Meet The Gobin's Leadership Team

Since opening our doors 50 years ago, Gobin’s has grown from a single store in Rocky Ford, Colorado to a regional supplier with seven locations. Our growth goes beyond numbers, though. Every single day, our team is dedicated to expanding in vision, commitment, and service, because we believe that combining innovative office technology with the service and support of a small business is the recipe for success for our customers.

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Leadership Team Members

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Bob Gobin

President

A native of Colorado, Bob is a graduate of Rocky Ford High School. He attended Colorado State University-Fort Collins and received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Marketing with a minor in Accounting. After graduating from CSU, he relocated in Rocky Ford and worked for the Rocky Ford Savings and Loan as a loan officer for two years. In 1977 he began working in the family business with his mother and brother and has been with Gobin’s Inc. for 37 years.

As President, he is responsible for the day to day operations, long range planning and community representation. In 2001, he was recognized as the Charles W. Crews Business Leader of the Year by the Greater Pueblo Chamber of Commerce. In addition, he has served on the Parkview Medical Center, Parkview Foundation, Boys and Girls Club, Pueblo City and County Library, IBPI Board of Directors, IBM’s Presidents Advisory Board, Minolta’s Advisory Board and the Copier Dealer’s of America Board. In his free time, Bob enjoys golf, travel and spending time with wife and family.

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Dave Barrows

Director of Sales

Dave's career at Gobin's, Inc. began in 1994 as an outside salesperson in Alamosa. As he grew, his knowledge and responsibilities at Gobin's did as well, earning himself the title of Alamosa Branch Manager in 1996. To this day, he has continued to be instrumental in growing the Alamosa area customer base. With programs such as PrintWise and having recently introduced Document Management to his clients, he consistently shows dedication to reducing expenses for clients and growing his expertise in office technology solutions. Recently, Dave is focused on growing his leadership and industry insight in the Pueblo and Colorado Springs markets. He continues to develop relationships with industry leaders and manufacturers such as Canon, Square 9, Intermedia, HP and Lexmark. Dave has been active in Alamosa and the surrounding communities during all of his 26 years at Gobin's, serving on many non-profit boards including his current seat on a local athletic booster club board. Dave and his wife Bekah enjoy visiting their older sons in college and the younger sons sporting events.

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Gene Velasquez

Director of Service & Solutions

Gene leads a team of professionals dedicated to providing Gobin's customers with timely, quality business hardware service and software solutions. The 30+ years of industry experience has given him an opportunity to work in many different business areas. After gaining veteran expertise as a service technician working with customers and fixing equipment, Gene was asked to be the Corporate Trainer for Gobin's, working as an authorized trainer with Canon, Konica Minolta, HP, and Lexmark. This was a natural development in Gene's career since he realized that Gobin's has the very best products and that he has a lot of love for training and supporting the team. His career took a different turn when he was asked to lead Gobin's growing solutions division as Director of Solutions. In a world where everything is connected, he finds it extremely rewarding to give customers new types of solutions to solve their business needs. Recently, he has been serving as the Director of Service. He feels incredibly lucky to get to work with Gobin's products alongside talented service and solutions individuals to support their wonderful customers.

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Tod Stitt

Director of Operations

Tod is currently the Director of Operations and leads the accounting, warehouse and computer systems back end team, working with them to provide Gobin’s customers with the best experience possible. He began his career at Gobin’s, Inc. in 1994 after attending the University of Southern Colorado – Pueblo and receiving his degree in Accounting and Business Management. Tod has served on various boards in the local community and in the software ERP community. He is always looking to streamline processes and policies to make Gobin’s the vendor of choice when customers are choosing a document processing solution. Outside of work, he likes to spend time with his family, play volleyball, go fishing and cook. Tod and his wife Shelley have three children and two grandchildren.

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Tyler Gobin

Director of Managed Print Services

Going into the family business is not for everybody. Many times, younger generations feel great pressure to continue the family legacy. In Tyler's case, it was something that he wanted to do. He saw a great business with great employees, many of whom he's known since childhood. Tyler first got his start in the service department with duties such as setting up and rebuilding equipment. As he gained experience there, he started helping on installation of equipment and learned some basic networking techniques. Eventually he transitioned to sales, where he has remained to this day. Now as an expert employee at Gobin's, Tyler manages major accounts, state contracts, inter-territorial deals, and helps organize and coordinate managed print services. He also provides any needed support to anybody on the sales team, especially because he feels that coming from both a service and sales background gives him a unique skillset and position to help the company grow. Tyler's mission is to provide the Gobin's sales team with all the support and tools they need to best serve their clients and the community.