Rodney J. Rogers

Rodney Rogers is recognized as a successful serial entrepreneur and expert technologist with more than 30 years in the technology services industry—known for his leadership contributions in the realization of two back-to-back “unicorns” (startups that achieve billion-dollar valuations). Today, Rod operates as a founding partner of the Blue Lagoon Companies which develops, advises and invests in disruptive technology start-ups and next-generation technology companies. He serves as Chairman of the Board for UnitedLex, Inc. and Lemongrass Ltd., and as a Board Director of Revenue Analytics, Inc. and Agrematch Ltd. He also served on the Board of New Signature, Inc. prior to its sale to Cognizant in 2020. Previously, Rod served as Chairman, CEO and co-founder of Virtustream, the enterprise-class cloud company trusted by organizations worldwide to run their mission-critical applications—until its acquisition by EMC Corporation, which marked one of the largest private technology start-up exits in 2015. After the EMC acquisition, Virtustream became one of EMC’s four Federation operating companies with Rod as CEO reporting directly to the CEO of EMC. In 2016, Dell Technologies acquired EMC in the largest acquisition in the technology industry’s history. Rod then led Virtustream through its second successful post-merger integration in as many years, and ultimately on to become one of Dell Technologies’ seven ingredient brands. From 2016 until the time he retired in 2018, within Dell Technologies, Rod served as the President of the Virtustream business, a member of both the Dell EMC Infrastructure Solutions Group and Dell Services & Digital executive leadership teams, and as a member of the Dell Technologies extended leadership team. Prior to Virtustream, Rod was co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Adjoined. From its inception in 2000 through its acquisition by Kanbay (NASDQ: KBAY) in 2006, Adjoined was known as one of the fastest-growing US-based IT services companies in the industry. After the acquisition in 2006, Rod went on to become COO and SEC Section-16 Officer of Kanbay, a global IT Services firm, reporting directly to the CEO. In 2007, Kanbay was acquired by Capgemini SE (CAP: EN Paris). After the acquisition, Rod became Managing Director of Capgemini’s East US Business and served on Capgemini’s US Country Managing Board until he retired from Capgemini in 2008. He’s a three-time E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist, an American Business Awards CEO winner, and was jointly recognized as Intel Capital’s Entrepreneur/Exit of the Year in 2015. Rod is also an angel investor and advisor to a variety of technology startups and the co-founder and director of The Blue Lagoon Foundation, a non-profit charitable giving organization. Rod holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial & Systems Engineering from the University of Florida and is the establisher of the Rodney & Judith Rogers Entrepreneurial Excellence Endowment for the Warrington School of Business at the University of Florida. He also serves as an Advisor to the University of Florida’s Innovative Ventures Fund. In 2020, Rod was awarded the University of Florida’s prestigious Distinguished Alumnus Award in recognition of his “achievements, demonstrated service, and exceptional leadership.