Meet Roshini

C-Suite Advisor

Crisis Strategist

Talk Show Host

Mainstage Speaker

Roshini Rajkumar is a C-suite advisor, crisis strategist, licensed attorney, and media insider known for executive strategy and advising toward growth.

Executive & Crisis Strategy: Working with corporations and C-suite officers, Roshini is relied upon to see gaps and prevent crises. She blends her TV experience and legal background with her ability to visualize the long game as she advises clients through crisis, media moments, and bet-the-company scenarios.

She launched Roshini Multi Media in 2006. Her proprietary products and services support clients in business, the legal sector, accounting, finance, banking, technology, healthcare, insurance, hospitality, and professional sports. Her book, Communicate That!, is in its third edition. As Roshini advises clients on their own corporate board journeys, she is currently available for corporate board service.

Mainstage Speaker & MC: On live and virtual stages, Roshini keynotes and emcees conferences and moderates panels for nearly two decades. A few highlights include Zscaler Cybersecurity Summit 2024, NACD Summit 2023, Evernorth Outcomes 2023, and Simmons Leadership 2017. Watch her speaker reel here. Find her TEDx Talk online: Own Your WOW!™

Media Insider: In her public life, Roshini is a media analyst and host of The Crisis Files^® podcast, which is also in pitch stage as a television pilot. She draws upon 25 years in broadcasting. Her television reporting career took her to network affiliates around the US. She fell in love with talk radio during her time in TV and wrote hosting her own radio show into her business plan. After various guest hosting opportunities while she grew her professional services firm, she landed her own show in 2012. REAL Talk with Roshini aired Sundays on WCCO Radio from 2012 through 2021.

Roshini is called upon by media outlets to analyze crisis, legal issues, political strategy, and leadership optics. She is a legal analyst for Court TV; a political analyst for WJR Detroit; a crisis commentator for Twin Cities media.

Services

Mainstage Speaker

Need a conference MC, keynote speaker, or panel moderator who motivates and never runs over time? Roshini shapes her microphone skills and proprietary content to accomplish your goals. In-person or virtually, Roshini helps you create engaging events that leave the audience wanting more.

Crisis Strategist

A licensed attorney, Roshini is sometimes called a real-life Olivia Pope (reference to ABC’s Scandal) who helps corporations, boards, and strategic leaders:

-Avoid crisis
-Manage crisis
-Create strategic messaging to manage crisis
-Create a comprehensive crisis strategy
-Identify internal and external stakeholders who need to hear from you
-Identify spokespeople for any crisis

Executive Coach

Roshini guides you to:

-Showcase your thought leadership
-Translate your talents and reputation into greater influence
-Become a go-to source for the media
-Influence with finesse in the boardroom
-Strategize your corporate board journey

The Crisis Files^®

Roshini's journey through law, media, real-world business issues, and crisis management led to the creation of her show, The Crisis Files^®. Inspired by ABC's Scandal and Bravo's Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, The Crisis Files^® was originally shot as a TV pilot. While that vision is in pitch stage, you can catch The Crisis Files^® weekly on most podcast platforms and YouTube for commentary on ripped-from-the headlines debacles and solutions to real-world crises. Roshini brings in her Crisis Squad™ and a highly-curated who's who of guest voices to share their insights from the inside. Listen to The Crisis Files®

Voice Talent

Need a strong yet approachable voice for your:

- Brand campaigns
- Spots
- Voice messaging systems

Listen to Roshini’s Commercial Voice Talent Reel.

Clients Speak

Joe Mayer

Chief Operating Officer

Scientel Solutions

“Roshini’s approach and IAP structure can be applied to any situation, presentation or problem that needs your attention! Her experience and coaching with the IAP formula helped me find the confidence and message that hit home for things ranging from ops review presentations to tough personnel conversations. Her perspective gave me an advantage to get my message across, while balancing the litany of agendas in my audience.”

Kavitha Mariappan

EVP, Customer Experience & Transformation

Zscaler, Inc.

“Roshini Rajkumar’s guidance on the three essential moves for transforming crisis into an opportunity for positive communication is not just a lifeline but a strategic roadmap. Her keynotes are a must for any executive or organization navigating the unpredictable waters of imminent cyber threats.”

Matt Meyer

Vice President Pricing, Promotion & Execution

Kroger

“Roshini was incredibly helpful as an executive coach. Her vast experience in media as well as in the business community, and her I-A-P formula, provided me a simplified path for boosting my executive communication. She helped me strategically manage across my team and the organization, enabling me to focus on long-term strategy to steer our future.”

Dr Courtney Baechler

Medical Director of Health Equity & Health Promotion

Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation

“Roshini was tremendously helpful as a media coach! Her insider experience and connections have been extremely helpful. Her tips were practical and very specific to small details that made a world of difference in my overall delivery and communication. As a physician, this guidance was productive and needed to best deliver science in a way that makes sense to viewers.”

Dr Barbara Benjamin

Medical Director (Ret.)

Medica

“If you ever speak to another human being, you need Roshini’s services. She will help you get your point across in a variety of settings in a way that will communicate your message clearly. One-on-one or speaking at your Annual Convention keynote address. And, she is FUN to work with while you are honing your skills.”

CHAD WERKEMA

Chief Supply Chain Officer

Motorola Solutions

“Roshini thinks around the corners and provides wise counsel. She is a trusted advisor and has been instrumental in my professional growth. She brings tremendous value in terms of crisis management communications, organizational design, and human capital management.”