RDP Communications is run by Robert D. Penner, a sports communications and lifestyle marketing executive with nearly two decades of in-house and freelance experience with global brands and sports events.

RDP specializes in international communications strategies for sports properties and active lifestyle companies that help clients cross borders with their brand and story. We've been providing sports communications and PR consulting since 2001. 

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With nearly two decades of sports communications experience, Rob has worked eight Olympics, more than a dozen Grand Slam tennis tournaments and numerous other global sporting events like the Rugby World Cup, ATP World Tour Finals, Track & Field World Championships and World Alpine Ski Championships.

Rob previously oversaw PUMA’s Global Sports PR, ran communications and broadcasting for Women’s Professional Soccer from 2008-2011 and spearheaded U.S. PR strategies for the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15, garnering print and online coverage valued at more than $4 million. His television news work with the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 reached a cumulative audience of over 1 billion viewers.

He currently oversees sports marketing, partnerships and communications for SwimOutlet.com and YogaOutlet.com, leading online retailers in their respective verticals. Both have been named to Internet Retailer's Hot 100 list.

He has won three Sports Emmy Awards for his writing with NBC Olympics, and has worked productions with USA Networks, Turner Sports and CBS. Rob speaks fluent German and basic French and Spanish, and resides with his wife in San Francisco.