Rod D. Martin, Founder and CEO of The Martin Organization, is a technology entrepreneur, futurist, hedge fund manager and thought leader from Destin, Florida. Fox Business calls him a “tech guru,” Gawker once labeled him a “brilliant nonconformist,” BlazeTV has dubbed him "one of America's leading public intellectuals", while Britain’s Guardian describes him as a “philosopher capitalist.”

Rod was part of PayPal’s pre-IPO startup team, serving as special counsel to founder and CEO Peter Thiel, and also served as policy director to former Governor Mike Huckabee. He is also active in a variety of charitable and educational endeavors, including service as Advisory Board Chairman for the National Federation of Republican Assemblies, on the Board of Contributors at Stratfor and the Board of Advisors at the Liberty University School of Business, and as an officer of the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention, America's largest Protestant denomination. He is an internationally sought-after speaker, author, investor and strategist.