Summary
Robert Salazar is an Application Portfolio Manager with 25+ years of IT and business experience, currently shaping application strategy and incentives programs at Toyota USA from McKinney, Texas. He blends program and project management, vendor governance, and long-term strategic planning to drive efficiencies across large-scale automotive and parts operations, with hands-on delivery from inception through production stability. Known for leading cross-functional teams and offshore/onshore vendors, he has shepherded complex initiatives including incentives management systems, analytics, SOX compliance, and disaster recovery. Robert pairs a practitioner’s focus on process improvement and ROI with strong facilitation and communication skills, routinely turning business needs into measurable IT outcomes. A lifelong systems thinker with a BA in Information Systems, he has a track record of prioritizing process before technology—often finding simpler operational fixes that avoid costly system changes.
8 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Cal Poly Pomona
Spanish, English