Rod Wallace

Uniquely positioned at the intersection of business strategy, technology, and societal good, Rod Wallace, Ph.D., is a leading strategist focused on helping organizations deliver profit in service to society.

In his book Drowning in Potential: How American Society Can Survive Digital Technology, Wallace provides groundbreaking insights, strategies, and tools for overcoming American society’s most pressing issues.

Teams working with Wallace integrate diverse perspectives into a coherent vision. Rod also challenges teams by sharing his own view based on a background that crosses international business, economics, and technology.

Wallace has worked with Fortune 500 companies and executives to find concrete, actionable solutions to multi-organization, global, and large-scale problems. To date, leaders working with Wallace have delivered strategic plans for businesses with over $10 billion in turnover and strategic fit analyses for more than $4 billion in potential acquisitions.

Rod has also been a Leadership Team Member focused on sales, marketing, and business development for Cargill Incorporated Refined Oils Europe, a $3 billion enterprise headquartered in the Netherlands. He has collaborated with Silicon Valley pioneer Dr. Steve Omohundro, with whom he explored the impact of artificial intelligence and other cutting-edge technology on society. And, he has been an invited researcher to the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry.

Wallace earned his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan as a Fulbright fellow, studying with leading economic historian Gary Saxonhouse. Wallace’s academic research and publications have focused on the interplay between business collaboration and competition.

More than any aspect of his experience, however, organizations choose to work with Rod because of his approach. He helps organizations deliver the greatest profit by expanding their ability to improve society meaningfully and profitably.

Wallace has lived on four continents and is currently based in Wilmington, Delaware. He is a husband and the father of three young sons. He fears the state of the world we will pass on to the next generation and believes American society must do more than survive—it must flourish.