Rod Cozart Mba, Cspo®

Rod Cozart has a diverse work experience in various roles in the financial industry. Rod started their career at Brown Brothers Harriman as a Security Pricing Specialist and later became a Security Master File Specialist, managing a team and improving processes. Rod then worked at Income Research + Management as an Investment Operations Analyst, handling multiple aspects of investment management. At Evergreen Investments, they served as a Senior Business Analyst and contributed to the successful implementation of portfolio management systems. As a Consultant at IMP Consulting, Rod specialized in operations, security reference data quality, and system migrations for the investment management industry. Rod joined Charles River Development as a Product Manager and Product Owner, overseeing the development and launch of investment data solutions. Currently, Rod is employed at Western Asset Management, where they have held various roles, such as Supervisor and Manager, focusing on data management and optimization initiatives. Rod has also served as a global data owner for security reference, benchmark, and market data. Rod holds an MBA degree and is a Certified Scrum Product Owner.

Rod Cozart, MBA, CSPO®, attended Bishop Loughlin Memorial HS from 1991 to 1994, where they obtained a Catholic High School diploma. Rod then enrolled at Boston College from 1994 to 1998, earning a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Psychology and a minor in Mathematics. Following this, Cozart pursued higher education at Questrom School of Business, Boston University, from 2003 to 2006, where they obtained a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Finance. Additionally, they hold the certification of Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO) from Scrum Alliance, although the specific date of certification is not provided.