This document provides a summary of Rob Kinslow's background and experience in sustainability consulting. It outlines that he was raised as a farmer and educated as an aerospace engineer. It then lists his areas of expertise including program management, technology integration, and sustainability reporting. It also provides details of his past work experience at Northrop Grumman as a systems engineering specialist and as a sustainability advisor/facilitator running an organic farm.

1. ROB
KINSLOW
SUSTAINABLE
CHANGE
CONSULTANT
Raised
as
a
farmer,
educated
as
an
aerospace
engineer,
skilled
as
a
speaker
and
shaped
by
a
lifetime
dedicated
to
advancing
the
practice
of
sustainability
and
conservation,
with
a
high-­‐wide
and
deep
perspective
on
human
potential,
as
core
competencies.
AREAS
OF
EXPERTISE
 Program
Management
 Technology
Integration
 Graphic
Meeting
Facilitation
 Budgeting
&
Cost
Control
 Sustainability
Reporting
 Public
Speaking
 Technical
Writing
 Stakeholder
Engagement
 Geothermal
Energy
TRAINING
 Community-­‐Based
Social
Marketing
(CBSM):
Building
Sustainability
in
Communities
(2009/2013)
 Energy
Efficiency
Sales
Professional
Training
(EEFG)
(2012/2013)
 Global
Reporting
Initiative
(GRI):
Sustainability
Metrics
Reporting
Certificate
(2012)
 Hawaii
Emerging
Leaders
Program
(HELP)
–
Center
for
Strategic
International
Studies
(CSIS)
(2011)
 Certificate,
National
Community
Change
Development,
Hawaii
Pacific
University
(2011)
PROJECT
MANAGEMENT/BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT
Northrop
Grumman
1985-­1997
Systems
Engineering
Specialist
Increasingly
complex
problem
solving
as
Technology
facilitator,
Principal
Investigator,
Program
manager
and
Systems
Analyst
on
large
military
systems
projects.
Budget
authority
from
$50K-­‐$15M.
Oversaw
design,
build,
analysis,
test
and
deliver
phases,
while
managing
cross-­‐functional
teams
to
meet
operational
goals.
Author
and
custodian
of
classified/unclassified
reports,
papers,
and
presentations.
Developed
innovative
methods
to
integrate
new
technologies,
involved
in
B&P,
NCTA,
and
CRAD
business
development.
SUSTAINABLE
DESIGN
Consultant
2002-­2016
Sustainability
Advisor/Facilitator/Organic
Farm
Operations
IUCN
Young
Professionals
and
Inspiring
New
Leaders
(YP/ING)
project
consultant.
Facilitated
visual
integrated
organizational
strategic
sustainability
plans.
Authored
three
Hawaii
eco-­‐ag-­‐camp
design
proposals.
Caretaker
for
a
24-­‐
acre
forest
project
and
educational
center
on
Mauna
Kea.
Experience
with
off-­‐the-­‐grid
systems,
on-­‐site
energy
generation,
organic
food
production,
land
stewardship
program
development,
green
power
technologies,
permaculture,
and
restoration
planning.
Coordinated
daily
and
seasonal
activities
at
an
organic
farm.
SOCIAL
BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT
Projects/Campaigns
1994-­2015
 Ola
Hawaii:
Sustainability
Consultancy:
UH
Maui
and
Kohala
center
 Public
Speaker
–
Forte
Speakers
Hawaii
 Green
Design
–
Eco-­‐Project
Designs
for
Camp
Paumalu/Camp
Mokuleia/Ahu
Lani
Retreat
Center
 Climate
Leadership
–
Trainer/Mentor
for
Al
Gore’s
Climate
Reality
network
 Executive
Director
–
Ballona
Wetlands
Land
Trust/Hawaii
Interfaith
Power
&
Light
 Renewable
Energy
Task
Group
(RETG)
–
Episcopal
Diocese
Hawaii
 Founder/Owner
–
ActaVista
Project,
Residential
Community
Action
Space
EDUCATION
 Masters,
Global
Leadership
&
Sustainable
Development,
Valedictorian—Hawaii
Pacific
University
 Bachelor
of
Science,
Aerospace
Engineering—University
of
Maryland,
College
Park
SPECIAL
HONORS
 Fellow,
National
Geothermal
Academy—US
Dept
of
Energy/University
of
Nevada,
Reno
(2012)
 Fellow,
Emerging
Leaders
Extraction
Environment:
Ghana,
Africa,
US
State
Dept
&
Duquesne
University
(2011)
 Mentor-­‐in-­‐Residence,
Hogan
Entrepreneurial
Program,
Chaminade
University
(2013-­‐2016)