Mr. Bob Van Rossum

biography

Bob Van Rossum

CEO, Founder and Managing Partner

Bob Van Rossum has been a leader in the executive search industry for more than a decade. He has placed senior leaders from presidents to CMOs to heads of strategy and just about everything in between. In addition to being the founder, strategic visionary and CEO of Pax Gabriel, Bob is also the leader of our marketing and financial services practices.

Prior to founding Pax Gabriel, Bob served as president of MarketPro, the nation's leading executive search and contract staffing agency specifically focused on marketing talent. At MarketPro Bob was responsible for overall strategic direction, growth and management of the company. Under his leadership, MarketPro experienced unprecedented growth and developed into a technology leader and innovator, earning the distinction as the go-to search firm for marketing executives and interim marketers.

Prior to joining MarketPro in the late 1990s, Bob led Comac's Atlanta facility into profitability. A division of Iron Mountain, Comac is the United States' leading literature fulfillment company. When Bob joined the Atlanta facility, it was losing money fast. Within 18 months, he turned it into one of the top performing facilities in the country.

Bob served for five years on the Executive Board of the Atlanta Chapter of the American Marketing Association (AMA). He is also the founder of the Atlanta CMO Roundtable.

Bob is a graduate of the University of North Carolina - Greensboro, where he earned a bachelor's degree in Finance. He currently resides in Atlanta.