Rob Post began his craft talk by introducing his family who were all present.  This included his wife Angie, his parents, his sister Gina (also a Rotarian, but relocated to Costa Mesa), and the latter’s two sons (Dillon, now a toddler, and baby Reese).  Rob also provided slides to illustrate his talk

Rob grew up under the protective surveillance of his older sister Gina.  Whenever anyone in Gina’s presence asked Rob a question, she would relieve him of the need to dredge up an answer.  Today, however was an exception, despite an occasional comment from Gina.

Rob was born on February 23, 1979 in Pasadena at Huntington Hospital.  He began life in Temple City and Monrovia.  However, when he reached the 5th Grade, the family moved to Big Bear where he enjoyed fishing, hiking, and riding horses (such as “Bubbles” and “Little Bit of Heaven”).  Later the family moved to Temecula where Rob enjoyed little league baseball, football, track, and wrestling.  He also graduated from high school.

When the time came to enter college, Rob applied to only one – U.S.C.  He went on to graduate with a B.S. in Accounting.

The following five years were spent in Orange County as a member of the PriceWaterhouseCoopers firm.  There Rob audited companies dealing with consumer and industrial products and services, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, etc.  This gave him opportunities to travel to places such as Palm Springs and Tijuana (where he participated in a carnival).  His last audit client was Disneyland.

During this time, Rob became the owner of his pet dogs “Sophie” and “Tank.”

Rob’s dad had a rule that a family member should not join the family business until after at least three years of working elsewhere. In Rob’s case, he insisted that Rob also first get his CPA license.  Rob waited five years (with 14-hour days) before joining Post Alarms, having acquired his CPA license along the way.

Through eHarmony.com, Rob met his lovely wife Angie who also enjoys the great outdoors.  Rob proposed to Angie at the waterfall in Monrovia Canyon.  They were wed less than two years later on September 8, 2007, honeymooning in Tahiti.

Rob then turned to hobbies and travel.  Hobbies include vegetable gardening, elk hunting, sailing (e.g., to Catalina on his parents’ 45 foot sailboat), horseback riding (e.g., in Monrovia Canyon and Colorado).  Travel includes backpacking, in such areas as Europe right after college with his sister Gina (where he purchased lederhosen for use in Octoberfests and Halloween), and Costa Rica.

Through a mission of the Saddleback Church in Orange County, Rob also visited orphanages of abused children in the Ukraine.  Other destinations include Mexico, Tahiti (where he honeymooned with his wife Angie), New Zealand (with Brad Miller’s Rotary group), and Salida, Colorado (where the family has a cabin).  In Colorado they indulge in fishing, panning for gold, shooting, white-water rafting, and horseback riding.

The family business was started in 1956 by Rob’s grandfather Sam Post.  At that time it was a guard company and also a private detective agency.  In the 1970s, Rob’s father and grandfather started the alarm side of the company. Today the company has over 130 employees and monitors. The business includes Rob’s parents, his sister Gina and her husband, his wife Angie’s sister and brother-in-law, as well as employees and (in many cases) the employee’s family members.  Gina heads the Costa Mesa branch of the company.  As part of its community involvement, in a few weeks the family will be doing a Tri-Chamber Mixer for Arcadia, Monrovia, and Duarte.