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Enterprise operator · Builder · Advisor

A career built
across demanding
worlds.

One continuous record of leadership—from EOD and luxury hospitality to real estate, professional sports and enterprise operations.

Alex Rodrigo · St. Louis, Missouri

3Major league ecosystemsMLB · NHL · NBA
10Major venues
30.9MGuests welcomed
$4B+Platform transformation
$11B+Enterprise value influenced

01 · The throughline

The industries changed.
The work did not.

Build clarity inside complexity. Create systems people can trust. Lead calmly when the consequences are real.

From military operations to luxury hospitality, institutional real estate and professional sport, the environments have been different. The operating identity has remained remarkably consistent: disciplined execution, thoughtful stewardship and a belief that people and performance are inseparable.

Alex Rodrigo
Composure under pressureHuman performanceComplex systemsEnduring value

02 · The professional record

A record built across disciplines.
Proven at scale.

Each chapter carried judgment, relationships and hard-earned pattern recognition into the next.

I1989–2010

Operating foundations

The disciplines that shaped the operator: consequence, service, capital and development.

United States Air Force

Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD)

The military’s bomb squad: a zero-fail discipline learned at the Department of Defense’s joint-service EOD school and applied across international missions, joint task forces and U.S. Secret Service protective operations.

Bellagio

Opening Operations

Helped establish the operating and hospitality standard for Steve Wynn’s $1.6B flagship luxury resort.

Colliers International

Co-Founder & Vice President

Built a $2B+ hotel and resort advisory practice at the intersection of real estate, gaming and hospitality.

II2013–2025

Sports & entertainment platforms

Enterprise leadership spanning seven team and affiliate relationships across MLB, MiLB, the NHL, the NBA and the NBA G League.

Ballpark Village

The Cordish Companies · St. Louis Cardinals

Integrated franchise strategy, commercial operations and hospitality within a sports-anchored mixed-use district.

St. Louis Sports & Entertainment

St. Louis Blues · Enterprise Center · Stifel Theatre

Oversaw enterprise operations across an NHL franchise, arena and 3,000+ seat historic performance theatre while leading a $150M modernization.

Sacramento Kings Platform

Golden 1 Center · DOCO · Sutter Health Park · Natomas

Stewarded an arena, stadium, hotel, district and development campus serving the Kings, Stockton Kings, River Cats and strategic partnerships involving the Athletics and Giants.

III2025–Present

Advisory today

The complete record, applied to the next generation of complex platforms.

Xvisory Partners

Partner

Advising owners, operators, developers and investors across asset-heavy sports, entertainment and mixed-use environments.

03 · Selected work

Places and platforms
built to hold.

Representative work across strategy, capital development, operations and activation.

Golden 1 Center & DOCO
Arena · District · Platform$1B+

Golden 1 Center & DOCO

Arena · Hotel · District · Development

Stewarded an integrated NBA arena, entertainment, hospitality and mixed-use operating platform—including Golden 1 Center, DOCO, Kimpton Sawyer and the broader Sacramento development portfolio.

Sutter Health Park
Compressed transformation$50M

Sutter Health Park

12 months · 150+ games in 180 days

Led the transformation from MiLB ballpark to dual-league MLB and MiLB platform—including a new field, technology backbone, broadcast facilities, four clubs and a two-story Athletics clubhouse.

Enterprise Center & Stifel Theatre
Sports & entertainment platform$150M

Enterprise Center & Stifel Theatre

Blues · Arena · 3,000+ seat theatre

Oversaw enterprise operations spanning the St. Louis Blues, Enterprise Center and Stifel Theatre while leading a multi-phase arena modernization through active sports and entertainment schedules.

Ballpark Village
Sports-anchored development$1B

Ballpark Village

Franchise · Hospitality · Entertainment · Place

Helped integrate franchise strategy, hospitality, entertainment and operations within a year-round mixed-use district developed by the St. Louis Cardinals and The Cordish Companies.

04 · A point of view

Sport is where
disciplines converge.

Sport is no longer a single industry. Teams, venues and districts now bring together capital, real estate, technology, media, hospitality, data and human performance.

The advantage belongs to leaders who can see—and operate—the whole platform.

The sports
platform
MarketingFinanceHuman CapitalBusiness OperationsSports OperationsVenue OperationsContentTechnologyData IntelligenceHospitalityReal EstateSecurity
Golden 1 Center illuminated in purple with the Light the Beam installation
Light the BeamA defining expression of the Sacramento Kings’ organizational innovation. During Alex’s tenure, the Kings received the NBA Innovation Award and NBA Team of the Year.

05 · Leadership in conversation

Experience becomes useful
when it is shared.

Board service, advisory work and conversations with leaders across the PGA of America, universities, civic organizations and industry forums extend the work beyond any one organization.

  • Washington University Olin Business School · Advisory Council
  • Maryville University · MBA Marketing & Leadership Program · Guest Speaker, 2025
  • PGA of America Annual Meeting · Closing keynote & panelist
  • Visit Sacramento · Board of Directors
  • Sacramento Hispanic Chamber · Board Chair

06 · What comes next

The next generation
is the work.

After years of building and leading complex platforms, I am increasingly focused on the larger ecosystem—advising leaders, strengthening institutions and helping prepare the people who will shape the next era of sport.

The work matters most when it leaves people, places and institutions stronger for what comes next.

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