In October of 1999, Robert A. Kobek launched Mobius VP, LLC. Under Mr. Kobek’s leadership, MVP has attained significant human resources, built a solid company infrastructure, and acquired leading technology capabilities to position itself effectively in growing and servicing its current and future clientele.

Prior to forming MVP, Bob spent more than 20 years in the direct marketing industry. He successfully launched and then sold or completed mergers of two companies whose core competencies were in the teleservices industry. Mr. Kobek has specialized in the integration of marketing and sales through direct marketing, with an emphasis on database management/ marketing, including the design and implementation of more than 150 outbound telemarketing, inbound customer service and order processing operations and interactive information systems.

Bob’s expertise is in the design, implementation, and marketing of products and services. He also excels at assisting company department heads in determining appropriate processes for streamlining their functions. Mr. Kobek has traveled abroad to provide telemarketing strategy presentations to European counterparts in six countries. His articles on sales and marketing have been published in several national and regional trade and business publications. In 1986, Mr. Kobek was accepted as a member of “Outstanding Young Americans.” In 1988, Mr. Kobek received a TELO Award for Excellence in Telemarketing from the American Telemarketing Association for his design and implementation of a selling system that increased the sales of a high-ticket product by 150% in 12 months.

Bob’s career began in Washington D.C. as the Director of Indiana Liaison for United States Senator Vance Hartke, Ret. (1971-1974). During that time Mr. Kobek specialized in the monitoring of consumer protection and telecommunications legislation. Mr. Kobek then spent two years as the director of Special Projects for Indiana General Assembly Speaker of the House, Phillip Bainbridge.

Since then, Bob has worked hands on within the marketing industry, including a position as the National Sales Manager for Terstep Recreation Company and Trans Alaska Energy Corporation. His ownership of AMI Telemarketing, Inc., a business-to-business telemarketing service bureau, was the beginning of his expertise as a business-to-business marketing professional. Mr. Kobek was awarded a Casper Award in 1993 by the Central Indiana Chapter of the United Way for his participation in the WIBC Radio Hurricane Andrew Relief Drive.

He is a member of the American Resort Development Association (ARDA) and has been a featured presenter at several of its conferences, including the ARDA Fall Conference Off Site Marketing “Think Tank.”

He attended Holy Cross College at Notre Dame and Indiana University, concentrating on Political Science and Business.