Brian has been actively involved in the buying, selling, and leasing of restaurant businesses since 1980. He is the author of TIPS ON SELLING A RESTAURANT BUSINESS, a frequent contributor of restaurant brokerage articles to restaurant and real estate publications and regularly leads workshops on how to buy or sell a restaurant business. During his career, Brian has been the owner of a restaurant management, operations, and consulting company, president of a meat and grocery company, the chief operating officer of the National Restaurant Association, publisher of a news magazine for the restaurant business, a college professor directing a hotel and restaurant management program, and the owner operator of several restaurants. He is a graduate of The School of Hotel and Restaurant Management at Cornell University and holds a Master's Degree in Education and Marketing from the University of North Dakota.