With over 25 years in sales and marketing experience, Rich Hennessey has gained a thorough grasp to successfully develop and implement business development plans for both the Fortune 500 and business start-ups in the high technology industry. Mr. Hennessey is a proven entrepreneur teaming with both angel and early stage investment to open new markets using patented technologies in systems integration, science and technology. He is a business coach assisting executives see new profit centers and value in their existing organizations. As a motivator, Rich is a stable, positive influence to reinvigorate and turnaround sales performance. As a marketing innovator, he has led and promoted several branding initiatives, channel positioning and national product awareness campaigns. As a business strategist, Rich gained immediate value to the organization by acquiring the exclusive right to key intellectual property and divested the firm of under performing product-lines. Rich is also relentless in opening new markets and sales channels through international alliances to obtain a rapid entry into developing markets. Throughout his career, Rich Hennessey has been the consummate sales and marketing professional.

Rich began his career with Lanier Business Products then later, Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), tasked to develop and implement sales and marketing plans for several new ventures. During his tenure, Rich managed a staff of 35 sales consultants and achieved a 500% revenue and 27% net income growing revenues in their network integration business from $10 million to $54 million in three years. This business won and managed several complex, multi-million dollar projects with clients like GE, Honeywell and several colleges and institutions. He also was responsible for the implementation of a regional disaster recovery business serving the financial services industry and had several Fortune 500 corporations as clients. He consistently exceeded sales and profitability goals and was rewarded with numerous sale and sales management excellence awards. In the past 10 years, Rich helped start Pro Tech Communications, Inc., a niche market electronics start-up in Florida. As Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Rich developed and implemented a strategic sales and marketing plan creating several new vertical markets and brands for contact centers, consumer electronics and the fast-food industry. The firm opened and retained several direct and OEM relationships with: McDonald’s Corp, 3M, Panasonic Corporation, Tele-Performance and NASA. Later, as President/COO, Rich moved the company to being a public corporation and negotiated a merger with a technology holding company and in return received the exclusive license of ANR sound suppression technology. The company later adopted the NoiseBuster™ business traveler headset.

Rich has a degree in Economics from Boston College and is a member of BC’s technology council. He is a current member of the Association of Corporate Growth (ACG), Florida Venture Forum and a past member of TEC (now Vistage). He also serves several life science communities such as: MASSBIO, Florida Technology incubators and the University of Florida Office of Technology Transfer. He currently resides in Vero Beach Florida with his wife and children.

Rich can be contacted at Rich.Hennessey@OneAccordPartners.com