Rod has over 20 years of experience growing, building and operating healthcare companies.

Rod is currently an Operating Partner for DW Healthcare Partners. Prior to joining DWHP, he was President and CEO of Royce Medical Holdings, a private equity owned orthopedics manufacturer with multiple manufacturing sites in New Jersey, Taiwan, China and California. In August of 2005, Royce Medical was sold to Ossur, a European orthopedics company for $216M in a cash transaction.

Before Royce Medical, Rod was President and CEO of Syncor Pharmaceutical Services a $700M division of Syncor International with over 2200 employees. While CEO of Syncor Pharmaceutical Services, he launched five new businesses and developed a growth strategy that grew the division from $489M to $700M in two years. In January 2003, Syncor was acquired by Cardinal Health for $1.0B.

Prior to Syncor, Rod was President, West Region and Corporate Officer at Allegiance Healthcare, where he managed a $1.0B division of Allegiance with over 1200 employees. Before this assignment he also held a number of senior positions at Allegiance and Baxter Healthcare.

Prior to Baxter and Allegiance he was Divisonal Vice President and General Manager of the Pacific Northwest operating region for Owens and Minor.

Rod holds a Bachelors Degree in Science from Oregon State University and an MBA degree from the Graziadio School of Business at Pepperdine University.