To the extended Harms family, we are so sorry to hear of Bob's death and we want to express our most sincere sympathies to his family during this difficult time.
Over the course of his career, spanning a 32-year period we were fortunate to intersect with Bob on five different occasions. First, Bob was a fierce competitor when he led BusyBody of Texas. They were everywhere and Bob was connected and revered by all the biggest suppliers due to their success. He built a company that really had a tough wall to break through.
The second time was when Bob established the “TROY Barbell” brand from scratch to a national and international player. There Bob was a trusted supplier and also established himself as an industry innovator. Our third time was soon thereafter when Bob helped establish an entirely new company, TKO Sports which was one of the first to catch the early adoption of Aerobic and Strength equipment together. It was at this time our new company started and became a distributor and reaped many valuable lessons from Bob about how to run day-to-day operations, and the pitfalls to avoid.
Early on when we were struggling with space and manpower, Bob stepped up gave us warehouse space to store equipment and refused rent of any kind; moreover, he provided us the selling terms we needed. Without the generosity, it would have been almost impossible to be where we are today celebrating our 20 year anniversary.
The fourth time was when Bob was hired by PRECOR as a distributor manager. Being we were in his backyard, again he took a special interest in helping and promoting our business through his contacts. He really cared about how we and the team were always doing, professionally and personally.
The last and final time was distributing some of Bob’s inventions at ABS Company, which went from a small home products company to an international brand known for innovation in strength. Customers love the products and they are installed somewhere to this day every week by our company.
He will be remembered as one of the smartest industry movers and a respected veteran who outworked all of us. He made many great contributions to our company and helped it move forward in numerous ways--- his extra effort and care will not soon be forgotten! He embodied what it meant to have class and stand behind what he said.
Christa Davis and Paul Croegaert
Marathon Fitness
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