About Bob Main
Global Business Development / Organizational Management / International Speaker and Trainer/ Strategic Planning / Operations & Staff Leadership / Excels in Start-up or Large Corporation Environment
A visionary business development executive with extensive proven experience in growing businesses, achieving corporate goals/profits, and creating business development strategies. Successful leadership skills in team development, project management, P&L accountability, fundraising, and partnership development for both start-ups and large companies (including local and global platforms). An internationally recognized speaker, trainer, author, and business consultant.
Drove Business Success and Innovation
Global Scaling & Successful Exits:
Rapid Network Expansion and Business Growth Strategies:
Rapid Network Expansion and Business Growth Strategies:
As Senior Vice President of the US Division for GlassesDirect.com, I envisioned and implemented strategies to grow the European business, built the US infrastructure from the ground up, and served on the global senior executive team that successfully raised $15M, ultimately leading to the business's sale to an international eyecare company.
Rapid Network Expansion and Business Growth Strategies:
Rapid Network Expansion and Business Growth Strategies:
Rapid Network Expansion and Business Growth Strategies:
Serving as Senior Vice President and Officer at 1800-Contacts.com, I successfully built a national network of over 1,000 retail and healthcare locations in under one year.
At LensCrafters, I developed a new store brand and launched it internationally in a short period of time.
Pioneering Tech for Space Exploration:
Rapid Network Expansion and Business Growth Strategies:
Pioneering Tech for Space Exploration:
As President, CEO, and Founder of Vision for Mars Technologies, I spearheaded the development of specialized eye care technology for the International Space Station and future deep-space missions funded by NASA .
First-to-Market Healthcare Models:
First-to-Market Healthcare Models:
Pioneering Tech for Space Exploration:
During my tenure as CEO of H. Rubin Vision Centers, I conceived and rapidly developed a highly profitable refractive surgery business, which was the first surgery center in the US owned by a retail optical chain.
Was first (globally) to introduce a home-trial frame try-on program at GlassesDirect.com
Corporate Entrepreneurship:
First-to-Market Healthcare Models:
Corporate Entrepreneurship:
As Director of Operations at LensCrafters, I developed and led an in-company startup for a new brand called Sight & Save. I developed the business plan/strategy for the new company. Managed all aspects of company operations, lab design and equipment purchasing, doctor recruitment, store design layout, and P&L functions. Grew store count to over 75 units in a few years.
Individual Entrepreneurship:
First-to-Market Healthcare Models:
Corporate Entrepreneurship:
I have been blessed with the entrepreneurial bug all my life. I started my first business when I was 18. Had a successful seminar/training business in my late 20s. Later in life, I started and sold an e-commerce business and currently have a highly successful consulting practice.