In the traditional Magic World, Rolando is the Assistant Editor of The Linking Ring, a member of the executive committee of the International Brotherhood of Magicians and a member of the board of Ring 9 in Atlanta, Georgia.

He is a former Atlanta Magician of the Year, a combined award voted on by members of both the International Brotherhood of Magicians and the Society of American Magicians. He also holds an AIMC with Silver Star degree from The Magic Circle in London.

In addition to being the Assistant Editor of The Linking Ring, Rolando writes a monthly ethics column in the magazine. He has been published in several other prominent magic magazines. He is the creator of "The WHY GRID", a how-to system for improving story lines and routines. It was published in the March 1999 issue of Magic Magazine. Rolando has also translated lecture notes into Spanish for Dan Garrett and Michael Ammar.

Rolando has been doing magic for about 19 years. He calls it his sanity check, stress buster and creative juice maker. He likes to weave the people, places and incidents from his 34 years as a journalist, an on-air reporter and his world travels for CNN into his routines.

He most enjoys creating original storylines and helping other magicians streamline and improve their own presentations and patter. He prefers walking in the shadows.

In the world of light, Rolando is the Executive Vice President and General Manager of CNN Headline News in the United States. He is also the former President of CNN en Espanol, CNN's first Spanish Language 24 hour news network, which he launced in 1997. He has also played a key role in launcing CNN networks in Spain and Turkey.