Leadership Team

Bob Dieterle
Bob Dieterle
Senior VP and General Manager
Mr Bob Dieterle joined Smart Online in February 2010. He is serving as Sr Vice President and General Manager. Previously, Mr Dieterle was at IBM and Lenovo developing, launching and managing global HW, SW and services products. As Executive Director at Lenovo, Bob built out Lenovo’s first services sales and marketing organization and global portfolio targeted to the enterprise, SMB and consumer segments. Over that time period, Bob developed Lenovo’s first global SaaS-based services offerings while the services business grew at a fast 79% growth rate. Prior to that at IBM, Bob spent three years in Shenzhen, China as global lab director creating IBM’s first PC development engineering lab in an emerging market. Bob has a BS of Electrical Engineering from NC State and MBA from Duke University.
Ted Shalek
Ted Shalek
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Shalek is the CFO of Smart Online Inc. Mr. Shalek was previously the CFO of Lindell Investments, Inc., a closely held national real estate development company in Tampa, Florida, the CEO and CFO of Vertical Health Solutions, Inc., Oldsmar, Florida and the owner and president of Shalek & Associates, CPA’s Inc., a Certified Public Accounting firm in Cleveland, Ohio providing accounting, tax and consulting services to small and medium sized businesses. Mr. Shalek worked as an auditor and tax manager with Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) and currently teaches accounting and entrepreneurial finance, on a part-time basis, at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He was an adjunct instructor of business, accounting and taxation at Cuyahoga Community College of Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Shalek earned his BSBA from John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio and his MBA from The University of Tampa. Mr. Shalek has served on numerous charitable and business boards throughout his career.
Robert Hancock
Robert Hancock
Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Robert Hancock joined Smart Online in the summer of 2011. He serves as Vice President of Sales and Marketing and oversees Smart Online’s marketing, communications, sales, and customer service functions. Prior to joining Smart Online Robert served as VP of Sales and then Co CEO of Prometheus Group, a leading provider of technology solutions for the SAP marketplace where he oversaw the expansion of Prometheus Group into the number one vendor in their market. Robert brings to Smart Online over 15 years of building, developing, and managing marketing and sales organizations of technology companies including tenures in senior management positions with Outstart, ASPE, and Redwood Software.
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