#67: Rob Rastovich - CTO at ThingLogix, Inc

<p class="p1">Rob is a cowboy through and through. He grew up on a ranch and maintains a cattle ranch to this day in Central Oregon. Rob also has had an interesting career outside the cowboy world.</p> <p class="p1">Rob has been actively involved in technology for nearly 30 years, from building a top 10 e-commerce site in a time when e-commerce was still in its infancy to establishing what is now known as Amazon's AWS IoT.</p> <p class="p1">On this episode we talk about Rob's tech career, beef alternatives, automation and the philosophy behind becoming wealthy. Enjoy!</p> <p class="p1">Topics:</p> <p class="p1">(3:51) - Rob's background and family in ranching</p> <p class="p1">(7:19) - Do you think growing up in that environment has played well in your business career?</p> <p class="p1">(12:44) - Rob's father & leaving ranching to go into tech</p> <p class="p1">(14:52) - What is a CTO?</p> <p class="p1">(16:45) - What's something that people think is a fad right now but will be around long term?</p> <p class="p1">(22:39) - What is IoT? (Internet of Things)</p> <p class="p1">(26:21) - As we take humans out of processes where do we go?</p> <p class="p1">(31:13) - Thoughts on beef alternatives, vegetarians and conservationists</p> <p class="p1">(38:24) - Rob's Barley Beef</p> <p class="p1">(43:05) - Thoughts on becoming wealthy</p> <p class="p1">(47:15) - Wrap Up</p> <p class="p1">The Cowboy Perspective is produced by Johnny Podcasts & Root and Roam.</p>