Robert Ampudia Whitt III is the author of Expat and chief executive officer of Quill/AWA Enterprises, a marketing communications company with resources for the U.S. Hispanic segment. Quill/AWA also handle assignments in Mexico and other Latin American countires on behalf of U.S. companies. Bob is a columnist for the Voice of the Angels, a publication of the 11th Airborne Division. He is the founder of The Legacy Center for Public Policy and is Chairman Emeritus.

His career has been in the international business arena in Latin America and Europe as Chief Executive Officer of two multinational corporations. Bob was the publisher of fifteen magazines in several languages. He was a member of the Alliance for Progress Task Force sponsored by the White House, and cooperated with the United States Information Agency directing the publishing of Spanish language books promoting the free enterprise system. He worked with the Organization of American States (OAS) and Dr. Alberto Lleras Camargo, former president of Colombia and Secretary General of the OAS.

He is a native Texan born in San Antonio. He lived the first years of his life in Mexico City where his father was headquartered as part of the engineering team that built the famous highway known as the Desierto de los Leones, the Desert of the Lions and the Mexico City airport. Bob grew up speaking English and Spanish. He returned to San Antonio to attend school and later graduated from the University of the Americas in Puebla, Mexico and Mexico City. He served as a paratrooper with the 11th Airborne Division in the Korean War. He lives in Dallas, Texas with his wife Patricia.