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Andy
Martin is a proven general manager and entrepreneur with
over 17-years of experience delivering profits across
diverse business cultures and industries. He boasts expertise in strategy development,
operations, brand management, new business creation and
driving market penetration in both start-up and large,
established organizations. Andy's track record includes
bottom-line results and demonstrated ability to successfully
launch and manage a myriad of products and services to
create breakthrough business outcomes.
Most recently Andy served as Executive Vice President
for Utopia, Inc. – an innovative data outsourcing
firm with offshore operations in Bangalore, India. Andy
co-founded the B2B company in 2003, and under his leadership
grew the business from the original 3 founder team to
over 125 employees and a customer base that includes several
multi-billion dollar clients in North America, Europe,
Middle East and Asia Pacific.
Andy began his career as a U.S. Army Officer holding various
positions of increased responsibility in the Field Artillery
branch. In 1990 he transitioned out of the military to
become a management consultant with Price Waterhouse in
Texas serving petroleum industry IT clients. He later
spent several years with Kraft Foods in Illinois developing
new products as well as running large, established businesses
such as Cracker Barrel, Breakstone's Sour Cream and Kraft
Cheese Singles.
Just prior to launching Utopia, Andy was President and
Chief Operating Officer at Advance Publishers – a Florida
based, multi-million dollar publishing company and No. 1 player in its category. Among notable achievements,
he created over $48 million in new product revenues and
replaced archaic business strategy and development process
with world-class operations and marketing disciplines
and techniques.
Andy is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West
Point where he earned a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering
(Aerospace Systems). He also holds a MBA from the J.L.
Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern
University and routinely lectures at universities regarding
entrepreneurship and global outsourcing.
Andy currently resides in Orlando, Florida with his wife
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