Robert (Bob) C. Hawk

Industry: Telecommunications & Venture Capital
Primary Company: Hawk Communications
Age: 78-79 (according to Bloomberg). He was 62 in a May 2002 SEC report filed by Centillium Communications.¹“Executive Profile: Robert C. Hawk,” Bloomberg. Archived via Google Cache (June 2, 2019) and Internet Archive. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/aw7AJ ²SCHEDULE 14A report for CENTILLIUM COMMUNICATIONS, INC., May 2002. Retrieved from SEC.gov.
Location: Denver, Colorado
Estimated Worth: Unconfirmed

Background

Robert C. Hawk, also known as Bob Hawk, has been president at Hawk Communications since January 1996, according to a profile at Bloomberg.³“Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/LDf5i (Note that another Bloomberg profile lists his tenure as beginning in May 1997.)⁴“Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN

He is also a venture partner at Doll Capital Management and special limited partner at Crosspoint Venture Partners. Hawk served on the board of Centillum Communications beginning in November 1997. He was former president of the Carrier Division of U.S. West Multimedia Communications, and served as vice president of marketing and strategic planning for XCX Corporations, as well as a director of advanced systems development for AT&T/American Bell.⁵“Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN  ⁶SCHEDULE 14A report for CENTILLIUM COMMUNICATIONS, INC., May 2002. Retrieved from SEC.gov.

Hawk has been either a director or held managing positions at a wide range of tech and communications firms, and has served on the boards of a variety of other private companies. He received a MBA from the University of San Francisco, and both a BA and BBA from the University of Iowa.⁷“Executive Profile: Robert C. Hawk,” Bloomberg. Archived via Google Cache (June 2, 2019) and Internet Archive. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/aw7AJ

Hawk Communications

According to its website, Hawk Communications was closely related to the company JoiPhone:⁸“About Us,” Joiphone.com. Archived September 13, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/DYHoZ

“In 1999 the founders of JoiPhone started Hawk Communications. Hawk Communications was initially an ISP (Internet Service Provider) selling Unlimited Internet dial-up service to American families for $7.77 per month. At the time the national price for Dial-up Internet was more then [sic] $20 per month.

[…]

“In 2006 Hawk Communications launched JoiPhone with similar [sic] goal in mind, to bring JOY to American families by saving them money, while providing quality service and premium technical support.

“In 2009 Hawk Communications re-launched Joi Internet. Customers around the USA can now get best [sic] value for all their Internet and telephone service.”

Funding

Political Spending

Below is a summary of Bob Hawk’s political spending via campaign finance data exported from the U.S. Federal Election Commission (FEC). Note that while efforts are made to ensure the accuracy of this data, errors may have been introduced in the original finance records.

Koch Events

June 2010

Bob Hawk and his wife, Mary Sue Hawk, attended the June 2010 meeting of the Koch network in Aspen, Colorado. A list of attendees and a schedule for the Aspen summit was obtained by ThinkProgress.⁹“MEMO: Health Insurance, Banking, Oil Industries Met With Koch, Chamber, Glenn Beck To Plot 2010 Election,” ThinkProgress, October 20, 2010. Archived July 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/KUNp3

Affiliations

Note that the dates below are based on Bob Hawk’s profiles presented by Bloomberg, and not all have not been independently verified by DeSmog:

• Hawk Communications — President since 1996/1997.¹⁰“Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
• Doll Capital Management — Venture partner.¹¹“Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
• HyperQuality Inc. — Former board member.¹²“Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
• Efficient Networks Inc. — Board member (July 1999 – April 2001).¹³“Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
• Concord Communications Inc. — Former board member.¹⁴“Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
• Crosspoint Venture Partners — Special limited partner (1997 – 2002).¹⁵“Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
• US West Multimedia Communications — President and CEO (May 1986 – April 1997). President of the Carrier Division (September 1986 — May 1995).¹⁶“Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
• MediaOne — Retired in 1997¹⁷“Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
• Time Warner — Retired in 1997¹⁸“Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
• CXC Corp. — Former vice president of marketing and strategic planning¹⁹“Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
• AT&T/American Bell — Former director of advanced systems development²⁰“Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
• Centillium Communications, Inc. — Director (November 1997 – ?)²¹“Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
• Start Lighting, Inc. — Director²²“Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
• HomePort Holdings LLC — Advisory board member²³“Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
• PairGain Technologies Inc. — Director (November 1992 – ?)²⁴“Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
• Inteliquent, Inc.  — Director (January 2004 – September 12, 2012)²⁵“Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
• Siemens Subscriber Networks LLCF  — Director (July 1999 – ?)²⁶“Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
• MegaPath Group, Inc. — Has been listed as a director.²⁷“Executive Profile: Robert C. Hawk,” Bloomberg. Archived via Google Cache (June 2, 2019) and Internet Archive. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/aw7AJ
• XACCT Technologies Ltd.  — Director (July 1998 – ?).²⁸“Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
• Xylan Corporation — Director (July 1995 – ?).²⁹“Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
• Lightside Games, Inc. — Has been listed as a director³⁰“Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
• SecondVoice, Inc. — Has been listed as a director.³¹“Executive Profile: Robert C. Hawk,” Bloomberg. Archived via Google Cache (June 2, 2019) and Internet Archive. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/aw7AJ
• Bitvore Corp — Has been listed as a director³²“Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
• Ecast Inc. — Has been listed as a director³³“Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
• Radcom, Gumiyo, Inc. — Has been listed as a director³⁴“Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
• Premisys Communications — Has been listed as a director³⁵“Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
• Com21 Inc. — Has been listed as a director³⁶“Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
• Covad Communications — Has been listed as a director.³⁷FORM 10-K for NEUTRAL TANDEM, INC., United States Securities and Exchange Commission, for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2010. Archived August 12, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/WUws6

Hawk has been on the boards or advisory boards of over 20 companies that went public between 1997 and 2002. He has been a director of several other technology companies. The above list is not exhaustive.

Other Resources

• “Bob Hawk” on LittleSis

Resources

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  “Executive Profile: Robert C. Hawk,” Bloomberg. Archived via Google Cache (June 2, 2019) and Internet Archive. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/aw7AJ
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  SCHEDULE 14A report for CENTILLIUM COMMUNICATIONS, INC., May 2002. Retrieved from SEC.gov.
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  “Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/LDf5i
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  “Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
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  “Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
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  SCHEDULE 14A report for CENTILLIUM COMMUNICATIONS, INC., May 2002. Retrieved from SEC.gov.
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  “Executive Profile: Robert C. Hawk,” Bloomberg. Archived via Google Cache (June 2, 2019) and Internet Archive. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/aw7AJ
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  “About Us,” Joiphone.com. Archived September 13, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/DYHoZ
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  “MEMO: Health Insurance, Banking, Oil Industries Met With Koch, Chamber, Glenn Beck To Plot 2010 Election,” ThinkProgress, October 20, 2010. Archived July 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/KUNp3
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  “Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
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  “Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
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  “Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
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  “Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
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  “Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
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  “Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
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  “Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
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  “Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
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  “Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
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  “Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
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  “Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
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  “Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
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  “Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
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  “Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
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  “Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
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  “Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
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  “Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
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  “Executive Profile: Robert C. Hawk,” Bloomberg. Archived via Google Cache (June 2, 2019) and Internet Archive. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/aw7AJ
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  “Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
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  “Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
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  “Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
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  “Executive Profile: Robert C. Hawk,” Bloomberg. Archived via Google Cache (June 2, 2019) and Internet Archive. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/aw7AJ
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  “Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
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  “Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
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  “Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
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  “Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
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  “Bob Hawk: President, Hawk Communications,” Bloomberg. Archived July 18, 2019, via Google Cache and Internet Archive. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWkmN
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  FORM 10-K for NEUTRAL TANDEM, INC., United States Securities and Exchange Commission, for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2010. Archived August 12, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/WUws6