CIBER Focus: Skills for Competing in International Sales with Indiana's Ford Meter Box's Bob Mason

Bob holds a marketing degree from Indiana University with a concentration in Japanese. Following a year abroad at Nanzan University in Nagoya, Japan, he joined the Indiana Department of Commerce in 1988 coordinating the attraction of Japanese investment. Bob later served as deputy director at the State of Indiana Japan Office in Tokyo assisting Indiana companies looking to export to Japan. 

In 1994, Bob joined The Ford Meter Box Company, Inc., a 122 year-old, privately-held, Wabash, Indiana-based manufacturer of over 30,000 different products for the water distribution industry. As international sales manager for Asia, Bob developed markets throughout Asia and Oceania. He now serves as a board director, vice president and international sales manager supervising the company’s international market development in over 65 countries. 

Bob and his wife, Kaoru—a native of Nagoya, Japan—proudly reside in the City of Wabash.