Bob Kallenbaugh ('74, Civil Engineering)

Bob Kallenbaugh

CEO, RBF Consulting

BS Civil Engineering, Cal Poly Pomona, 1974

MS Civil Engineering, Stanford University, 1975

Bob Kallenbaugh grew up loving camping, backpacking and fishing, and enjoyed studying math and science, so he felt pursuing a civil engineering degree was well suited to his interests and strengths. He began his career with the Orange County Flood Control District and, in 1977, joined RBF Consulting, a company that provides civil engineering, land surveying, planning and construction management, as a project engineer, working on projects for public and private clients. He was named president in 1991 and, in 2008, was named CEO of the company, which was acquired by the Michael Baker Corporation in 2011.

“Cal Poly Pomona prepared me well for the future,” Bob says. “From meeting my wife, Chris, in the dorms as a freshman to developing leadership skills that could be applied later to some of our nation’s premier projects, Cal Poly Pomona was the right university for me as the foundation for a successful future.”