Robert Brooke

Mr. Robert Brooke is a Director-Federal Funding Programs at The Center For Innovative Technology.
Prior to joining CIT in 2001, he has worked closely with small technology firms for several years.
Most recently, he was the Marketing Manager for a unit of L-3 Communications.
Prior to that, he worked as the Marketing Program Manager for The ASCII Group, Inc., a national consortium of independent computer resellers, VARs and integrators.
While in that capacity, he coordinated the development of partnership programs, services and training that assisted the competitive business efforts of 1,500-plus small- and medium-sized technology companies.
Mr. Brooke has spoken to audiences across the state to promote the benefits of these federal grant programs as well as the assistance available from CIT.
He has facilitated the production of more than 30 SBIR Workshops events in Virginia, helping create new workshops to meet the ever changing needs of Virginia’s SBIR community.
These events have included introductory SBIR sessions, detailed “how to win” workshops, final prep “Competitive Checklist” workshops, advanced “SBIR-Max” workshops for recent winners, and Virginia’s Annual SBIR Conference.
He has also spoken to audiences at various events around the commonwealth and DC metro area, including events hosted by the Mason Enterprise Center, Procurement Technical Assistance Centers, Small Business Development Centers, Fauquier Technology Alliance, Women In Business, Technology Councils, and other business and economic development agencies.
Mr. Brooke earned a B.S.
in Marketing Management at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.