Rock Solid Business Development


About Us

Experience

Andy Rockwood has been a serial entrepreneur his entire career.
Following military service as a naval officer during the Vietnam conflict, he joined his family's newspaper publishing business in Barrington, IL, growing that business from a single publication to nine over a span of 18 years.

After selling the newspaper business in 1986, he became president of Truesdale-Hope Corp, a holding company for several family businesses. It owned Nexus Office Systems, a sales and service organization for Ricoh photocopiers and office products in Chicago and surrounding suburbs, the Embassy Executive Center which provided executive offices and services, and an interest in a mixed use real estate development near Traverse City, Michigan.

Since 1998, Andy has worked as a consultant and coach to many small business owners and helped them to grow their companies profitably.
In that role, he brings proven expertise in executive leadership, strategic planning and follow-through to create pathways to profit.

He also has extensive experience in revenue generation, cost reduction and process improvement.

Education & Training

B.A. degree in political science from DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana.

Graduated U.S. Navy Officers Candidate School, Newport, Rhode Island. Honorably discharged in 1970.

Completed a 9-week executive training program at the Harvard University School of Business, then called the Smaller Company Management Program (SCMP), now called the Owner/President Management Program (OPM).


 

Perceptive, experienced, intelligent and someone who asks great questions getting to the heart of issues and then helps you find answers and solutions. Andy Rockwood is a great resource, a great analyst and someone I want on my team as a business consultant. He and I have worked several times collaborating and I value his counsel greatly. Norris Beren

Norris L. Beren, Business Risk Manager, Sales, Training and Teaching

 

Andy Rockwood

Rock Solid Business Development

Ph: 847-382-0403

Email

Website

Blog

LinkedIn

 

 


Home  |   Who We Serve   |   Small Business Coaching   |   Free Business Coaching Session  |   Resources  |   About Us  |   Contact Us  |   Small Business Consulting Blog  |   Site Map

Andy Rockwood, Rock Solid Business Development - Chicago • 560 Summit Street • Barrington, IL 60010 • 847-382-0403
© Copyright 2007, Rock Solid Business Development, Inc.