Chuck Andrews is a Managing Director of the McLean Group's Chicago office.  He has more than 35 years of experience in the technology arena.  For the past five years his transaction expertise has been on mergers and acquisitions for privately held companies with a focus on distribution, manufacturing and service businesses.

Prior to founding his own business brokerage firm, Mr. Andrews was a principal with Trycos, Inc. responsible for launching a national sales organization delivering eCommerce solutions to Fortune 500 companies.  He began his technology career with the NCR Corporation and advanced to senior sales management positions with Motorola, Dell, and Toshiba.  As Toshiba’s Central Regional Vice President of Sales he was responsible for growing the central US market to $320MM in sales of portable computers.  Before joining Toshiba, Mr. Andrews achieved distinction as a Regional Sales Manager for Dell Computer by negotiating the first single order of desktop computers valued at $48MM with Ford Motor Co.

Chuck holds the CBI designation from the International Business Brokers Association and is on the board of directors of Midwest Business Brokers and Intermediaries.  As a certified Toastmaster, he is a frequent speaker at business clubs and professional organizations on the topic of privately held business ownership transfers.  His charitable activities include board memberships with The Chicago Aid Society and International Childcare, a children’s healthcare NGO with facilities in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.  He is also a member of the Union League Club of Chicago.