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Robert Wainner

Rob currently serves as partner and Principal Chair of C12 Central Texas, a faith-based executive coaching and peer advisory forum, which serves over 270 executives in 30 unique forum expressions in San Antonio and the Texas Hill Country. He is a co-founding partner of multiple award-winning companies, including Confluent Health, Inc., a coast-to-coast physical therapy private practice, work-site prevention, and educational company that grew to over 500 clinics and had multiple university partnerships during his tenure; Texas Physical Therapy Specialists, P.C., a multi-location private practice; and Evidence-In-Motion, LLC - an evidence-based educational company. Significant achievements include being listed in the Top 50 Places To Work in San Antonio and Austin, the Top 50 fastest growing companies in Louisville, and the Inc. 500/5000 list from 2009 to 2012

Rob has designed and implemented leadership and talent development programs, practice patterns, and coaching culture systems across multiple companies. He has extensive experience serving as an internal and external Executive Coach for businesses across different industries. In addition to his extensive experience in business, talent and leadership development, and executive coaching, Dr. Wainner’s professional background also includes research, education, and health care. During his 15 years as a faculty member in higher education, he was appointed Associate Professor rank at both Baylor University and Texas State University and achieved tenure at the latter. As an Air Force Biomedical Science Corps Officer for 20 years, he led clinical teams, research programs, and faculty and has accrued some of the highest-level awards in physical therapy and published over 40 peer-reviewed manuscripts.

Dr. Wainner holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh, is a graduate of the UTD Jindal School of Business’s Executive and Professional Coaching program and earned the PCC credential from the International Coach Federation. He was commissioned Colson Fellow in 2022.