Phone: 206-427-4780
Email:
susan@business-team.com
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Background/Experience:
Susan Costa has been a business professional for thirty+ years. She worked for Business Team in 2019 and 2020 and has recently returned. She has an MBA from the University of California and graduated with honors. As such, she enjoys helping business owners buy and sell businesses. In her free time, she enjoys golf, pickleball, and gardening
Phone: 800-622-0192
Email:
boballen100@gmail.com
Professional Affiliations:
IBBA, M&A Source, ACG, Calif. Licensed Real Estate Broker
Background/Experience:
Background/Experience: Bob has a B.A. from Macalester College in St.Paul, MN. and did post graduate work at the University of Minnesota and Harvard Business School. Bob's experience includes previous ownership of a manufacturing company and an import distribution business. He has also served as a management consultant, corporate division president and corporate sales/marketing vice president. He has been a Business Intermediary for the past 30 years and holds the designations International "Certified Business Intermediary" (CBI) and Merger & Acquisition Master Intermediary (M&AMI).
With personal offices in Stockton, Fresno, and Rancho Mirage Bob serves clients with revenue of $5 Million to $50 Million. We maintain a list of 765+ private equity groups who invest in manufacturing, distribution, and service businesses.
Example of experience in manufacturing (auto parts, food products,CNC), service(trade schools, health care, commercial landscape), distribution (auto aftermarket, landscape equipment, food products), miscellaneous (research labs, marinas,) this is only a few types of the over 200 transactions completed.
You can reach Bob at boballen100@gmail.com or his personal number 800-622-0192
Phone: 800-622-0192
Email:
leeallen200@gmail.com
Professional Affiliations:
IBBA, M&A Source, ACG, Calif. Licensed Real Estate Broker
Background/Experience:
Lee Allen has a B.A. Degree from Boston College and did post graduate study at Harvard, Wharton School of Business and Golden Gate University.
She has 12 years of experience with top management of an international apparel firm and 9 years as owner of a West Coast manufacturing firm. She has been an Intermediary for the past 29 years and holds the designation "Certified Business Intermediary" (CBI) and "Mergers & Acquisition Master Intermediary" (M&AMI).
2023
Phone: (408) 316-5198
Email:
ian@business-team.com
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Professional Affiliations: IBBA (past board member), CABB (past president)
Background/Experience:
Ian MacLachlan received his B.S. in Physics from San Jose University. He founded Grand Prix, a manufacturer and mail-order business for specialty motorcycle parts as well as a chain of Kawasaki dealerships. In 1977 GPC was the largest chain of Kawasaki dealerships in the U.S. After selling GPC through a business broker, he became involved in the business brokerage industry founding Business Team -the largest business brokerage firm in the Western United States. Business Team has arranged the sale of over 7000 companies to date.
Ian is a co-founder and past chairman of the California Association of Business Brokers, has previously served on the Board of Directors of the International Business Brokers Association (IBBA), and is a frequent speaker at IBBA conventions. He is also a member of M&A Source.
He has been qualified as an expert witness in business valuation and standard of care by the California Superior Court.