Dionis Rodriguez

Chairman of the Board, Teaching Matters
Founder and Managing Principal of Crimson Rock Capital

Dionis Rodriguez is the Founder and Managing Principal of Crimson Rock Capital. Prior to founding Crimson Rock Capital in 2014, he was EVP of Acquisitions & Development at GB Lodging – now GFI Hospitality – a NYC hotel investment and asset management firm focused on lifestyle hotels. From 2009-2011 Dionis was Managing Partner of Optimus Hotel Partners, responsible for an international portfolio of direct and entity level investments in hotels and mixed-use projects.

From 2007-2009, Dionis was a Vice President of Amstar Global Partners – Amstar Group, and before that he was an Associate at AIG Global Real Estate where he completed over $200M of equity investments, including forward commitments, and asset managed a portfolio ~ $1B in retail, industrial, office and mixed-use development projects in Central and Eastern Europe.

Dionis is a board member and Advisor to The Guestbook. He founded, was President and is a member of the Board of the Harvard Business School Real Estate Alumni Association. He is a member of the Board of Managers of the Harvard Club of New York and is a past Trustee of New York Nativity Centers.

Dionis received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS from The Cornell Hotel School.