# Rio Penn-Grice

> Rio Penn-Grice is a San Diego-based videographer and entrepreneur, identified by MarketU as its founder and CEO and by Dune Media House as its founder and CEO. His public work includes the Gen Z Journey podcast, a 2021 TEDxBedford talk on networking, and writing about creative operations and virtual production.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at MarketU
- **Organizations:** MarketU, Dune Media House, Epic Drone Tours, Gen Z Journey, Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda
- **Education:** San Diego State University, Las Positas College
- **Known for:** Audience favorite for a leadership speech at the 2020 California Phi Beta Lambda fall conference., Member of Las Positas College’s second-place marketing case-study team at the same conference., TEDxBedford speaker in October 2021.

## Career timeline

- **2019-2020** — Listed as director of community outreach at FBLA-PBL, November 2019 to April 2020.
- **2020-2021** — Listed as vice president of external affairs at FBLA-PBL, April 2020 to June 2021.
- **2020** — Co-created Gen Z Journey; won audience-favorite recognition in a student leadership speaking competition and shared second place in a marketing case-study competition.
- **2021** — Delivered Generation Z: This Is How We Network at TEDxBedford in October.
- **2022** — MarketU’s LinkedIn page lists 2022 as the company’s founding year; appeared on The Partners Podcast on October 26.
- **2024** — Appeared on Respectfully Inspired! in February and Learn Videography in October.
- **2025** — Published LinkedIn articles on creative velocity in June and virtual production in July.

## Achievements

- Audience favorite for a leadership speech at the 2020 California Phi Beta Lambda fall conference.
- Member of Las Positas College’s second-place marketing case-study team at the same conference.
- TEDxBedford speaker in October 2021.
- Founder and CEO of MarketU and Dune Media House.

## Latest updates

- **2025-07** — Published an article advocating virtual production for B2B product marketing.
- **2025-06** — Published an article on creative velocity and repeatable production processes.

## Links

- Website: https://www.marketu.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rio-penn-grice-1026b1183/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@riopenngrice
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/riopenngrice/

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Last updated: 2026-10-22