CEO at Cotney Consulting Group

John Kenney is the Chief Executive Officer at Cotney Consulting Group. Prior to co-founding Cotney Consultants, John had 45 years of experience in the construction industry. John started his career as a roofing apprentice at a family business in the Northeast. He also managed many successful projects in the New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania markets before continuing his accomplishments in Florida. Because of his skill and hard work progressed from roofing laborer to foreman, estimator, chief estimator, Vice President, and Chief Operating Officer with his various companies.

John has worked for multiple Top 100 Roofing Contractors and is intimately familiar with all aspects of roofing production, estimating, and operations. In his last role, John was responsible for the daily operations and performance of a large commercial roofing contractor. During his tenure, John ran business units associated with delivering excellent workmanship and unparalleled customer service while ensuring healthy net profits for his company.

John currently holds a Florida Roofing Contractors License and Certified Professional Roofing Contractor status. John is on the Canadian roofing Contractors National Technical Committees and a full voting member in the Institute of Roofing – IOR (Great Britain) with a MiOR distinction. He also serves on the two committees and is a full voting member of the International Federation for the Roofing Trade (IFD) in Europe. John is also a Board of Directors for RT3 and serves on the National Membership Committee for Nations Women in Roofing – NWIR.

John lives in Florida with his wife of thirty-six years and has grown children. His hobbies include roofing history, reading, writing, and muscle cars.

Latest Podcasts

Planning for the Future of Your Business in a Digital Age

This MetalTalk™ focuses on how to incorporate technologies into your metal business to help you better manage operations, marketing, sales and more. John Kenney of Cotney Consulting Group and Karen Edwards of Casimir Group and RoofersCoffeeShop® join Heidi J. Ellsworth to talk about how to incorporate technology into your ...
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Estimating Software And The Roofing Industry

Heidi J. Ellsworth sits down with John Kenney of Cotney Consulting and Eugene Zukowski of Jobba to talk about estimating software and the roofing industry. John has been estimating for over 40 years and currently teaches and certifies roofing estimators across the country. They will talk about the key functions ...
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Partnering Software and Service

In the ultimate partnership, Cotney Consulting and Jobba present this RLW on the importance of using the right software for Service. It is a partnership that is critical for roofing companies to find in order to have success. In today’s tech driven environment, roofing contractors need to understand how to ...
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Latest Webinars

Affinity Webinar - Working Trade Shows for Success

Join John Kenney of Cotney Consulting Group along with Karen Edwards and Heidi J. Ellsworth of RoofersCoffeeShop about how you can make the most of the next trade show you attend. With the tradeshow season ramping up in many states, it is a great time to understand how you ...
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Scaling up With BI: Business Strategies for Roofing Companies

In this RoofersCoffeeShop RLW, Heidi J. Ellsworth meets with experts in customer service, estimating, service, safety, regulations and legal issues. Eugene Zukowski of Jobba, John Kenney of Cotney Consulting Group and Trent Cotney of Adams and Reese join the conversation to share their 2023 insights on how business intelligence ...
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Coffee Conversations LIVE from FRSA 2023!

Coffee Conversations is back at the 101st FRSA convention, sponsored by SRS Distribution! Join us on the first day of the show, July 13, 2023, at 11 a.m. PT / 2 p.m. ET for an insightful conversation with industry movers and shakers. The topic centers around what is happening across ...
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Scaling up With BI: Business Strategies for Roofing Companies

In this RoofersCoffeeShop RLW, Heidi J. Ellsworth meets with experts in customer service, estimating, service, safety, regulations and legal issues. Eugene Zukowski of Jobba, John Kenney of Cotney Consulting Group and Trent Cotney of Adams and Reese join the conversation to share their 2023 insights on how business intelligence ...
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Latest Videos

Episode 68 - Celebrate Pride Month, Check Out Our Newsroom Sponsor, Get Ready for Upcoming Expos

Join Heidi and Karen every Friday for The Weekly Blend to stay up-to-date on the latest news in the roofing industry. Episode 68 of The Weekly Blend is here! Join the Coffee Shops’ President Heidi J. Ellsworth and COO Karen L. Edwards for the newest episode of this Coffee Shop original ...
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Episode 29 - Coffee Conversations on Demand, METALCON Live and Why Contractors Need to Join the R-Club!

Join Heidi and Karen every Friday to hear what they have to say about all the happenings within the roofing industry. The 29th episode of our Weekly Blend series is here! Join President Heidi J. Ellsworth and COO Karen L. Edwards for another exciting installment of this RoofersCoffeeShop® (RCS) original ...
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