Robert Fox is the President and founder of The TOC Center, Inc. After receiving an Engineering degree from the University of Notre Dame, he started his business career as a foreman at Kaiser Steel. He returned to school to earn a M.S. in Business Administration at Carnegie Mellon University and then divided the next twenty years between a variety of line and consulting experiences including General Manager, Vice President of Manufacturing and President.

In 1981, he resigned as a Vice President with the International Consulting firm of Booz, Allen & Hamilton to join with Eli Goldratt in developing new ways to make western industry more competitive. In 1986, he and Eli formed The Goldratt Institute to more aggressively develop and spread this know-how which has come to be called The Theory of Constraints (TOC). In 1993, Bob and Eli decided they could more effectively accomplish their mutual goals by more formally segmenting their efforts. Bob founded The TOC Center to help companies successfully apply and benefit from the TOC know-how.

Mr. Fox has authored numerous articles on management practices and co-authored The Race and The Theory of Constraints Journal with Eli Goldratt. He is a frequent speaker before industry and professional groups.