Robert Fox is the founder of The TOC Center, Inc. Beginning in 1981 he has collaborated with Eli Goldratt and hundreds of companies and consultants around the world to develop the Theory of Constraints methodology. During this time he has worked with dozens of Fortune 500, and many smaller firms to help them to "expose" the capacity hidden in their systems using TOC.

In 1993 he founded The TOC Center to focus his efforts on assisting manufacturing and project-oriented firms struggling to keep up with demand in growing markets. "Such companies face an unusual challenge. The inability to keep pace in a growing market leads many companies to scale back their customer base to maintain high service levels to their best clients. But this also opens the door to the competition and when the market turns downward (as it inevitably will) they are left with stiffer competition, and a smaller client base. This can be devastating to companies, who all the while may be enjoying record profits, not knowing what lies ahead. I have spent almost 40 years studying and applying the great improvement methodologies we have seen in industry, and only TOC provides a fast, focused way to increase output. I have seen it work in so many companies, across so many industries, but it never ceases to amaze  how quickly results come without the usual cost and risk of adding labor or capital. If ever there was a thing such as alchemy, this is it."

Mr. Fox has authored numerous articles on management practices and co-authored The Race and The Theory of Constraints Journal with Eli Goldratt. Weber State University recently honored him by creating the "Robert Fox Race to Excel" award, presented annually to organizations who demonstrate exceptional results through extraordinary operational excellence. He holds a B.S. from the University of Notre Dame and a masters from Carnegie Mellon University.