SPEAKER INFO

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Randy joined Transworld Business Advisors in 2001 and has developed a successful brokerage practice focusing on the sale of upper main street & lower mid-market companies. A Transworld partner, Randy has sold more than 450 businesses and has won numerous industry production & service awards. Randy is a Lifetime Certified Business Intermediary (CBI), Certified Merger and Acquisition Professional (CM&AP) and holds the Merger & Acquisition Master Intermediary designation (M&AMI). He has been awarded both the Fellow of the IBBA and the IBBA’s Chairman’s Award. He is an active member of Business Brokers of Florida (BBF), a Board member of the M & A Source  and the IBBA where he serves as Chairman of the Board of Governors. 

 

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Deborah A. Carman is the founder of the Carman Law Firm, P.A., a South Florida law firm centrally located in Boca Raton. Ms. Carman has been in practice in the State of Florida for over 38 years. She is engaged in a civil practice, with an emphasis on Real Estate, Business Closings, and Corporate Work. She is also the owner and President of Palm Title Services, Inc., a full-service Title Company serving Florida for over 35 years. 

The Carman Law Firm has earned a reputation of legal excellence and a long history of successfully closing real estate and business transactions. Deborah A. Carman prides herself on not just being a lawyer, but being a lawyer and trusted counselor. 

The firm is recognized for their skill and integrity having more than 39 years of experience, and participating in thousands of real estate and business closings. The firm’s personal attention to its clients’ needs and desired results produces a customized approach that this firm delivers to each case.

 

 

Ryan Cave is the President of Sunbelt Business Brokers of South Florida and is a second-generation business broker.  

Ryan is a current BBF State Board Member and has received the “#1 TOP PRODUCER”, “TOP 5 PRODUCER”, and “Top 50 DEALMAKER” awards multiple times since 2006 for the state’s highest annual sales volume.  In 2021, Ryan was just the fifth member to ever receive the “Ken Stebbins Honorary Award” for his volunteer efforts within the association. Ryan holds the Mergers and Acquisitions Master Intermediary (“M&AMI”) and Certified Mergers & Acquisitions Professional (CM&AP) credentials from the M&A Source as well as the Certified Business Intermediary (“CBI”) designation from the International Business Brokers Association, where he is also an Education committee member, class instructor and course writer.

Raised in Florida, Ryan earned a Master’s in Business Administration and a Master’s in Healthcare Administration from the University of Florida.  

 

 

President and Co-Founder- Capital Business Solutions 
President BBF - Business Brokers of Florida (South District)
2019 Recipient Business Broker of Florida prestigious “Chairman’s Award”  
2004 Recipient of the Florida “Business Broker of the Year Award”
Multiyear recipient Florida “Deal Maker of the Year Award”  
19 time recipient of the Florida “Million-Dollar Plus” Award  
Licensed Real Estate Broker Alabama & Florida & Kentucky

Author, Presenter, & Materials Expert for Kaplan University on Business Brokerage
Member of the NSU Ambassador Board
CMEA (Certified Machinery and Equipment Appraiser)
CSBA (Certified Senior Business Analyst
Member of APMAA (Association of Professional Merger and Acquisition Advisors)
IBBA Affiliate Council Member

 

 

Russell is a Murphy Business franchise owner with over 20 years of business brokerage experience. He has sold more than 675 businesses worth over 200 million dollars in sales. Russell was the TOP DEAL MAKER ( # of Sold Businesses) for the State of Florida in 2019, 2016, 2015, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2007, 2006, 2005. He is the TOP DEAL MAKER in South Florida ( # of Sold Businesses) in 2018,2017, 2014,2011,2008. In 2019, 2018,2016 & 2013 Russell was in the Top 5 for Sales Volume for the State of Florida. Since 2000 no other agent in the state of Florida has sold more businesses than Russell Cohen. 

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Erin is a seasoned business broker and intermediary. She has over 11 years of M&A experience including business brokerage and franchising.  She holds the International Business Brokers Association (IBBA) accreditation as a Certified Business Intermediary (CBI) and currently serves as a Board member as well as serving on several committees for the organization.  Erin was the recipient of the CFE Women’s Executive Scholarship, which allowed her to earn her Certified Franchise Executive credentials in 2013.  She enjoys mentoring other brokers and has developed educational seminars for the Business Brokers of Florida series in South Florida, where she is able to share her experiences with other brokers who are just getting started in their careers.  

She holds an MBA from the University of Florida and is a native-born Floridian.  Erin resides in Lake Worth Beach with her 3 children and 2 French Bulldogs, Harley and Tucker.

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Bianca Evans works with Transworld Business Advisors in Jacksonville, Florida. She has closed over 180 transactions since 2006. She’s a CBI, a Certified M&A Professional, a BCI, and has her B.S. degree in Psychology and minor in Business from the University of Florida.

Among her many accomplishments, she has earned the prestigious million-dollar-plus award for 13 consecutive years. She has sold the most (dollars) in North Florida for the past 3 years. 

Bianca used to be a business owner herself! She has been on both sides of the transaction when she purchased and later sold that same business. 

 

 

 

Clint is a multiple-time IBBA Chairman’s Circle Award winner. M&AMI, CM&AP, CBI. He is CEO of a leading Texas business brokerage that is both high-tech and high-touch, utilizing a team approach to all deals. Their strategy gives Texas Business Buyers, LLC one of the best success rates in the industry.

Previously Clint started and sold a manufacturing company as an entrepreneur and has helped several other angel-backed startup ventures launch that he has personally invested in or fundraised for. He lives in Central TX with his wife Melissa and 4 kids and is also a passionate pilot and probably flew his Bonanza here.

 

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Patrick Gagliardi joined Capital Business Solutions and the Business Brokers of Florida in 2010.

Patrick is a Certified Business Broker and M&A Advisor, licensed Florida Real Estate Associate since 1994 and licensed in Kentucky since 2014. Patrick has been a trainer and mentor for new associates of Capital Business Solutions. Patrick is a Business Brokers Press Industry Expert for the route industry. 

Mr. Gagliardi has been recognized by the Business Brokers of Florida and awarded “The Million Dollar Plus Award” for each and every year since 2011.  Patrick has received the: 

•    “Deal Maker Award” for TOP 5 For Dollar Volume of Sales 2014  

•    “Deal Maker Award” for TOP 3% of Completed Business Deals in 2017

•    “Deal Maker Award” Top 50 For Sales Volume in 2018 and in 2020  

•    “#1 CO-Broker Award”  For Having The Most Co-Brokered deals in South District 2020

As a member of the IBBA, Patrick is committed to providing the highest degree of reliability, integrity and professionalism.

 

 

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Kylene has served as the IBBA’s Executive Director since 2016.  During that time the organization has nearly tripled in size and made significant strides in raising the awareness and professionalism of the Business Brokerage industry.  She is passionate about the essential role small businesses play in creating strong communities worldwide, and ensuring those business perpetuate successfully through professional representation during a change of ownership.  Working in collaboration with the IBBA’s Board and Volunteers, Kylene is most responsible for ensuring the IBBA continues to deliver education, benefits and programs that provide value to Business Brokers and further their success.

 

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Jackie Ossin Hirsch, the founder of Crowne Atlantic Properties, LLC which opened in 2004. Ms. Hirsch has been selling companies since 1998 and worked on over 400 transactions. Ms. Hirsch was born and raised in the Orlando area and graduate of the University of Florida. She is married to the love of her life Dr. Michael Hirsch and they have one spectacular child named Malena.     

 

 

 

Michael Piccoli is an experienced company president who is passionate about business development and growth. Throughout his career, he developed an understanding of how businesses thrive by working at all levels of the marketing and advertising industry. Michael builds lasting relationships with clients and colleagues on a strong foundation of trust. Michael has a bachelor’s degree in business management from Roger Williams University. Before founding Green Arrow in 2015, he worked as a basketball coach, a company president and a marketing jack-of-all-trades. In 2020, he acquired the leading Central Florida marketing company On Target Digital Marketing. In 2021, he expanded into Texas with the acquisition of i5 WebWorks, another full-service agency. Along with being passionate about his businesses, he’s also an unabashed “nerd” when it comes to superheroes, Star Wars, and NBA. He lives in Boca with his wife, Anita, and their fur baby, Oliver. 

 

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Bernardo “Ben” Protano is an attorney, sole practitioner practicing in Hollywood, Florida since 2000.
Ben is a lifelong Floridian with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business from Barry University, Master’s
Degree in International Business Administration from Nova Southeastern University and in 1999
graduated from Saint Thomas University College of Law in Miami with a Juris Doctor Degree. Ben
is a former licensed stockbroker with Gruntal and Company, a New York Stock Exchange firm.
Ben is also a Member of Business Brokers of Florida, Professional Wrecker Operators of Florida and
the International Towing & Recovery Hall of Fame and Museum, Broward County Bar Association
and Immediate Past President of the South Broward Bar Association, a volunteer with Coast to Coast
Legal Aid, and independently takes on Pro Bono cases as the need arises. Ben is married to his wonderful wife, Megan, of 13 years and has three awesome children: Ella, Adelina and Bernardo. Together they enjoy all genres of music, mountain biking, kayaking and skateboarding wherever and whenever the opportunity presents itself. 

 

 

 

 

 

Joshua D. Sagman P.A was born in Washington, DC and graduated from Syracuse University in New York.  Prior to business brokerage, Josh had a very successful career working in Public Relations and  Corporate Branding. Josh Sagman joined the South Florida Business Brokerage Market in 2017. He closed 14 deals in his first year and has been in the exclusive Transworld Business Advisors Presidents club 2018-Present and the Business Brokers of Florida Million Dollar Circle in 2018-Present. Josh currently resides in Palm Beach, Florida and speaks to all of the new Transworld franchisees and agents about getting started in the industry and how he was able to fast track success by using social media and marketing.

 

 

 

 

Lou Vescio is a managing and founding partner of Agency Brokerage Consultants. He holds both the CBI and M&AMI designations.  Lou also served as the Chairman of the IBBA 2017 and has written and taught courses and workshops for the IBBA for the past 18 years.

After Lou graduated from college, he joined the U.S. Air Force as an aviator where he flew both F-4 and C-141 aircraft and spent 15 years with Texas Instruments in a variety of managerial positions. 

Lou co-founded Coastal Business Intermediaries and Agency Brokerage Consultants, which is ranked as a “Top Three” M&A Advisory firm by S&P Global.

 

 

 

 

A licensed agent since 1979, Trish holds a degree in Psychology from Rollins College, a Real Estate Brokers license, and a CCIM. Trish is a current member of NAR, IBBA, BBF, and has actively worked in the Central Florida market both with developers, owners, tenants, and economic development boards across Central Florida. Trish is on the board of the Central Florida chapter of BBF and has chaired the Economic Development Committee for the Seminole County Regional Chamber of Commerce, an appointed seat on the Parks and Preservation Advisory Board for Seminole County and was appointed to and served on the Economic Development Advisory Board for the City of Casselberry. Trish is the founding member of Commercial Associates, LLC.

 

 

 

Monty W. Walker is a Certified Public Accountant (“CPA”) and Chartered Global Management Account (“CGMA”) with a diversity of experience in the private closely-held business arena. Monty practices nationally. His advisory services to privately held business owners include support with Business Transactions, Business Structuring & Design, Business Tax Planning and Business Exit Planning. Monty’s flag ship and most sought after service from clients is his Business Transaction Advisory Services.  He works with Business Sellers, Business Buyers and their various advisors, such as Business Intermediaries, Accountants and Attorneys, to manage the unique financial, tax, planning and procedural matters associated with buying and selling a business.  Due to his background in the area of business transfers and business transitions he is often referred to by his clients and colleagues as a --- “Business Transaction CPA”.

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Dale Willerton is The Lease Coach negotiating lease deals for commercial, retail, healthcare, food service, and office tenants for almost 30 years. Formerly a shopping mall manager and leasing rep for landlords Dale now exclusively works for tenants. The Lease Coach has successfully negotiated and consulted on over 3000 leasing projects for tenants throughout The United States and Canada.  Dale is a professional speaker, IBBA member, and co-author of Negotiating Commercial Leases & Renewals FOR DUMMIES.  (Wiley, 2013).  

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