About

Bob Margevicius (legal: Robert Benedict Margevicius; the LinkedIn slug is bob-margevicius-2668368) is a long-serving Specialized Bicycle Components executive. Public listings still say Executive Vice President or Senior Advisor. Morgan Hill on LinkedIn. Santa Barbara on the Swiss commercial register when he was named WBIA vice president in February 2025.

Joined Specialized in 1994 after West Coast Cycle (VP purchasing and marketing) and Service Cycle Bicycle (president). La Salle University, B.A. Economics and Political Science, 1970–74. Executive MBA, Stanford, while at Specialized. Executive leadership certificate, Wharton.

2014: Industry Trade Advisory Committee for consumer goods, U.S. Commerce / USTR. BPSA board and safety committee chair. PeopleForBikes volunteer. 2019 honorary citizenship of Taichung — Taiwan factories since 1980, he called it a second home. 2008: lived in New Zealand while staying on the Specialized payroll. March 2021 Forbes: told Taipei Cycle suppliers the Covid bike surge was not a bubble.

August 2024: World Bicycle Industry Association vice president, nominated by PeopleForBikes. WFSGI cycling committee / board line, Specialized EVP. Not the Los Alamos National Lab Robert Margevicius (Case Western, AMPP).

No public free headshot on his own site. The ring uses initials until a portrait is supplied.

Sources: LinkedIn · BRAIN 2014 · WBIA 2024