{"id":7334,"date":"2014-09-09T15:15:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T14:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mediax.stanford.edu\/rick-rommel\/"},"modified":"2018-07-17T16:38:40","modified_gmt":"2018-07-17T23:38:40","slug":"rick-rommel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mediax.stanford.edu\/about\/rick-rommel\/","title":{"rendered":"Rick Rommel"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Rick Rommel<\/strong> serves as a mediaX Distinguished Visiting Scholar, and is a respected and entrepreneurial industry leader who has built innovative businesses in the consumer electronics, retail and aerospace industries. He’s currently a principal at Sprosty Network (www.sprosty.net<\/a>), a business strategy and innovation firm helping clients, such as retailers, re-imagine technology and the delivery of connected products, services, and experiences.
\n
\nPrior to joining Sprosty, Rommel created Best Buy\u2019s Global Private Label CE business, the company\u2019s most profitable internal start-up initiative. He also helped Best Buy\u2019s New Business Consumer Solution Group to create, incubate, and accelerate new global business opportunities. Rommel\u2019s career has spanned management roles in a $4b retail business and a $10M startup; and consumer product development for Best Buy and Kodak. He has served in General Management, Product Development, Sales, IT, Business Development, Marketing and Operations roles and began his career launching satellites at Hughes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rick Rommel serves as a mediaX Distinguished Visiting Scholar, and is a respected and entrepreneurial industry leader who has built innovative businesses in the consumer electronics, retail and aerospace industries. He’s currently a principal at Sprosty Network (www.sprosty.net), a business strategy and innovation firm helping clients, such as retailers, re-imagine technology and the delivery of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":86,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7334","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nRick Rommel - mediaX at Stanford University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mediax.stanford.edu\/about\/rick-rommel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rick Rommel - mediaX at Stanford University\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rick Rommel serves as a mediaX Distinguished Visiting Scholar, and is a respected and entrepreneurial industry leader who has built innovative businesses in the consumer electronics, retail and aerospace industries. He’s currently a principal at Sprosty Network (www.sprosty.net), a business strategy and innovation firm helping clients, such as retailers, re-imagine technology and the delivery of […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mediax.stanford.edu\/about\/rick-rommel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"mediaX at Stanford University\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-07-17T23:38:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mediax.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Rick_Rommel.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediax.stanford.edu\\\/about\\\/rick-rommel\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediax.stanford.edu\\\/about\\\/rick-rommel\\\/\",\"name\":\"Rick Rommel - mediaX at Stanford University\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediax.stanford.edu\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediax.stanford.edu\\\/about\\\/rick-rommel\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediax.stanford.edu\\\/about\\\/rick-rommel\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediax.stanford.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/09\\\/Rick_Rommel.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-05-30T14:35:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-07-17T23:38:40+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediax.stanford.edu\\\/about\\\/rick-rommel\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/mediax.stanford.edu\\\/about\\\/rick-rommel\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediax.stanford.edu\\\/about\\\/rick-rommel\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediax.stanford.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/09\\\/Rick_Rommel.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediax.stanford.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/09\\\/Rick_Rommel.jpg\",\"width\":182,\"height\":218},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediax.stanford.edu\\\/about\\\/rick-rommel\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediax.stanford.edu\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"About\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediax.stanford.edu\\\/about\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Rick Rommel\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediax.stanford.edu\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediax.stanford.edu\\\/\",\"name\":\"mediaX at Stanford University\",\"description\":\"Industry Affiliate Program of Stanford\u2019s H-STAR Institute\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediax.stanford.edu\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rick Rommel - mediaX at Stanford University","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mediax.stanford.edu\/about\/rick-rommel\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Rick Rommel - mediaX at Stanford University","og_description":"Rick Rommel serves as a mediaX Distinguished Visiting Scholar, and is a respected and entrepreneurial industry leader who has built innovative businesses in the consumer electronics, retail and aerospace industries. He’s currently a principal at Sprosty Network (www.sprosty.net), a business strategy and innovation firm helping clients, such as retailers, re-imagine technology and the delivery of […]","og_url":"https:\/\/mediax.stanford.edu\/about\/rick-rommel\/","og_site_name":"mediaX at Stanford University","article_modified_time":"2018-07-17T23:38:40+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/mediax.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Rick_Rommel.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mediax.stanford.edu\/about\/rick-rommel\/","url":"https:\/\/mediax.stanford.edu\/about\/rick-rommel\/","name":"Rick Rommel - mediaX at Stanford University","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mediax.stanford.edu\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mediax.stanford.edu\/about\/rick-rommel\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mediax.stanford.edu\/about\/rick-rommel\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mediax.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Rick_Rommel.jpg","datePublished":"2018-05-30T14:35:00+00:00","dateModified":"2018-07-17T23:38:40+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mediax.stanford.edu\/about\/rick-rommel\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mediax.stanford.edu\/about\/rick-rommel\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mediax.stanford.edu\/about\/rick-rommel\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mediax.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Rick_Rommel.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mediax.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Rick_Rommel.jpg","width":182,"height":218},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mediax.stanford.edu\/about\/rick-rommel\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mediax.stanford.edu\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"About","item":"https:\/\/mediax.stanford.edu\/about\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Rick Rommel"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mediax.stanford.edu\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mediax.stanford.edu\/","name":"mediaX at Stanford University","description":"Industry Affiliate Program of Stanford\u2019s H-STAR Institute","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mediax.stanford.edu\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediax.stanford.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediax.stanford.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediax.stanford.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediax.stanford.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediax.stanford.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7334"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mediax.stanford.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8979,"href":"https:\/\/mediax.stanford.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7334\/revisions\/8979"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediax.stanford.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/86"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediax.stanford.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediax.stanford.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}