Rod is the founder and former CEO & Chairman of Viator, Inc., the global tours and activities OTA acquired by TripAdvisor in 2014. He was the CEO & Chairman of Rome2rio, the multi-modal journey planner acquired by Omio in 2019. He is an investor in a range of travel start-ups, and Board Director of two publicly-listed travel companies, Jayride Ltd (Sydney, Australia) and Veltra Corporation (Tokyo, Japan).