Robin Gaster has been President and CEO of North Atlantic Research Inc since 1991.

Major recent projects managed by Dr.Gaster include:

• SBIR Review, leading a team for the National Academy of Sciences reviewing the $550m SBIR program at the National Institutes of Health. 2002-

• Director of Planning and Research for Community Services Networks, building an effective primary care system for inner city and under served communities. 2002-

• LocalNet, a project focused on building local community networks in second and third tier communities. 1999

• Local communities online, a consulting project for the Electric Power Research Institute. 1999

• The Information Revolution: Urban Infrastructure in the Next Millennium, published by the World Competitive Cities Congress/World Bank 1999

• Telecommunications in the 21st Century, a report on the telecommunication industry in 2007 for the Economist Intelligence Unit, sponsored by Deloitte and Touche. Slides from an extensive related presentation are available here  1998

• Online: New opportunities for textbook publishers, a consulting report on textbook publishing for Houghton Mifflin 1998

• SmartSource, an electronic information resource for telecommunications and the Internet, developed in conjunction with Deloitte and Touche. Project completed in 1997

• Bit by Bit: Building a TransAtlantic Partnership for the Information Age telecommunications published by M.E.Sharpe, and supported by the Commission of the European Communities and the Economic Strategy Institute. 1996