York, serving on boards and overseeing investments in software companies and businesses in the optical circuit switching, semiconductor, and manufacturing sectors. During his tenure with Gefinor, he led the turnaround, growth, and sale of Madame Alexander. Most recently, Rob was CFO of Waltz, Inc., a software security startup that was sold to WeWork.
