Robert G. HARTMAN

1958 - 2016

HARTMAN, Robert G. Robert G Hartman (Rob) born on October 19, 1958 in Manitowoc, WI, the son of Clarence and Hermena Hartman passed away on November 17, 2016. Rob attended Holy Innocents grade school and graduated from Roncalli High School in 1976. He attended the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, graduating with a degree in marketing in 1981. Rob was the CEO and Co-Founder of two technology companies, Debit Design Technologies, Inc. and most recently Club Control Systems, Inc. He started his career working for American Television & Communications (ATC Corporation) in Austin, TX. After several promotions, he left the Cable TV industry to become the General Manager for B&W, Inc. in Orlando, FL. Rob was then recruited to Photographic Sciences Corporation, Inc. (PSC), as the Southeast Regional Sales Manager and was based in Atlanta, GA. Rob took his territory from being, traditionally, the worst in the company to being the best, where it stayed for the remainder of the 90's until his departure. After PSC was sold, Rob moved on to VP of Sales for Gap Technologies, where he implemented a sales and marketing strategy to develop the company's high tech product line. Finding his home in the technology industry, he launched his own company, Debit Design Technologies, to develop innovative software solutions for gift and loyalty card systems. As a longtime member of the Atlanta community, Rob was a true friend to all who knew him, always putting family and friends first. Hailing from Wisconsin, he was an avid Packers and Badgers fan who loved hanging out with his buddies. But on Sundays, you could always find him at TJ's Sports Bar enjoying the game with hundreds of his closest Cheeseheads. Rob never met a stranger. Anyone who met him immediately liked him. Rob was a big man, towering over 6'5", but the biggest part of Rob Hartman was his tremendously kind heart. He will be dearly missed, but never forgotten! Rob is survived by his mother, Hermena Hartman; sister Carol (Terry) Bartelt; brothers, Tom (Diana) Hartman and Randall (Claire) Hartman all of WI; brother-in-law Ralph Thiel and sister-in-law Donna Hartman; several nieces and nephews ; Julia Thiel, Jill Thiel and Jeanna Thiel, Wendy Kloiber, Holly Dumproff, Tina McKiernan and Andrew Hartman, Scott Hartman, and Christopher Hartman. He was preceded in death by his father Clarence, his sister Luanne and his brother Gary. Rob will be dearly missed by his loving partner of 5 years, Keri Lee Norman and by Tyler Bechwith, to whom he was a big brother. The family will receive friends on Monday from 6 to 9 PM with a memorial service at 8:00 PM at Fischer Funeral Care, 3742 Chamblee Dunwoody Rd., Atlanta, GA 30341.