Jose Luis Rodriguez
Innovator in Financial Technology and Education
25,693
Total Students
About Me
Jose Luis Rodriguez is the Vice President of Business Intelligence at Midwest BankCentre in St. Louis, MO, and previously served as the Director of the Margolis Market Information Lab at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. During his tenure at Illinois, he transformed the lab into a cutting-edge environment for data science and finance education, significantly enhancing the learning experience for students in the Master of Finance and iMBA programs. In addition to his administrative role, Rodriguez has been actively involved in teaching and continues to engage with students as an instructor. His innovative work in developing Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality applications for finance earned him the R.C. Evans Innovation Fellowship in 2020. With a strong commitment to integrating technology into financial education, Rodriguez plays a crucial role in preparing future business leaders for the complexities of the financial landscape.