About
Andy Eckert joined CoPeace as an advisor in 2022 and has served as fractional COO since October 2023. His background includes a partner role at ARC Angle, an advisory firm to small and mid-market manufacturing companies, and prior executive positions as President and CEO of Imperial Plastics (2015-2018), several leadership roles at Tennant Company, and earlier work at Storecast Merchandising Corporation and General Mills. Between 2018 and 2020 he was a seed investor in five startups.
Experience
- CoPeace CapitalGeneral Partnercurrent2024 — presentDenver, Colorado, United States
- ARC ANGLEPartnercurrent2020 — present
- RexVidChief Marketing Officer2018 — 2021Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
- Imperial PlasticsPresident/CEO2015 — 2018Lakeville, MN
- Tennant CompanySVP - Americas2009 — 2014Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
- Tennant CompanyVP - North America Sales and Service2008 — 2009Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
- Tennant CompanyVP - North America Sales2005 — 2007Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
- Tennant CompanyGeneral Manager2002 — 2005
- Storecast MerchandisingSr. VP Operations2000 — 2002Greater Philadelphia Area
- General MillsDirector1985 — 2000Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Education
- Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management2008
- Carleton CollegeBA, Religion1981 — 1985
Skills & more
Leadership76Strategic Planning65Strategy67P&L Management20Leadership Development12Cross-functional Team Leadership50Sales Management38Team Building38Sales43B2B19Business Planning18Sales Operations23
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Product DevelopmentForecastingNew Business DevelopmentContinuous ImprovementCompetitive AnalysisOperations ManagementNegotiationSix SigmaCoachingContract NegotiationIncome StatementSupply ChainFrom Andy's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management521
Jenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite AsiaAndy FligelSenior Managing Director at Intel CapitalDavid Clark GuillermoInvestments at Impact America FundGiuseppe DonvitoPartner at P101 VenturesAntonio TurroniOperating Advisor at P101 VenturesJon TurowVenture Partner at Madrona Venture Group
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Also attended Carleton College19
Jessie HaoInvestor at GGV CapitalMira ChaurushiyaManaging Director at Westlake Village BioPartnersCharles ZedlewskiVenture Partner at Zero Prime VenturesMichelle SnyderPartner, Venture at McKesson VenturesSkyler KessenichAnalyst, Data Science at Growth Street PartnersHeather McPhersonPrincipal, Director of Impact at S2G Investments
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Shared employers
Also worked at General Mills19
Blair ShaneInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Gabby CazeauInvestor at Harlem Capital PartnersPorntepp UngivchianPartner at Signal Peak VenturesMollye SantulliPrincipal at Springdale VenturesLawrence ChoExecutive Advisor at LRVHealthJim HuntleyVenture Partner at Griffin Gaming Partners
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Investments
Investor
Modist Brewery
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Colleagues at CoPeace Capital
Barbara Winter
Impact Director at CoPeace Capital
Betsy Poell
Advisory Council at CoPeace Capital
Brad Tompkins
Board of Directors at CoPeace Capital
Craig Jonas
CEO and Founder at CoPeace Capital
Craig Jonas, Ph.D.
Founder & CEO at CoPeace Capital
Dan Hattori
Strategic Financial Advisor at CoPeace Capital
Derek Scott
Vice President of Marketing at CoPeace Capital
Dez Stone Menendez
Advisory Council at CoPeace Capital