Summary
Rob Schoder is a technology-driven growth leader and founder with a decade of experience building and scaling operations at the intersection of fintech, logistics, and venture capital. As Co-Founder and CEO of Vinyl Equity, he is architecting modern transfer-agent infrastructure for publicly traded companies, with a focus on share registry, dividend management, proxy voting, and compliance. He also serves as a Venture Partner at Barrel Ventures, and previously led Portfolio Operations for AngelList's $12B AUM across 30,000 investments, underscoring his mastery of evaluating and operationalizing complex ecosystems. At Flexport, he co-founded the Chicago office and held roles delivering full P&L responsibility (up to $250M revenue) and end-to-end operations leadership across multiple markets. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, with concentrations in strategy, marketing, entrepreneurship, and finance, and is based in Chicago. Rob combines entrepreneurial grit with a deep knack for turning cross-functional challenges into scalable, auditable systems.
10 years of coding experience