Rob was a tremendous coworker who cared deeply about the people he worked with. He looked for the good in everyone. He was quiet, reserved, kept to himself, but the two things he enjoyed talking about were politics and his weekly bowling that went from fall to spring.
He spoke very little of himself but sometimes when we would go for coffee (he took his: always Dunkin Donuts and not Starbucks – Extra Large, French Vanilla with two milks and five sugars) he would talk about the Air Force and some of the climates he was deployed in. From desert to freezing cold.
Politics were something he followed passionately. Enjoying the sparring and feisty exchanges between candidates from the primaries down to the final two. On Monday mornings I would talk with him about the weekend events of the candidates. And when it came to work discussions he would talk about the DSTs (Deskside Support Technicians) and how he had known several of them from his TNB days. He took pride in seeing how they had grown and the work he had done with them on the laptop inventory at Commonwealth Care Alliance.
As quiet as Rob was one thing I found surprising was that when we had our Corporate Town Hall Meetings there was Rob in the front row eagerly awaiting the Q&A session so he could ask three or four pertinent questions. He seemed to enjoy understanding the “how and why” of the way things worked.
Rob’s positive and cheerful personality, as well as his passion to help others, will be truly missed by all of us at Commonwealth Care Alliance.
