About Us
Andy
Ruppanner - MBA
(andy@companybuilders.com)
Known
as the “Division Starter” during his
28 year executive career with IBM, Mr.
Ruppanner held General Manager positions
in many IBM business units. As
a seasoned IBM executive, he has served
the communities in which he lived and
worked for over 30 years. He led IBM’s
Management Development programs and
served in field oriented marketing and
service executive positions.
An
Office Depot veteran, he founded
“Uptime Services”, a new Office
Depot division providing small business
technology installation and services and
led it to a $4 million profit level
within 14 months.
He
“talks the talk” as a superior
communicator and zealot for economic
development through cooperative
partnerships. He is a
‘Patriot’ for American business,
speaking about the community leadership
responsibility of business in
partnership with political, education
and community resources. He worked for
six years as a business development
consultant for the Central Florida
Economic Development Commission.
He
“walks the walk” with a strong
avocation, personal commitment and track
record of Community Service and
recipient of the “Outstanding Citizen
Award” from the Governor of Georgia
for his two year-long pioneering work
establishing inner city magnet schools
for the Atlanta Public School system.
An
experienced entrepreneur, and Managing
Director of Company Builders, Mr.
Ruppanner has served as the lead
executive in several public and private
companies.
Peter
Zmudzki
(peter@companybuilders.com)
Mr.
Zmudzki has over twenty years of
experience in interactive digital
communication content and network
design. One of Canada’s leading
Information Architects, he has held
senior executive positions or worked as
a consultant for many well known
companies throughout North and South
America as well as Europe, including;
Bell Canada, Infomart, Citi Corp, United
Media, ISDN Wire, Protegy, IBM,
McGraw-Hill, People Magazine,
Consumer’s Union, Bowman
International, Barrick Gold, Singer and
more.
He
has also created courses and lectured at
a number of colleges and universities on
information architecture, interactive
graphic multimedia and network design
methodologies and technologies. A
strategic thinking executive with
experience in private and public
companies, he has served as a Director
of many successful technology companies,
including; PageActive, IMISA, NXTi
Corporation, Dotcom Marketing,
Confernet, GlobalNet Entertainment and
Call4.
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