Bob SofmanProgram Director

Bob Sofman (Program Director) has had a diverse career – from counseling adolescents early in his career to holding executive positions in both large companies and startups. During his 10 years at ATT, Bob held a variety of positions, including running ATT’s International Inbound business. From ATT, Bob helped launch PacBell’s Long Distance business and from there joined his first startup AVIRNEX in a CMO role. After a successful acquisition, Bob joined PointCast where he helped direct the sale of the company and then spent 7 years as an SVP at Charles Schwab where he launched Schwab’s wireless business and led Schwab's eBusiness Group. He holds a BS in Psychology and two Masters Degrees (Counseling and Computer Science), as well as being certified in change and culture management. Bob is a single father of a 6 year-old son, lives in San Francisco, and sits on several non-profit and advisory boards.

Posts by Bob

This is Just the Beginning

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Bob Sofman

Four weeks of training on all things government, industry, and tech — done. Five weeks of living in, learning about, and contributing to our cities — done. Four weeks of defining opportunities and starting to deploy apps — done. Since the Fellows came …

Welcome Mark!

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Bob Sofman

Central to Code For America’s mission are the great and collaborative relationships we establish with innovative cities throughout the country.  It’s through these relationships that positive change happens – engaging the community to help in the work of government, leveraging …