Dose Of Leadership With Richard Rierson | Authentic & Courageous Leadership Development

An IT Executive and Entrepreneur, Rodney has spent the last 20 years working on his IT management career and real estate business.  Rodney hails from a working-class family in southeast Kansas and moved to Wichita in 1993.  Knowing no one, living in a one-bedroom apartment and working at a fast-food restaurant, Rodney attended Wichita State, where he got involved in student life and a fraternity which eventually helped Rodney create a network and a place to call home.  After graduating with Honors from WSU, Rodney chose to pursue the military instead of graduate school.  Rodney did a short stint in the US Army and then returned to Wichita to begin a family and working on the IT industry. Rodney has since moved on to own Cana Wine & Cocktails – craft cocktail and wine bar and Shift Auto Society – a country club for car guys, both in downtown Wichita, with plans set to acquire more commercial real estate in the near future in downtown.  Rodney enjoys a challenge and continues to grow his side businesses whi