Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 7
Number of Founded Organizations 1

Robert A. "Rob" Strickland is presently CEO and Founder of M37 Ventures. Previously, he was Executive Vice President and CTO for Leap Wireless.Since joining the Cricket brand in February 2012, Strickland has led the Engineering and Operations team, National Field Services and the Information Technology Team.

Strickland previously was

President of Strickland Consulting LLC, which advised global companies on business and technology strategy surrounding the ecosystems of carrier services.

Additionally, he serves as an active member of the Sundance Institute’s Board of Directors Technology Committee and Teradata’s Customer Advisory Board.Rob is formerly the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for T-Mobile, USA. During his 4 years at T-Mobile, he brought over 20 years of Business and IT leadership to his staff of over 2000.

Strickland migrated IT into a fully right-shored model with just over 1000 FTEs in the US and another 1000 off shore. As the lead for the Enterprise IT (EIT) team, he was responsible for aligning IT strategy with business initiatives and delivering innovative solutions to support T-Mobile’s J.D. Power, award winning customer-driven philosophy.

Rob has been honored with a CIO 100 Award twice, in 2009 and in 2006.

Number of Current Jobs 2
Number of Past Jobs 6
Robert Strickland has 2 current jobs as Board Member/President & COO at textPlus and CEO & Founder at M37 Ventures. Additionally, Robert Strickland has had 6 past jobs including Senior Vice President and CIO at T-Mobile.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
T-Mobile
Senior Vice President and CIO20062010
EchoStar
Sr. Vice President and CIO20052006
Xperts
President and COO20012004
Landmark Communication
Chief Technology Officer19982001
The Weather Channel
CTO/CIO19992000
Leap Wireless
Executive Vice President and CTO2012
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 7
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 1
Robert Strickland holds 7 board and advisor roles including TrueFort Advisor at TrueFort, Member Of The Technology Advisory Council at Boston Red Sox, and Advisor at Wanova.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Afiniti
Member Afiniti Technology Advisory BoardAug 2018
Number of Events 1
Robert Strickland has participated in 1 event, Cassandra Summit 2015 on Sep 22, 2015.