Experts & Advisors
Robert V. Flanders
Senior Director
2000 K Street NW, 12th Floor
Washington, DC 20006
+1.202.481.1329 Direct
+1.202.731.5822 Mobile
Robert Flanders is a Senior Director at Ankura with over 40 years of experience in computer operations, software architecture, and implementation in both business application and systems programming environments. He has implemented systems in 14 different countries for clients including Delaware Claims Processing Facility, Global One Telecommunications, MCI Telecommunications, and Volkswagen. Bob is also an international technical author for PC Magazine and Ziff Davis Press. He is based in Washington, DC.
Experience
Since joining the firm in 2005, Bob has worked on all phases of design, implementation, and operations of TrustOnline, a proprietary asbestos claims management system. He has also participated in the design and implementation of Celotex Online, an asbestos claims intake system, and in the operation of Claims Online, a mass tort claims management system.
Prior to joining Ankura, he was an independent consultant providing software development support for a system used to gather evidence for the US Army’s Criminal Investigation Division.
In addition, Bob previously worked for Crosstier, a software consulting company where he helped build the Joint Trench Project website to manage termination points, runways, and manhole layout for the routing of fiber optic cables in the city of Boston. He also provided support to Volkswagen in Wolfsburg, Germany, assisting the team with development of a single user login system to access both mainframe and Microsoft server systems.
From 1994-2000, he provided support to Global One, an international telecommunication company. Bob wrote, maintained, and installed a system that stored and forwarded billing information collected from a variety of switches installed in 14 countries around the world.
Before this, Bob was president of NCI Systems Inc., a software solution provider. For 10 years, he provided support to MCI Telecommunications Inc., where he developed the Site Controller, a system to gather performance and error statistics and provide remote command and control for various telecommunication devices such as digital cross connects and extended super-frame monitoring units. While at NCI, he also wrote regularly for PC Magazine and co-authored two books for Ziff Davis Press.
Earlier in his career, Bob was a systems and application programmer on IBM and DEC computers.
- Education
- Information Systems, Stockton College
