Background

​Personal life

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• Born in Japan (father was in the US Air Force)
  Moved to San Jose, California in 1965

• Attended Lynbrook High School, De Anza and San Jose State

• Married since 1980 with 2 children and 5 grandchildren

• CEO and Chief Design Engineer for Exatron (founded in 1974 by his father)

• Exatron products are made in San Jose

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Politically active

 

• 2010, Founder, Tea Party Patriots of Silicon Valley

• 2011, Board Member, Liberty Forum

• 2020, Elected to the Silicon Valley GOP

• 2022, Ran for CA Insurance Commissioner against Ricardo Lara, current commissioner (Robert received 4M votes)

• 2023, Founder, the Silicon Valley Chapter of the CRA (SVCRA)