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Roderick Brown
District Sponsorships, Community Relations & HR
UPS

Roderick Brown is a part of the UPS Red River District Management Team for Community Relations and Human Resources. He is responsible for facilitating all sponsorships, community investments and staffing for (5) UPS facilities in the South Division (Downtown, Houston Mykawa, League City, Texas City and Angleton). The district’s geographic area covers the entire State of Texas and Oklahoma.

Roderick is responsible for UPS grants and sponsorships with a strong focus on four core pillars; Community Safety, Diversity, Volunteerism and Environment. Brown looks for business opportunities with a concentrated effort on community involvement that produces advantageous partnerships. Roderick is the Houston Area Training Instructor for UPS Drivers (New Service Provider Training). Past responsibilities also included negotiating all sports sponsorship agreements/contracts with all the professional sports teams in Houston, San Antonio, Austin and New Orleans to enhance business opportunities.

Brown started his career with UPS as a Sales Support Representative in Houston, Texas in 2004. After his promotion into management, he worked in various assignments including special projects managing business strategies with the local UPS Stores, increase business opportunities with local Universities (State of Texas contract) and Business Development Manager responsible for fostering opportunities in the downtown Houston market. Brown has grown UPS business through relationships and partnerships and was awarded President’s Club Honors twice.

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