United States
Leadership Bio
Robert Leon
CIO Innovation STO Building Group
As Chief Innovation Officer, Rob is responsible in finding new and smarter ways to advance our projects, our processes, our services, and the industry as a whole. Rob also acts as a brand manager by coordinating the market strategy for Global Services and provides steadfast leadership, not only among sectors, but across geographic regions to bring the global strength of STO Building Group together with local experience to each client and project in the United States and abroad.
Rob is also a key sponsor of our companywide sustainability, social responsibility, and mentorship efforts. He helped launch the firm’s industry-leading sustainability program and paved the way to solidify a partnership with Delos, founder of the WELL Building Standard. Rob established the firm’s Emerging Leaders program, giving future leaders the opportunity to see deeper into the culture of the organization, participate in workshops for their development as managers, and initiate evolution and change within the organization and the wider industry.
Rob served as co-chair of the Construction Committee for Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s and City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn’s Green Codes Task Force to help green the laws and regulations that govern construction in the city. As co-chair of the committee, Rob worked with other industry professionals to review the city’s construction codes and identify impediments to green building and propose additions that will encourage green practices in the marketplace.
Outside of his work, Rob is on the board of directors for two organizations: Alive Inside Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to healing loneliness through connecting the young with the elderly living with dementia through the use of empathy, music, life story and film, and EcoRise, a non-profit organization driven to inspire young leaders to design a sustainable future through professional development of K – 12 educators. Rob is also a founding member for the Fifth Street Farm, a non-profit organization dedicated to creating a rooftop farm and providing a living classroom for teaching science, math, and humanities.