Robert C. (Bob) Andrews, Jr. is an entrepreneur whose personal and professional commitment and energies are focused on fire protection, industrial emergency response and planning missions and strategies.

Bob founded Protection Development Incorporated (PDI), his first company, in 1985. He later created Industrial Emergency Services, LLC (IES) in 1999 and IES Global Services, LLC (IGS) in 2004. These companies conduct business in the United States and globally. The fourth company in the Bob Andrews Group is The Catalpa Falls Group, LLC (CFG) founded in 2003 as an entity that buys, restores, and leases railcars that were originally part of the Broadway Limited train.

Bob Andrews went on to create Bob Andrews Group, LLC in 2005 as a holding company for his collection of companies and real estate investments, as well as an incubator for his future entrepreneurial ventures.

The company employs and trains personnel in the United States, and since 2004, Bob Andrews Group employees have worked throughout the world, including West Africa, the Middle East, Singapore and Europe.

The global headquarters for the Bob Andrews Group is in San Antonio, Texas.