Rod is a global education media personality featured in Forbes, and he has contributed to The Huffington Post, Scholastic, AmericanEdTV, and EdTechReview India. He has conducted more than 700 interviews with individuals representing the education, health care, technology, and professional basketball sectors, as well as social media giants and leading innovators at industry events like ISTE, BETT, ASCD, FETC, The Ed World Forum, and many more.

Rod is known as a communications architect and strategist who systematically aligns innovative brand-to-market strategies, amplifying leadership voices through content paths integrating the trades, popular press, and owned media. His skills are often incorporated into larger communication plans, baked into business development outreach strategies, and aligned to corporate objectives.

He has developed numerous partnerships around the world with leading education associations and organizations, furthering their footprints through collaborative media storytelling. Rod has previously served as a brand ambassador for Soundtrap, a Spotify company, and as an advisory board member of the nonprofit Stand Up & Learn. He currently serves as a strategic advisor for the Refugee & Migrant Education Network and as an Advisory Board Member for JRG Ventures, a multinational mergers and acquisitions firm.

His top 5 themes on the StrengthsFinder 2.0 assessment are Strategic, Individualization, Relator, Maximizer, and Empathy. He specializes in education leadership, international education, training, conflict resolution, professional development for individuals and teams, public speaking, and professional writing.

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