Zenger | Folkman

Robert H. Sherwin, Jr.
Chief Operating Officer

Bob Sherwin is the Chief Operating Officer of Zenger Folkman, one of the world’s premier providers of leadership research, assessment, development, and implementation programs. The company is best known for its unique evidence-driven, strengths-based approach to developing extraordinary leaders and demonstrating the performance impact they have on organizations. He joined the company in 2004 and has responsibility for all company operations. He is also one of the firm’s senior leadership speakers, workshop facilitators, and executive coaches, working with clients and partners in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

Mr. Sherwin has spent 25 years as an executive, leader, coach, and mentor in some of the world’s largest and most successful training and development companies. In addition to being the COO at Zenger Folkman, Bob was the CEO of Kaset International, the SVP of Operations and CFO of AchieveGlobal, and the CFO of Zenger-Miller. All of these companies are globally recognized organizations dedicated to performance improvement in the areas of management, sales, and customer service. Bob was also the President of Industrial Training Zone, a groundbreaking provider of Web-delivered technical training in PLC’s and motion control.

Bob's business background also includes extensive experience in software and Web application businesses. He is the co-founder and CEO of both FlipDog.com and WhizBang! Labs. FlipDog, an online recruiting website, was named by PC Magazine as one of the Best 100 sites on the Web. Bob is also a co-founder and board member of LiveWire Test, a developer of diagnostic equipment used to locate electrical faults in complex live wire networks. Earlier in his career, he served as an Army officer, a design engineer at Ford Motor Company, a systems consultant at Deloitte, Haskins & Sells, and as the Vice President and Controller of Oral-B Laboratories.

Bob graduated from the United States Military Academy and earned an MBA from the University of Michigan. While at West Point, Bob was twice named to the Academic All-American basketball team and was one of five Division I players to receive an NCAA post-graduate scholarship for academic and athletic achievements.

He and his wife live in Alpine, Utah.