Robert Skena
Artisan Investor Services

Robert Skena is founder and principal of Artisan Investor Services, a firm that serves as Chief Investment Officer to institutional investors on an outsource basis. Artisan offers its services to endowment funds, charitable foundations, retirement plans and nonprofit organizations.

Before starting his firm he worked for more that twenty five years at Mellon Bank, where he served as Chief Investment Officer for the Mellon Bank Retirement Plan, the Mellon 401(k) Plan, the Mellon Bank Charitable Foundation and a wide range of other trust funds. By the time he left Mellon to go into business for himself he was responsible for $10 billion of institutional assets.

Bob is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a member of the CFA Institute (formerly known as the Association for Investment Management and Research). He also is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the American Institute of CPAs. He is a member of the Pittsburgh Venture Capital Association and has extensive experience with venture capital investing.

Mr. Skena holds a B.A. in English and a M.S. in Industrial Administration, both from Carnegie Mellon University. In addition to his principal occupation as an investment practitioner he has devoted a portion of his professional efforts to teaching others. He has taught the Investments course in the MBA program at the University of Pittsburgh, as well as the Financial Management course in the undergraduate program at Pitt. He has also served as an adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon University at the masters level, teaching the Investment Management course in the H. John Heinz III College of Public Policy and Management.

Bob joined Health Hope Network's Board of Directors as Treasurer in 2010. He is also a member of the advisory board for PhotoMed Technologies, a medical technology company in Kensington, California.