Team
The people behind the engine.
We're a small, senior team of higher-education marketing operators, people who've run marketing and owned the enrollment number inside real institutions.
01Leadership
Who you'll work with
Rustam Irani
Founder & CEO
Rustam has 15+ years in higher-education marketing, leading teams and budgets for regional, national, and global institutions. He was VP of Marketing at Trilogy (acquired by 2U for $750M) across 46 university partners, and head of marketing at Ultimate Medical Academy, where the school grew from 6,500 to 15,000+ students in his six years. He founded RGI to bring that operator's playbook to colleges, universities, and trade schools.
Bristol Hagerman
VP of Partnerships + Growth
Bristol leads partnerships and growth at RGI, building the relationships and channels that bring new students to our partner institutions.
Chris Sheppard
Head of Operations & Strategy
Chris has spent 20+ years building the technology behind digital marketing. He founded and exited the agency WebRocket Digital, and most recently led enrollment marketing for Tricoci University of Beauty Culture. At RGI he puts AI and automation to work for clients and the firm, building AI agents, automated reporting, and data systems that show enrollment teams exactly which marketing dollars turn into enrolled students. He also co-founded Pennant, an enrollment-intelligence platform for higher education, and sees AI as a way to give teams back time for the human work of helping students find the right program.
02The wider team
The specialists behind every engagement
The strategists, media managers, technologists, and analysts who run the day-to-day.
Want this team in your corner?
Tell us your enrollment goals, we'll show you where the growth is and who'd run it.