Rob Smyser

Rob has been a sous chef in MOR's data kitchen since 2011, serving up countless 360 surveys and leadership program web sites to hundreds of participants each year, who come to know him quite well as the man behind the invitation and reminder emails. 

Rob came to MOR from MIT where he served 16 years in a variety of roles for Client Support in Information Systems, and prior to that for 7 years as manager of the computer labs for the School of Architecture and Planning.  Rob met Brian McDonald and Chris Paquette when MIT Information Systems was a client of MOR, doing IT Client Satisfaction Survey and Performance Metrics projects. 

Rob has a bachelor's of Landscape Architecture from Penn State University and master's from Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  Though he heard the siren call of the personal computer in graduate school and changed career directions, creative problem-solving in a technical environment has been an enduring and unifying principle throughout his career.

Rob plays bass clarinet in various local ensembles, including at different times the Charles River Wind Ensemble, the Harvard and MIT Wind Ensembles, the MIT Concert Band,  the Hingham and Cambridge Symphony Orchestras, the Needham and Wellesley Town Bands.  Rob lives in Needham MA with his wife Bridget and two teen sons, Tristan and Kieran.