Rod Adkins Adkins

Rodney C.
Adkins is Chairman at Avnet, Inc. since 2018.
He is an Independent Director at W.W.
Grainger, Inc. since 2014 and at United Parcel Service, Inc. since 2013.
He serves as Director at Indiggo Associates LLC since 2020 and at NVISINx, Inc. He is a Member of the Executive Leadership Council, Inc. He is a Trustee at Rollins College (Florida) and at Georgia Tech Foundation, Inc. He has been a Member of the National Academy of Engineering since 2005 and a Member of The National Society of Black Engineers.
He is President of 3ram Group LLC since 2015 and a Venture Partner at Companyon Ventures Management LLC.
Former roles include Independent Director at Pitney Bowes, Inc. from 2011 to 2013, Independent Director at PPL Corp.
from 2014 to 2019, Independent Director at PayPal Holdings, Inc. from 2017 to 2025, National Director at Smithsonian Institution, Director at Learning Technologies Group, Inc., Director at The National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, Director at Black Angels Miami, Senior Vice President-Corporate Strategy at International Business Machines Corp.
from 2013 to 2014, and Senior Vice President-Corporate Strategy at IBM Systems & Technology Group from 2013 to 2014.
Education includes graduate studies at Georgia Institute of Technology and undergraduate studies at Rollins College (Florida).