COMPANY CULTURE CAN'T BE PUT IN A BOX OR DICTATED IT HAS TO BE AN INSPIRED PART OF THE CORPORATE DNA
People Matters|February 2020
DAVID RODRIGUEZ, the Executive Vice President & Global Chief HR Officer at Marriott International, shares intriguing insights on trends in the hospitality industry that are shaping the future workplace, employee experience and well-being, and leadership in the digital era, in an exclusive interaction with People Matters
Mastufa Ahmed
COMPANY CULTURE CAN'T BE PUT IN A BOX OR DICTATED IT HAS TO BE AN INSPIRED PART OF THE CORPORATE DNA

David A. Rodriguez assumed the role of Executive Vice President and Global Chief Human Resources Officer for Marriott International in 2006. Dr. Rodriguez was appointed a corporate officer in 2000, and in 2004, to the board of directors’ Committee for Excellence that focuses on advancing employee well-being and inclusion in the company.

Dr. Rodriguez joined Marriott International and assumed the role of Senior Vice President – Human Resources in 1998. In 2003, he was appointed Executive Vice President with corporatewide responsibility for various human resources functions as well as for the Marriott Lodging division. Prior to joining Marriott International, Dr. Rodriguez held various human resources leadership positions at Citicorp (now Citigroup).

Dr. Rodriguez graduated from New York University in 1980 with a Bachelor of Arts and in 1987 with a Ph.D. in industrial/organizational psychology. He is on the Board of Directors for Human Resources Policy Association and the Board of Governors for the Health Transformation Alliance, is a Vice-Chair of the American Health Policy Institute and a member of the HR People + Strategy Executive Advisory Council.

Dr. Rodriguez was inducted as a Fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources in 2014 and named HR Executive of the year by Human Resource Executive Magazine in 2019.

Here are the excerpts of the interview.

You have been in the industry for decades serving as an HR leader. how did you get into hR and what have you learned so far being at the top of people management at Marriott International?

I’m the proud son of U.S. immigrants, studied industrial psychology and started my career in HR in financial services and then moved to hospitality.

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