Robert J. Dixon Sr.

Rob Dixon's roots in Brevard are deep. His family moved to South Brevard in 1976. His father, William Dixon, opened a law practice on Palm Bay Road in the same year. In the ‘80s Joan Dixon, his stepmother, was a real estate broker with a large office in South Brevard. They both served as Chamber of Commerce presidents in South Brevard. Scott Dixon, his brother, operates his own law practice in Brevard, specializing in trusts, wills, and estate planning.

After graduating from Satellite High School in 1978, Rob served in the US Army in Germany. He later graduated from Northwestern College in Iowa. He returned to Palm Bay in 1989 where he has lived ever since. In 2002 he received an MBA from FIT. Rob has been married for 20 years and has 4 children. His family attends Calvary Chapel of Melbourne.

Tim Young has referred to him as a "networking machine." He has an insatiable passion for finding people & businesses to help meet the needs of others.

Education

Rob holds an MBA from Florida Institute of Technology, where he studied Employment Law and Strategy & Leadership. At FIT he was a member of Delta Mu Delta. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Business Economics with a Minor in Psychology from Northwestern College in 1985. While there he served as Phi Beta Lambda Iowa State President, and also performed missions work in England.

 

Professional Experience

Since 2002, Rob has been running Dixon Services. The company has served a diverse list of clients, including: Paradise Health Foods (Jan - Aug, 2002);  Regis Formulae, Inc of Holland; Shepherd's Heart Ministry; Interior Finishes Inc; Melbourne Community Church; Custom Built Kitchens; Sidelight Curtain Company; and Christian Care Ministry.

During this time, Rob has also been building a network of small businesses to serve his client base, now 300 strong. In addition to organizing and directing Sons of the Carpenter, he was the catalyst in forming TheChristianChamber.org, a ministry to Christian-run businesses along the Space Coast.

Prior to that Rob co-founded Christian Care Ministry (C.C.M.), a 501(c)3 ministry sharing one another's medical bills on a not-for-profit basis. He served as Chief Financial Officer / Chief Operating Officer from 1993 to 2000, and provided interim sales support from 2000 to 2003. In that time, he was instrumental in expanding the ministry from its initial seed capital of $100,000 to a trust account of $5 million and gross receipts of $18 million in 2000. The ministry increased membership to 29,000 persons in seven years, representing a 32-45% net gain annually in the later years, and grew staff from the three founders to thirty employees with an additional 60+ working as independent contractors.