Consultants


Antiphony brings together a seasoned team of business executives who have real-world experience addressing the distinctive challenges associated with innovation.

 Rob Weber
             

       


Rob Weber

Rob Weber has focused his entire career around starting and building emerging growth technology businesses. He currently serves as CEO of AgileSwitch, LLC, a manufacturer of power electronics for renewable energy generation. He recently served as head of Marketing and Business Development for Orbius, Inc, a social website platform provider. Prior to Orbius he was Managing Director of Antiphony, a management consulting firm that helps companies create sustainable value through innovation. Prior to Antiphony, Rob was President of Intellifit Corporation a provider of guaranteed fit technology for on-line apparel shopping, a venture backed company that was sold in early 2009.

Prior to Antiphony he served as President of knoa, an e-learning software company, where he successfully redefined the corporate product strategy and repositioned the company to capitalize on new market opportunities. Prior to knoa he served as President of Elastomeric Technologies, a leading electronic connector manufacturer. Rob joined Elastomeric as President in 1990, turned the company around and sold the venture backed firm to Tyco International (Formerly Augat Corp) in 1995.

In 1984 Rob became an early team member and served as Marketing Director for Ensoniq Corp, a leading manufacturer of electronic musical instruments and multimedia products, where he led the development of the company's marketing and business plan and venture capital financing efforts through 1988.  Ensoniq was sold to Creative Technologies of Singapore. He started his career in venture capital with the investment banking firm of Howard, Lawson & Company. 

Rob is a co-founder of Robin Hood Ventures, an angel investment group focused on emerging growth companies, and the Mid-Atlantic Angel Group Fund.

Rob serves as Lecturer and Senior Fellow for the Fisher Program in Management & Technology at the University of Pennsylvania, where he teaches business planning and entrepreneurial management. In addition, he is a faculty member in Penn Engineering’s Executive Master’s in Technology Management program.

He is a graduate of the Fisher Program where he earned Bachelor of Science in Economics (B.S.E.) and Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.S.) degrees from The Wharton School and School of Engineering.