DROdio's Bio

DROdio (Daniel Rubén Odio) is the CEO of Storytell.ai, a predictive strategic intelligence platform, distilling and proactively pushing signal from chaotic, incompatible unstructured, semi-structured, and structured data sources. Users from companies like Paramount, T-Mobile, Red Hat, Amazon, Adobe, Walmart and hundreds of other enterprises trust Storytell to help them talk to their data so they can feel limitless.

DROdio was previously the founding CEO of Armory, a cloud infrastructure company that enabled Global 2,000 enterprises to ship code faster and safer. Customers included Apple, JPMorgan Chase, Autodesk, The Home Depot, Snap and many others who used Armory’s software delivery platform to execute their public & hybrid cloud strategic initiatives. Armory raised $83M from notable investors including Y Combinator, Javelin, Crosslink, INSIGHT and B Capital and was acquired by Harness in 2024.

DROdio is a father and EV #Vanlifer. He enjoys kiteboarding, mountain biking, motorcycles, and camping with his kids.

Background Information:

• Learn why I go by "DROdio"
• Want to learn more about my working style? Read my ReadMe.
• Before Armory, I was the CEO of Socialize, which was acquired in 2013.
• Previous to that, I was the CEO of AppMakr, PointAbout and RebateReps (all acquired)
• I'm a father to "3.5" young children. I especially enjoy kiteboarding, mountain biking, motorcycles, and camping with my family in our Cybertruck.

My passion project, FounderCulture, is a community of founders + partners paying their hard-won knowledge forward to help other founders start & scale world-changing companies. FounderCulture has content like:

• Time Management:
  • Time Management for Mortals
  • Designing Your Time
• Decision Making:
  • Asking "Is This Safe to Try?" for Decision Making
    • Type 1 vs. Type 2 Decisions
  • The ARCI Framework for Decision Making (aka RACI)
  • Consent vs. Consensus: A Focus on Speed in Decision Making
• Communication:
  • The “Charge Clearing” Process
  • The Active Listening Framework
  • Stages of Awareness
  • Navigating Co-Founder Conflict With Clean Communication
    • Feelings vs. Needs worksheet
• People, Management & Leadership:
  • On Giving and Receiving Effective Feedback to your CEO, Execs, Manager, Peers, and Direct Reports
  • Why Defining "Shared Values" in Your Company Matters So Much
• GTM & PMF:
  • Apathy: The Killer of Stage 0 to Stage 1 Product-Market Fit
  • From Stage Zero to One PMF: Foundational GTM Motions
  • The Stages of Product/Market Fit
  • Scaling Your GTM: The Demand / Land / Succeed / Expand Flywheel
• Founders:
  • The Founder Pact
  • The First Thing To Do If You Want to Become a Founder
  • "Advice I'd Give Myself" Learnings from Scaling Founders Dinner
  • The FounderCulture podcast, Episode 1: "Fall in Love With the Problem, Not Your Solution"

Carveouts:

• My #Vanlife story – and you can find my Sprinter build thread here.
• "Acquired" is a must-listen podcast for Founders

High-res profile pics, if you need one

If you've asked me for a high-res profile pic, here are a few you can choose from:

Storytell Logos & Icons

One last thing

What can you do to become a DEIB Accomplice, Not Just an Ally? Here's my story, as I shared it to current INROADS students: