02/25/2026
🚧✨ Engineers Week Spotlight:
Rod English ✨🚧
As we close out Black History Month and celebrate Engineers Week, COMTO Cleveland is proud to spotlight leaders whose work is shaping safer communities and stronger futures.
Meet Rod English — a 30-year veteran in the engineering and construction industry whose career is rooted in service, legacy, and purpose.
Rod often describes himself as an “engineering baby.” His father, Ken English, an Electrical Designer with over 50 years in the industry, would bring him to work on weekends when he was young. Rod remembers the drafting boards, T-squares, and tools — not realizing he was witnessing his own future in seed form.
What keeps him in the field after three decades? Knowing that engineering makes lives safer and better.
For Rod, this work isn’t just technical — it’s a calling.
In 2005, safety became deeply personal when his father narrowly avoided being onsite during the BP Texas City refinery explosion. That moment reinforced what engineers already know: our work impacts real people, real families, and real communities.
Today, Rod leads with three words: Encourage. Empower. Inspire.
Whether mentoring young professionals, supporting STEM initiatives, or helping customers make data-informed decisions that improve design workflows, Rod is intentional about paying it forward.
His message to the next generation — especially young women and students of color:
You belong in this field.
Your perspective matters.
Engineering shapes how society lives every single day — from safer roads and bridges to clean water and sustainable communities.
Engineering builds infrastructure.
But more importantly, it builds opportunity.
Thank you, Rod, for your leadership and for carrying the legacy forward. 👏🏾
