Robert Bauer

President and Chief Growth Officer

2021 - Current

Largest global insurtech exchange. Connecting capital with risk. Inventing new insurance products.

Venture Partner

2019

Supporting Founders who bring innovation to insurance and financial services.

Board Member

2021

Aging in place platform, unbundling elder-care.

Board Member

2021

Insuring Floridians; Engaging Customers; Preventing Losses using Technology

Head of Sharing Economy & Mobility Group

2019 - 2021

Inventing new ways to insure the ways we move, share, and trust. Specializing in autonomy, micro-mobility, last-mile delivery, VTOL, asset and labor sharing.

Founding Board Member

2014 - 2021

Founding Board Member of UN-chartered, 18-member, private sector coalition created to reduce road traffic deaths and injuries. Coalition brings together members’ knowledge, data, technology, and global networks to focus on five areas that will make the greatest impact globally and within local communities.

Managing Director, Commercial Innovation & Head, Sharing Economy Practice Group

2016 - 2019

Define, articulate, and advance AIG’s Commercial Innovation strategy – internal and external -- across products, geographies, and functions. Match client needs with tech-enabled solutions, pilots, and investment. Established strategic partnerships with VCs (Kliener Perkins), startups (Human Condition Safety, Slice), Universities (University of Chicago, GA Tech), think tanks (Brookings), associations (CES), accelerators (Plug and Play, Tech Square Labs), several clients, among others.

Corporate Communications Director, AIG

2012 - 2016

Designed the post-financial-crisis communications strategy for the largest commercial business unit within AIG, earning revenue of +$8 Billion/year and over 4,000 employees globally Negotiated a partnership with the Consumer Electronics Association and MIT for "Internet of Things Campaign," launched at the 2015 Milan World Expo, including whitepapers, events, digital and earned media. www.aig.com/innovativetech Conceived, created, and launched (at the UN) the first-ever private sector Road Safety coalition www.togetherforsaferroads.org with 11 AIG clients including Anheuser Bush/ABInBev, AT&T, and Wal-Mart. Created and launched new healthcare-related messaging platform – www.aig.com/us/prevention -- including AIG Patient Safety; Hospital Risks report with expert from Johns Hopkins University and NY Times Best-Selling Author Launched “State of the Market” update series with Forbes magazine including Steve Forbes and new construction/infrastructure platform with the largest US-based infrastructure venture capital fund, Star America

Director of External Affairs & Communications

2010 - 2011

Planned and executed the Ronald Reagan Centennial Celebration, a global multi-million dollar branding campaign to honor the 100th birthday of America's 40th President. Negotiated with multiple foreign governments to arrange new Reagan statue unveilings in London, Budapest, and Washington; street named after Reagan in Prague. Developed strategy and managed execution of multi-platform media campaign resulting in front-page coverage on/in: Yahoo!, YouTube, USA Today, Financial Times, CNN, Time Magazine, and more. Partnerships with GE, Visa, NASCAR, Edison, NFL, and Major League Baseball: www.reagancentennial.com

Director of Strategic Planning

2007 - 2010

Developed and authored three global operating plans and budgets to allocate between $96-126 Million USD annually across 62 offices in 50 countries against measurable objectives. Liaised with C-level executives at all 6 major film studios to ensure that 1-3 year MPA strategy was aligned with business needs and entertainment industry trends: Warner Brothers, Sony, Disney, Universal, Paramount, and Fox. Restructured organization's strategy and on-the-ground operations in 10 international markets over 4 years -- Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Italy, South Korea, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, United States, and the UK. Managed a multi-year global consumer research study to quantify potential new revenue that could be realized if piracy decreased, based on quantitative surveys in 13 countries and statistical modeling in an additional 59.

Director of Special Projects, Worldwide Anti-Piracy

2005 - 2007

Chief strategic counsel to Executive Vice President of Worldwide Anti-Piracy during a period of rapid change. Led a working group of studio Chief Technology Officers to develop a new model to quantify and prioritize security threats at pre and post-production “off-the-lot” filmmaking facilities ranging from DVD replication factories to online rental or sell-through websites

Director of Government Affairs

2002 - 2005

Launched an Intellectual Property (IP) Policy Advocacy Group comprised of 12 of the world’s leading pro-IP think tanks, copyright academics, and peer industry groups (telecom, video retail, satellite TV) which formed the basis of MPA’s amicus brief strategy in the Supreme Court case, MGM v. Grokster.

Special Assistant to the President

2001 - 2002