Robert Rowe is the Marketing and Communications Director for GXS Product Master Data Management (PMDM) Business Unit. Previous to this role, Robert has held other positions in Marketing, Project Management, Corporate Education and Training, IT, and Software Engineering.

Robert has extensive experience in creating and publishing both technical and business-oriented content. He has written several white papers, co-authored an IBM Redbook, created and published customer newsletters, published technical articles to DeveloperWorks, delivered educational material, and has presented at numerous shows and events.

Sustainability and being “green” has always been his passion. While concentrating on product data and supply chain optimization, he turned his thoughts to how this affects corporate sustainability initiatives, and the result was this paper. Follow him on Twitter at @gxs_pmdm