Meet the Rockheads Team
The Leaders Behind the Rockheads Group
Our team is a group of passionate professionals dedicated to supporting and advancing the stone fabrication industry. With years of experience and a shared commitment to our members, we provide the tools, insights, and relationships needed to help you succeed.
Rockhead Management Team
Eric Behrends
DIRECTOR OF MEMBER ENGAGEMENT
Eric Behrends is a seasoned professional with a decade-long commitment to the stone countertop industry, where his passion for the craft has been the cornerstone of his success. His extensive experience has allowed him an innate ability to forge lasting partnerships and secure substantial business opportunities.
Beyond his professional endeavors, Eric is known for his commitment to innovation, a keen eye for industry trends, and a genuine love for the craft. Outside of work, he enjoys writing and performing music as a professional saxophonist and spending quality time with his family.
Ari Hartung
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
Ari has years of experience in managing large-scale customer service operations. She spent more than a decade in customer-facing operations within luxury branded hotels. In the demanding 24-hour-a-day, 365 days-a-year hospitality world, she managed customer experiences for guests who expect and deserve the best.
Ari’s strengths include (1) focusing on customer priorities and needs; (2) identifying and analyzing the causes of operational inefficiencies; (3) creating and implementing quality business processes; (4) executing business plans; (5) ensuring adherence to business processes; (6) focusing on customer feedback and process improvement; and (7) identifying and developing talented customer service professionals.
The Board
Bill Heuer
Partner
Owner of TCF MW, TCF AZ, Speedlabel, HOTSAUCE YOUR TOPS.
Eric Tryon
Rockheads Founder
Eric founded the award-winning Premier Surfaces, a Southeastern U.S. countertop fabrication and installation business….
Geoffrey Gran
Partner
Owner of TCF MW, TCF AZ, Speedlabel, HOTSAUCE YOUR TOPS.
Jon Kaplan
Rockheads Founder
Jon Kaplan is an accomplished executive with a proven record of consulting successful businesses in many different industries.
Nick Began
Rockheads Founder
Nick has over 30 years in the countertop industry. His countertop company, International Countertop Consultants, has a proven process that specializes in the multi-family space.
Paul Menninger
Rockheads Founder
Paul Menninger is the founder of Capitol Granite in Richmond, Virginia.
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Testimonials
I know that if I’m in a bind, or if we’re up against a tough question that we can’t answer, whether that be about sales and marketing, technical questions, customer service, or frankly any question we’re struggling with, that there is a long list of business owners around the country that I, or one of our managers, can call, and they’ll speak openly about how they’ve solved this problem that we just can’t solve.
There’s a group of business owners who see the value in working collectively with their fellow Rockheads to make us all more successful. I’ve been to events where different members are “holding court,” and they’re surrounded by other companies that are taking in knowledge, and sharing their own knowledge just as freely. Collectively, this group has thousands of years of countertop industry knowledge, and the freedom with which that knowledge is shared is amazing, so valuable to any business, and unmatched anywhere in the industry
Running a successful business is incredibly challenging and sometimes overwhelming. When we found the Rockhead Group, we realized that we did not have to go at this alone. The Rockheads are a group of best-in-class business owners that work hard every day to ensure their fabrication shops are profitable, to continue to be leaders in the industry, and to encompass all of the qualities of an organization that empowers employees to accomplish great things and covets customers that never want to leave our side.
This network is filled with smart, compassionate people that want to continue to raise the bar within the countertop fabrication industry. While we have been able to share our ideas, best-practices, and workflow processes with the group, we have learned so much in return. We have been able to incorporate different techniques, new software, and improved ideologies to make us a better company. Inculcating all that we learn from each conference call, live meeting, or site visit has truly improved our corporate culture, our overall efficiencies, and our bottom line!
I would like to let you know what the Rockheads have meant to me. Since joining, we have purchased Stone Profits as well as a Baca Robot. Just the Rockheads discount on these two purchases has paid for my membership over and over again.
The knowledge and best practices that I have gained have allowed me to increase my profitability by 3 percent. This is a group of people that has changed my life. With the help of the members, I have restructured my company in such a way that I do not have the stress I used to have by trying to do it all myself.
Thank you, Rockheads.
When looking at the sink program, we were hesitant with how difficult it is to change sink vendors. But when looking at the substantial cost savings, the mixed pallet program, and the freight incentive, it made sense to switch. I am very happy with the result of the Rockheads sink program with BBI.