Director of the Champlain College
Vermont BYOBizTM (Bring Your Own Busiess)
Program in Entrepreneuriship
Bob Bloch is a marketing strategist and business executive who is known for his ability to see strategic opportunities and act on them....with experience leading start-ups as well as $3 billion corporate marketing efforts.
As Chief Marketing Officer for Marriott Hotels, Resorts and Suites, Bob implemented innovative strategies that helped Marriott gain its position as the leading hotel company among business travelers.
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From Marriott, Bob went on to co-found DBS Enterprises, LP, a rural distributor of DirecTV broadcast satellite service. As CEO, he built the business from the ground up, identifying the market opportunity, raising the equity funding and establishing market leading operations. In 1997, the company was sold for $38 million.
He began his career in consumer packaged goods at General Foods, rising into increasingly responsible brand management positions. Bloch received his MBA from Harvard University and his bachelor's degree in government from Cornell University. |
