Bio

Robert Marinelli, President and Founder of R. Marin Enterprises LLC has more than 25 years experience in areas of sales, law and strategic sourcing/expense management. With such a diverse background Mr. Marinelli has been able to bridge the gap with many a business professional.

During the last 15 years of his career Robert enjoyed tremendous success in the strategic sourcing and expense management arena. Having worked for such leading companies as Verizon Communication, Deutsche Bank A.G., Siemens A.G., and most recently at Guardian Life Insurance Co as its Chief Strategic Sourcing Officer, Robert’s contributions have been many in nearly all aspects of expense reduction, productivity and quality. During his four years at Guardian he completely transformed a tactical procurement department into a value added strategic sourcing organization where he was able to drive out millions in sustainable savings, increased quality, and have the division recognized as a true value added partner to the business lines. His organization was frequently recognized by key executives and their teams in several of the division’s quarterly reports and surveys.

Having responsibility for hiring and managing a large number of people over his career Mr. Marinelli has come to know all too well the value of good hiring decisions to include a strong recruiting partner. Moreover having worked in partnership with many of his human resources counter-parts, he was personally responsible for establishing several recruiting desks to include the use of MSPs (manage service providers) an outsourced recruiting function; thus he is intimately aware of all things recruiting.

During Robert's notable career he has also worked on nearly all aspects of business operations, such as system evaluations, and implementations, process improvements, contract management, cash management, out-sourcing, change management, expense management, organizational design, and function, policy creation... and provides consulting services in these areas and more.

Mr. Marinelli has been a speaker at several trade and research events, as well as many internal town hall meetings. Robert’s most recent contribution was at the CPO Summit in Boston, sponsored by the Aberdeen Group where he spoke about divisional transformation, and the importance of team building and partnering.

Robert holds a BA in Political Science form Seton Hall University, and JD from Seton Hall University School of Law.