• Hospitality/Lodging
• Advertising
• Food services
• Animal businesses
• Engineering firms

Interesting fact: Matt served for a decade on a volunteer K-9 Search and Rescue team where he handled his own nationally certified Human Remains Detection (HRD) German Shepherd cadaver dog, Vesper. He can often be found at his training kennel assisting in the training of working dogs.

Education/Designations/Awards:

-Bachelor’s Degrees in Finance and Management.

-Master of Business Administration.

-Lifetime Certified Business Intermediary (CBI) in the International Business Brokers Association

-Accredited Senior Appraiser in the business valuation discipline of the American Society of Appraisers.

-Board Certified Intermediary with the Business Brokers of Florida.

-Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker.

-Lifework Leadership class of 2011. Volunteer coach 2018-2020.

-Author of The Business Owner’s Quick and Simple Guide to Understanding Business Valuation.

-Recipient of the IBBA 2021 Chairman’s Circle Award.

Other Past Business Development Experience:

-Founder of advertising jingle house in Chicago.

-Former President of golf and custom utility car distributor.

-Advisory board member of a developer of over a dozen Marriott and Hilton Hotels.

-Founder and former managing partner of National Canine Training, LLC, a training facility for working dogs deployed in law enforcement and search and rescue operations.