MEET THE FOUNDER

Andy Rodriguez

Founder of Agentic Growth Engine. Co-Founder and CEO of Florida Professionals Association.

Affiliate marketing pioneer · Nearly 30 years in online marketing · Miami, Florida

30+

Years in online marketing

120+

Affiliate managers trained

$1.6M

Monthly program revenue built

12,000+

Business community members

SOME OF THE BRANDS HE HAS WORKED WITH, GROWN, OR TRAINED

TigerDirect1-800 ContactsMario BadescuVividSeatsDeluxeJC WhitneyAOLGoogleTicketmasterOrbitzWalmarteBayChecks UnlimitedInternational Bible SocietyArcaMaxKnight Ridder+ hundreds more

Just a sample. Over his career Andy has worked with and trained hundreds of brands and programs through his agency, Andy Rodriguez Consulting.

THE RECEIPTS

Results, not projections

A track record of measurable growth going back two decades, long before most of today's agencies existed.

$80K to $1.6M / mo

TigerDirect.com

Rebuilt an underperforming affiliate program into an industry model in under two years. Named Affiliate Marketing Manager of the Year, 2002.

#1 for 5 years straight

Checks Unlimited

Held the number one spot on ShareASale's Top 100 PowerRank for five straight years under Andy's management.

4x growth

International Bible Society

Grew a fledgling program to four times its monthly affiliate sales after taking over management.

THE STORY

From the early web to the AI era

Andy has spent nearly three decades at the front edge of online marketing. Every time the way businesses get found has changed, he has been early. The AI era is just the newest wave, and the fundamentals that built his career still apply.

1996

Where it started

His first business: Internet Marketing Solutions (ims4u.com)

In 1996 Andy launched his first company, Internet Marketing Solutions, offering website marketing, hosting, development, and internet consulting and education, back when most businesses had never heard of the World Wide Web. Marketing and teaching were in the DNA from day one.

1997-2001

Media and ad tech

Online Marketing Director at KnightRidder.com, then Real Media

He led online marketing for KnightRidder.com and the Miami Herald across a national network of portals, then ran the U.S. and Latin American markets for Real Media's Open AdStream, one of the first ad-serving and tracking platforms. He learned how traffic, tracking, and revenue connect at scale, before the tools were mature.

2001-2003

The proving ground

TigerDirect.com

Andy grew the TigerDirect affiliate program from $80,000 to over $1.6 million per month in under two years and was voted Affiliate Marketing Manager of the Year in 2002. It was the result that made his name across the industry.

2003-2015

His own agency

He left to build Andy Rodriguez Consulting

Andy left TigerDirect to start his own affiliate agency. He coined the term Outsourced Program Manager (OPM) that the industry still uses, built the first Affiliate Program Manager Certification Course, and trained more than 120 managers. Through the agency he worked with and trained the teams behind brands including Ticketmaster, Orbitz, Walmart, eBay, 1-800 Contacts, Deluxe, and JC Whitney.

2011-2020

Community

InSouthFlorida.com and Florida Professionals Association

He founded InSouthFlorida.com, one of the largest local social networks in the region, reaching millions of people a month. In 2020 he co-founded Florida Professionals Association, a statewide community of more than 12,000 businesses built on visibility, real relationships, and education, with its flagship Professionals in Paradise conference each year.

2025

The AI era

Agentic Growth Engine

The same performance fundamentals that built Andy's career now applied to AI-driven search, helping businesses get found, trusted, and recommended when buyers ask AI who to hire.

Career highlights

Coined the term Outsourced Program Manager (OPM), now standard across affiliate marketing.
Voted Affiliate Marketing Manager of the Year in 2002.
Scaled the TigerDirect affiliate program from $80,000 to over $1.6 million per month in under two years.
Built the first Affiliate Program Manager Certification Course and trained more than 120 managers.
Worked with AOL, Ticketmaster, Knight Ridder, and Real Media (Open AdStream ad technology).
Co-Founder and CEO of Florida Professionals Association, a community of more than 12,000 businesses.
Nearly 30 years in online marketing, from the early web to AI-driven search.

IN THEIR WORDS

What people said about working with Andy

Voices from Andy's affiliate management career, including clients, national brands, and industry leaders.

TIGERDIRECT RESULTS

“I consider Andy the affiliate program manager god. When he was managing the TigerDirect.com program, I watched in amazement how he created a behemoth of a revenue stream in a very short period of time. Any company that has Andy managing their program has hit gold.

Akiva Bergstrom

VP of Business Development, EssentialApparel.com

CLIENT, REAL NUMBERS

“You are making our affiliate program at International Bible Society a real success. When you took over its management, we were inching along at about $10,000 in monthly affiliate sales. Since then it has jumped to four times that amount, and now you are talking about multiplying it by ten.

Dennis Auckland

e-Commerce Specialist, International Bible Society

INDUSTRY AUTHORITY

“Andy's people and management skills set the standard from which all others take example. He truly is the progenitor of highly effective and profitable partner relationship building. I would highly recommend Andy to any merchant who wants to take their program to the next level.

Haiko de Poel, Jr.

ABestWeb, the largest affiliate community of its era

NATIONAL BRAND CLIENT

“Andy is one of the few affiliate managers that has a perfect understanding of the business. He understands affiliate relationships from both the management and affiliate perspective, and he takes affiliate marketing to a personal level.

Josh Aston

Affiliate Manager, 1-800 Contacts

STRAIGHT TALK

“If you are interested in driving sales with affiliate marketing, you owe it to yourself to find out what Andy Rodriguez can do for you. He understands that both the company and the affiliate must make money for the program to succeed. Want affiliate marketing results? Call Andy Rodriguez.

Scott Wolf

Managing Director, Publishing, ArcaMax, Inc.

INDUSTRY LEADER

“Andy is a genuine leader in the affiliate marketing industry. Always in the forefront of new ideas and practices. A proven performer.

Rick McGrath

Partner Development, JC Whitney & Co.

Software gets you found. Relationships keep you growing.

Andy Rodriguez, Founder of Agentic Growth Engine

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