Biography

Bob Carroll is a technology leader and entrepreneur with a career focus in software.  He is a 5-time CIO/CTO helping two companies reach IPOs.  He spent 20 years in online higher education, which included serving as the CIO for University of Phoenix as they became the world’s largest online university. Bob has always embraced emerging technologies playing a key role in mobile, cryptocurrency, and artificial intelligence start-ups.

Bob Carroll is the Co-Founder of the popular dating app Mutual. With an emphasis on shared values and online safety, it has more than 170,000 monthly active users swiping, matching and meeting other Latter-day Saints.  He served for 12 years in YSA callings and is a popular speaker at singles conferences.

Bob grew up in Huntington Beach California and graduated from University of California, Irvine with a degree in computer science.  Bob has an MBA and is an adjunct faculty at Brigham Young University for the Computer Science Department as well as the Marriott School of Business.

Bob and his wife Natalie enjoy many hobbies together including home building, interior design, searching for antiques and collectibles, travel, and spending time with family.  They are currently restoring an 1880s stone house in Pleasant Grove Utah. They have 4 children and 5 grandchildren living in Utah, New York and Taiwan.