Optimist. Received 8.02 €in EU/US grants. Managing two kids and a portfolio of projects worth €39M EUR.

Robert is the Founder and CEO of PEDAL Consulting and Tenderio. Since 2009, he has been collaborating closely with one of the leading EU affairs consultancy firms based in Brussels through which he acquired core skills in research and analysis as well as project and association management. Prior to that, he worked at the secretariat of the European Parliament in Brussels, where he undertook research on European and National legislations. Thanks to his intensive involvement in a number of different NGO’s, he successfully managed various EU regional and community projects. Holder of a Merit degree in European Studies and International Relations from the University of Westminster in London, Robert is fluent in English, Italian, Slovak and Czech.

Among others, Robert has been involved inover 50FP7/H2020 projects and coordinated several international tenders as well as the Task Force, supported by EASME, aiming at “Improving access of SMEs to public procurement” composed of IPPON, TENDERIO, SESAM and PPACT projects. Robert is a coordinator of the PRONTO “Piloting Public Procurement of Innovation” project. Frequent speaker at high level events on public procurement organised by the European Commission or under the EU presidencies.