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Robert Nelms (Bob) is founder and President of Failsafe Network,
Inc.
Bob is a degreed Aerospace Engineer,
having graduated from Texas A&M University in 1970. He worked at McDonnell
Douglas as an Aeronautical Loads Engineer on the F4 Phantom Fighter until
1973, then became employed at Allied Chemical's Nylon plant in Chesterfield,
Virginia --an internationally recognized leader in Manufacturing Reliability
at the time. Nelms eventually became part of Allied's Corporate Reliability
Center, where he concentrated his attention on Failure Analysis until the
Center was disbanded in 1986 -- whence he formed Failsafe.
His professional work initially focused on the physical causes of machinery
failure. He developed an expertise in experimental stress analysis,
including strain gage and photo elasticity studies. He also became involved
in probabilistic reliability studies, including Weibull and other
statistical analysis methods. But his passion emerged when it became
obvious to him that human beings cause all physical failure. Since 1996,
Bob has devoted most of his time trying to clarify the sensitive human
issues at the root of all failure.
 If
you were to meet Mr. Nelms, you would quickly "pick-up" on his quiet but
firm "faith" which he says has grown considerably as a result of
the "evidence" that life presents to us.
Nelms is married to the former Mercedes Magnelli, and is the father of 5
children. He was born in Lancaster, PA, and grew up in northern N.J. After
living in Richmond, Virginia for 25 years, Nelms and his family took an
intentional step away from "things" in the year 2000 and have taken up
permanent residence in their mountain home in Montebello, Virginia.
Nelms interests include nature, gardening, jogging, reading,
but most significantly the unfathomable Truth of Christ.
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