Bob has three decades of experience in the real estate development sector as a senior development executive and an urban designer, with a specialty in effective public processes. Bob has a Certificate in Urban Design from SFU and holds accreditation with the Congress for the New Urbanism. He has studied charrette planning at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and site planning at UBC.

Bob is a long-time expert commentator and writer on housing and urban development issues, served as a regular columnist with the Vancouver Sun, and governed a number of non-profit organizations and foundations. Bob enjoys painting, photography, the culinary arts, and visiting cities around the world.