Mr. Strayton is a seasoned public relations, marketing and strategic business consulting executive that has consistently crafted powerful messaging platforms and programs that drive corporate growth. He has assisted hundreds of companies implement communications strategies, launch new products, re-start or re-brand their operations, raise private equity, successfully conclude mergers, resolve serious image threats, go public and attain specific growth objectives. Some clients have gone on to become multi-billion-dollar multinational corporations. Others were part of historic industry mergers.

Mr. Strayton is an experienced opinion leader who is adept at synthesizing complex information and formulating strategies to capitalize on business opportunities. He is highly skilled at building consensus among senior management and operational teams, promoting strategies externally, and developing operational plans to achieve company objectives. In addition, he has expert financial and fund-raising experience including full P&L responsibility, private equity fund-raising, and navigating IPO processes.

Currently, Mr. Strayton serves as the Managing Director at TSG, Inc., a leading public relations, marketing and strategic business consultancy where he is responsible for all day-to-day operations.

Rob is married; he and his wife are avid sailors and skiers. He has yet to develop his love for fishing in his wife, but he is keeping her anyway.

My passion is ...

The outdoors: fishing, skiing, SCUBA diving, sailing & boating

I know too much about ...

Can you know too much about anything?

My parents always told me ...

As ye sow, so shall ye reap.

My childhood ambition ...

To join Jacques Cousteau's crew.

My favorite memory ...

Fishing with my father.

Why I write ...

Because that's what I do.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

I'm reading and watching history, past & present. Listening... to my wife?

My first job ...

My very first job was a paper route.

My best moment ...

The day I married Dana. I caught 5 Albies on the fly with my brothers and my groomsmen, then we partied like it was 1998.

My inspiration ...

The world and the people around me.

Sports & Recreation > Saltwater Fishing True shark fishing stories

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It was Saturday, July 22, 2006, Day 2 of the 20th Annual Oak Bluffs Monster Shark Tournament held on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.

A hurricane had passed south of Nantucket two nights earlier and had delayed the start of the first day's fishing. Friday had been rough with 8 - 12 foot seas and a sullen overcast laced with intermittent showers and thunderstorms. The boats had a later-than-usual departure time on Day One and it had been a rough slow slog out and back to the fishing grounds 40+ miles south or east of Martha's Vineyard. Some boats even chose to stay put on Friday, in ho...

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