ABOUT COL. ROBERT R. ULIN

Bob Ulin is a retired Army colonel who had a successful military career as well as a successful private sector career with industry and nonprofits. He served in Vietnam as an artillery battery commander in the Central Highlands and an infantry advisor in the Mekong Delta where he worked with USAID and the CIA. He served on graduate faculties of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, KS and the Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, PA. He was a member of the diplomatic corps while assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Brussels where he was the advisor to the Belgian Minister of Defense and the National Armaments Director.

Following retirement from the Army in 1992, he ran a research and analyses center in Heidelberg, Germany, was a site director with L-3 Communications in Leavenworth, KS and then Vice President of the Triple I Corporation, an information technology services company in Overland Park, Kansas where he led the development of the Army Battle Command Knowledge System, the largest contract ever won by Triple-I. Projects managed include software development, IT systems engineering, knowledge management and operational analyses. Clients included the Army, Navy, Air Force and the National Nuclear Security Administration.

He is a co-founder and was the first CEO of the Command and General Staff College Foundation, Inc. He stepped down as CEO in 2013 having raised $13 million and leaving $6 million in investments. He was commended for his development, organizational ability, and stewardship of the Foundation. He is also the Founder and Director of the Arthur D. Simons Center for Ethical Leadership and Interagency Cooperation, a program of the CGSC Foundation, Inc. funded by Mr. H. Ross Perot, Sr.

In 2013, after retiring from the CGSC Foundation, Bob established the Center for Transitional Leadership, Inc. to help retiring and separating military personnel find meaningful leadership positions in the private sector. He also started the Ulin Solutions Group, LLC to help organizations develop more efficient and effective organizations.

He’s an accomplished executive coach whose clients include Honeywell, United Way, the Children’s’ Bereavement Center in San Antonio, TX and the Midwest Biomedical Research Foundation in Kansas City among others. Bob has led and has served on several boards for private sector companies and nonprofits in the Greater Kansas City area. He has served as the VP and director of the Real Estate Corporation in Leawood, KS, as Vice Chairman of the Midwest Biomedical Research Foundation in Kansas City, MO, the CEO of the CGSC Foundation, Inc, and as Chairman/President/CEO of the Center for Transitional Leadership in Leavenworth, KS.

He served three governors as a member of the Kansas Governor’s Military Council 2006-2018 and was a member of the military and veteran’s advisory committees for Kansas Senators’ Pat Roberts and Jerry Moran.

Bob earned a master’s degree in history from the University of Kansas and a master’s degree in international relations from Boston University. He is a graduate of the Defense Systems Management College where he completed programs in Security Assistance and Multinational Program Management. He is also a graduate of a senior national security management program with the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He holds certifications in Training and Development, National Security Management, and Executive Leadership. In June 2013, Bob was awarded an honorary Master of Military Art and Science degree at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College for his work as founding CEO of the CGSC Foundation from 2006-2013. In 2020, Bob was inducted into the U.S. Army Officer Candidate School Hall of Fame for superior meritorious service.