Bob Crow is Vice President Policy at the Information Technology Association
of Canada and a management consultant specializing in institutional
positioning, marketing, and development. At ITAC, Bob is responsible for
the policy and advocacy program of one of Canada's leading business
associations, representing a network of more than 1,300 member and
affiliated firms with combined revenue of nearly $70 billion.
Bob brings more than twenty years of professional and volunteer experience
in higher education and the social services to his consulting practice. He
has served clients in the private, public and non-governmental sectors on
projects ranging from strategic marketing to fund development to the
application of information technology.
Bob's career includes significant service at Ryerson Polytechnic University
in Toronto where he was a professor and senior administrator from 1975 to
1998. Under his leadership, Ryerson's reputation for excellence in applied
education became nationally recognized. He played significant leadership
roles in establishing the Ryerson Computing Centre, the Centre for Advanced
Technology Education and the Office of University Advancement.
Bob holds a bachelor's degree in engineering from Cornell University and
master's degrees in regional planning and economics from the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Toronto, respectively.
He also studied telecommunications technology and policy at Carnegie Mellon
University at the advanced graduate level.
An active community volunteer, Bob has served on the boards of the
Woodgreen Community Centre, the United Way of Greater Toronto, and United
Way / Centraide Canada. He is currently a director of the Bach Children's
Chorus and the Software Human Resource Council.
