Jose Rodriguez Pizarro

Jose Rodriguez Pizarro is the Program Manager, Operations for the Knowledge Enterprise and the Youth Entrepreneurship, with the J. Orin Edson Entrepreneurship + Innovation Institute. In this role, Jose supports the operations of the Verizon Innovative Learning (VIL) programs, including management of technology procurement for affiliated schools to provide the best service to teachers, students, and staff. 

Previously, Jose was involved in the K-12 system as a Spanish teacher. He served as a resource for students to learn in an in-person or virtual setting using technology and innovative teaching techniques. Jose served as a Coordinator Senior of Customer Care for University Housing at ASU. He developed the University Housing tour for 11 residential halls and actively helped solve questions or issues for more than 16,000 students that lived on campus. Before that, Jose taught math and statistics at Universidad de Cuenca, providing students with the tools needed for their majors. In 2014, Jose founded Extraclass, a tutoring company that assists students who need support in a particular subject or test preparation at all levels of education. 

Jose received his M.Ed. in Higher and Postsecondary Education from Arizona State University. He has a B. Sc. in Marketing, and his B. Sc. in Public Accounting and Auditing from Universidad de Cuenca, Ecuador.  

Entrepreneurship is a path, where you take the risk to put together your knowledge, ideas, time, passion, and financial resources with the objective of accomplishing your dreams.