Meet our team - Robert Rodriguez
Technology & Urban Innovation Strategic Advisor
- Led and scaled hundreds of high-impact digital marketing, media, and technology initiatives across the Americas, serving global enterprises including AT&T, Citibank, Meta, and multiple U.S. Federal Government agencies.
- Directed federally supported micro-economic development and smart technology programs for the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD), advancing innovation and digital infrastructure for small and mid-sized cities throughout the Western Hemisphere.
- Co-developed next-generation Smart Cities solutions through a strategic alliance with AECOM and AT&T, delivering turnkey, independently financed technology platforms for emerging municipalities—initially focused on high-growth tourism regions.
- Co-founded and successfully acquired NPN (Network of the Americas) from NBC Universal in a landmark investor-led transaction, building a dominant digital media content platform with reach across North, Central, and South America.
- Recognized as a pioneering strategist in integrated digital platforms and telecom ecosystems, driving convergence across marketing, media, data, and infrastructure for both public- and private-sector stakeholders.
- Served in senior civic leadership roles, including Chairman of the City of Miami Budget Committee, overseeing strategic financial planning and governance for one of the nation’s most dynamic metropolitan economies.
- Achieved a historic world aviation record, organizing and completing a global circumnavigation aboard an Air France Concorde in just 21 flight hours—demonstrating visionary coordination, execution, and international collaboration.
- Honored for lifetime contributions to business, marketing, and innovation, including induction into the Hall of Fame for Advertising and Marketing at Miami Dade College and selection as a Harvard Business School case study.