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Jim Afinowich Fox & Fin Financial Group, L.C. 7333 E. Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 200 Scottsdale AZ 85258 http://www.foxfin.com Jim Afinowich, CBI, Founding Principal, Designated Broker With more than 25 years of successful experience in selling businesses, Jim adds further depth to the leadership team. A Certified Business Intermediary, he too has achieved the highest level of accreditation in the industry. Jim has owned more than 15 businesses, which gives him first-hand experience in the manufacturing, marketing, publishing and international trade sectors. Jim is a member of the M&A Source, and a fellow and past President of the International Business Brokers Association (IBBA), the profession's largest trade association. Jim also has provided expert-witness service in a variety of court cases relating to business transfers. Ronald V. Chernak First Business Brokers, LTD 303 South Cascade Avenue, Suite 200 Colorado Springs CO 80903 http://www.fbb.com Ron V. Chernak, President Prior to organizing First Business Brokers, Ltd., Ron practiced law with a 175-member law firm in Chicago. He has a CPA Certificate (Illinois), is a Colorado Real Estate Broker, a Certified Business Intermediary Fellowship status (the highest professional designation within the Business Brokerage industry), and is a Master Merger & Acquisitions Intermediary. He has extensive experience in contract and lease negotiations, financial planning, and financing. He is very active in many community activities, such as the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce (former Chairman of the Board), the Convention and Visitor's Bureau, and the Rotary Club. He also has served as the Chairman and/or Director of the Board for numerous business brokerage committees and organizations, including a national advisory committee on mergers and acquisitions. Ron also served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the International Business Brokerage Association (IBBA), the premier industry trade association, with a membership of over 1,200 intermediaries in 22 countries, and Chairman of the M & A Source, the largest association of middle market intermediaries.
John Johnson PO Box 52572 Tulsa, OK 74152 http://www.bluestemUSA.com Mr. Johnson started Bluestem Resources Group to provide closely held private companies with unsurpassed acquisition and divestiture services. Client owners are best served by direct personal interface coupled with superb access to the broad national market and beyond. Bluestemï¿½s model capitalized on this. It was later expanded and enhanced by the Business Wealth Counselï¿½, conceived to integrate business strategies for creating, harvesting, and keeping wealth through oneï¿½s business ownership. A University of Tulsa Petroleum Engineering graduate, John earned his MBA at Texas Christian University. He held corporate analyst and management positions with Amoco and Union Pacific, specializing in business decisions, valuation, strategy, and M&A. He owned and managed a start-up distribution business to $12 million in revenues before selling in 1986. John was certified as a Business Intermediary (CBI) in 1995 and was in the first class of Merger & Acquisition Master Intermediaries (M&AMI) awarded in 2001. John is a ï¿½hands onï¿½ business strategist in developing and building entrepreneurial ventures. His skills in working with professional advisors in communications, analysis, and providing creative solutions now benefit all of Bluestemï¿½s clients. John is one of the professionï¿½s most respected leaders. The US Small Business Administration named him as Oklahomaï¿½s Financial Services Advocate of the year. Professional peers in the M&A Source, the worldï¿½s largest association of specialists in middle market business sales, with more than 250 offices in over twenty countries, selected John as their Chair, later awarding him their Darrell Fouts M&A Award for visionary leadership and personal contributions in the M&A profession. He is a member of the Association for Corporate Growth. John is a Fellow of the International Business Brokers Association, an association of over 1,400 brokers and intermediaries. He has served as its President, Director, Strategic Planning Chair, and was the hands-on leader in re-writing its comprehensive exam for certification. IBBA awarded John its highest distinctions, the Tom West Award for outstanding contributions to goals and ethics of the business brokerage profession, and the Presidents Award for exceptional leadership in the profession. Personally committed in service to Oklahomaï¿½s business communities, John was President of the Oklahoma Private Enterprise Forum, Director and Officer of Leadership Oklahoma, Director for the Oklahoma Manufacturersï¿½ Resource Network, the Oklahoma Academy for State Goals, Entrepreneurs of Tulsa, The State Chamber, and the Oklahoma Alliance for Manufacturing Excellence. Ronald C. Johnson ABI Business Sales 125 Ryan Industrial Ct. Suite 100 San Ramon CA 94583 http://www.abi-ma.com Ron Johnson (CBI, M&AMI, CBB, Fellow of the IBBA) is President of ABI Business Sales, Mergers & Acquisitions, located in San Ramon, CA, since 1984. He is also a founding principal of Onyx Associates, a ï¿½sisterï¿½ M&A firm to ABI. Ron served on the Board of Directors of the CABB for 10 years, chaired the Education Committee, the Governmental Relations Committee, the Nominating Committee, is a Past President of the CABB, and has twice been the recipient of the CABB Presidentï¿½s Award. Ron was the 2007 Chairman of the IBBA, has chaired the IBBAï¿½s Affiliates Committee, the Conference Planning Committee, the Finance Committee, and currently serves on the IBBA Board of Directors and is the chair of its Nominating Committee. Ron also teaches IBBA course 301 ï¿½ Introduction to Mergers & Acquisitions, and is a frequent contributor to business brokerage professional journals, publications and websites. He is a graduate of Long Beach State University with a degree in mathematics. Rocco J. Pezza New England Brokerage Corporation 50 Exchange Terrace Providence RI 02903 http://nebc.com/ Rocco Pezza, President There is a common thread among people who have had the opportunity to work with Roccoï¿½that they want him to stick around even after the deal is done. Some say it is his uncanny ability to see around the corner and warn of a potential pitfall. Others say it is the tenacity he brings to everything he does, especially for his clients. And yet others claim it is the calm, sensible and reassuring way he will walk a buyer and seller through even the most difficult negotiations. For over 22 years, Rocco has led NEBCï¿½s clients through the fulfilling, challenging and sometimes intensely personal acquisition and divestiture process. He is a credit to his profession, having received the highly coveted CBI designation and named a fellow of the International Business Brokers Association (IBBA). Rocco also sits on many industry boards and presents regularly to trade groups of all kinds. In addition, and perhaps key affirmation of his worth to the companies he has guided, he serves on the Board of Directors of several of those same companies. Rocco Pezza will bring intellectual integrity and a proven process approach to each opportunity-and will be successful in helping buyers and sellers realize their personal and professional objectives. John Zayac IBG Business Services, Inc. 10th Floor 6455 South Yosemite Street Greenwood Village CO 80111 http://www.ibgbusiness.com John R. Zayac founded IBG Business Services, Inc. in 1982 to provide the mid-market business seller with the same level of resources and sophisticated services traditionally reserved for firms valued over $100 million. Over the last fifteen years, Zayac has built IBG into the industryï¿½s most comprehensive provider of valuation analysis, strategic planning, marketing, and transaction structuring services for mid-market business sellers. In addition to his responsibilities as founder and CEO of IBG, Zayac has owned and operated a variety of businesses, including a printing company, an automobile importing agency, and a chain of car washes. Zayacï¿½s success as a business intermediary includes hundreds of completed transactions with a combined value exceeding $300 million.
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