About Us

Andy Ruppanner - MBA  (andy@companybuilders.com)

An experienced entrepreneur, and Managing Director of Company Builders, Mr. Ruppanner has served as the lead executive in several public and private companies. He is President of Company Builders and Senior Partner at Santa Fe Consulting Group both of which focus on building companies with emphasis on effective and efficient operations for sustainable, strategic success. He also serves as Chief Operating Officer for The Art Economist concentrating on business development, marketing and operations. 

In the corporate domain, he was Vice President of new Business Development at Office Depot, where he led the design and launch of the Tech Depot line of business. At IBM, he directed the field launch of IBM as a services company. He also led IBM’s Management Development program, launched an Operational Planning consultancy and held executive positions in Field Engineering, Marketing and Sales

Rich Murray (rich@companybuilders.com)

Rich has over 30 years of experience in active leadership roles within both business and community environments. Through 1995 he served as Managing Partner with the New Hampshire operations of PricewaterhouseCoopers. Following his tenure at PricewaterhouseCoopers he spent several years as the Vice President of Finance and Administration for the Allard Nazarian Group, a privately owned holding company comprising several manufacturing entities; and now serves as a Principal with New Mexico Community Capital a community development venture capital fund and as a Director with Jewell Electronics Instruments a private company located in New England. 

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.