I’m a Certified Business Broker and M&A advisor at the world's largest business brokerage company. We help a wide range of business owners with valuations, and the intricate process of packaging, marketing, and selling their company to strategic buyers. I work with owners and CEOs of privately held Silicon Valley companies with revenues exceeding $1M. My focus areas includes: Internet services, SaaS software, mobile apps, ecommerce sites and related solutions. In addition, I work with a broad range of professional services companies, from marketing and creative design firms, IT consulting, and more. I work selectively with strategic buyers to identify Bay Area acquisition targets, based on particular target criteria. I’m fortunate to be part of a national business brokerage and M&A advisory firm. The firm applies proven processes and meticulous attention to detail helping business owners with valuation services, and the process of packaging and marketing the benefits of your unique company to the right buyer. Our unique engagement process and upfront attention to detail is one reason for our above industry average success rate of closed transactions.

Psycho Donuts has reinvented the traditional donut and corner donut shop experience. Psycho Donuts has created over 300 unique innovations in the donut industry, including Strawberry Margarita Donuts, Sushi Donuts, and Danollis (a donut/cannoli hybrid). Psycho Donuts is fashioned as a light-hearted asylum, with a staff of Donut Nurses to fill donut prescriptions and to provide patients (customers?) with a square of soothing bubblewrap - for 'selection anxiety.' Naturally, Psycho Donuts is also a full-fledged art gallery - specializing in offbeat original works of local artists along with eclectic merchandise. Psycho San Jose store is also a full-service coffee shop, that even serves beer and wine!Psycho Donuts has quickly become a Bay Area icon and is recognized in the Top 10 Donut Shops in the US. The company has been featured on The Food Network, Cooking Channel, Travel Channel, History Channel, Today Show, Fox Business News, USA Today, Entrepreneur, Maxim, Huffington Post, and more.• Conception, execution, self-funding, and successful launch of new retail food concept, to international acclaim. • Reinvented the “corner donut shop” as a light-hearted asylum, with over 300 unique products and a well-differentiated, themed environment• Secured international press coverage including: Travel Channel, History Channel, Food Network, Cooking Channel, National Restaurant News, Today Show, Fox News, Fox Business News, USA Today, Eye on the Bay, Entrepreneur, Maxim, and more• Grass-roots Social Marketing, resulting in 25,000+ fans • Built company from scratch, with a current team of 25+ employees• Expanded to 2-store operation in 2011. Currently under management and profitable

* Best of breed site seach technologies, with related SEO/SEM funtionality* Creation and implementation of partnership/channel programs, including resellers, VARs, and referral partner programs* Initiated discussion with prospective partners, and closed partnerships which leverage increased revenue and product distribution* Vertical market development

* Strategic partnerships. alliances, and channel development for sales analytics SaaS solution* Responsible for creating programs for reseller and referral partners* Identified market segments, key players, and secured key partnerships* Launched Sales 2.0 Conference and secured conference sponsors and vendors

* Strategic partner acquisition and channel development* Innovated early OEM, VAR, reseller, revenue share, & developer programs and business models* Creation and management of portal partner business development team* Multiple sales achievement awards

-Sales of web-enabled CRM software and custom consulting/support services-Presentation of CRM software solutions; custom proposal creation-Key account management-Management of small inside sales group-Promoted to Director of Sales in 1996