Technology · Leadership · Impact
Building what’s next.Protecting what matters.
Robert E. Johnson, III is an entrepreneur, inventor, cybersecurity leader, speaker, and advocate for stronger communities.
A career engineered for impact
- Co-founder & CEO · Cimcor
- Cybersecurity & integrity
- Inventor & systems builder
- Boards & community
The throughline
Complex problems deserve ambitious, human solutions.
Technical depth, entrepreneurial action, and civic responsibility reinforce one another. The work is strongest when progress reaches beyond the technology itself.
01
Technology
Build trustworthy systems through practical invention, integrity assurance, and cyber resilience.
02
Community
Strengthen institutions, broaden opportunity, and advance the responsible use of technology.
03
Leadership
Turn ambitious ideas into durable products, capable teams, and meaningful progress.
Selected milestones
A career engineered for impact
A selective record of company-building, technical leadership, public service, and recognition.
1997
Co-founded Cimcor
Co-founded the cybersecurity software company Cimcor, Inc.
2008
IEEE international keynote
Delivered a keynote at the IEEE International Conference on Digital Information Management in London.
2011
Fellow of the Society of Innovators
Inducted as a Fellow of the Society of Innovators.
2017
Business & Industry Hall of Fame
Inducted into the Northwest Indiana Business & Industry Hall of Fame.
2023
Purdue Northwest Alumni Hall of Fame
Inducted into the Purdue University Northwest Alumni Hall of Fame and began a three-year run in the Indiana 250.
2024
President’s E Star Award
Cimcor received the President’s E Star Award for export growth.
Areas of inquiry
Deep systems. Wider possibilities.
- Cybersecurity
- Integrity assurance
- Cyber resilience
- Operating-system internals
- Operational technology
- Artificial intelligence
- Embedded systems
- Process automation
- Mobile computing
- Emerging technology
Bring the questions
Speaking & advisory
Invite Robert to contribute to a keynote, panel, strategic conversation, or advisory role where technology and leadership meet real-world consequence.
Start a conversationKeynotes & panels
Explore cybersecurity, integrity, innovation, and the systems shaping what comes next.
Strategic conversations
Bring technical depth and an operator’s perspective to consequential questions.
Advisory roles
Connect technology, organizational leadership, and community impact around a shared challenge.
Honors & distinctions
Selected recognition
2005
Alumni Committed to Excellence / 20 Under 40
Received Purdue Alumni Association-Calumet’s Alumni Committed to Excellence Award and was named among Northwest Indiana’s 20 Under 40 entrepreneurs.
2011
Fellow, Society of Innovators
Inducted as a Fellow of the Society of Innovators.
2017
Business & Industry Hall of Fame
Inducted into the Northwest Indiana Business & Industry Hall of Fame.
2020
Enterprise of the Year
Cimcor was named Enterprise of the Year by the NWI Times Business & Industry Hall of Fame.
2021
Hot 150 Cybersecurity Companies to Watch
Cybercrime Magazine identified Cimcor as one of the Hot 150 Cybersecurity Companies to Watch in 2021.
2023
Purdue Northwest Alumni Hall of Fame
Inducted into the Purdue University Northwest Alumni Hall of Fame.
2023–2025
Indiana 250
Honored in the Indiana 250 for three consecutive years.
2024
President’s E Star Award
Cimcor received the President’s E Star Award for export growth.
Ideas become useful in conversation.
Start a conversation
Reach out about speaking, advisory work, cybersecurity and technology, community and education, or media inquiries.