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Who comprises the
team of The Professionals Group, LLC.?
Meet the Members:
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Ms. Boucher started her
first business transfer company in 1994 when she became an active affiliate
with Business Brokers Network. April is the Owner / Responsible Real Estate
Broker of The Professionals Group, LLC, with an emphasis on business
consulting, business mergers, and acquisitions, business enhancement,
business start-up consulting, and machinery and equipment consulting.
April is certified through Business Evaluation Systems as a Senior Business
Analyst, and Business Enhancement Consultant. She has over 13 years of
business transfer and business services experience and is a member of the
Society of Business Analysts. April received her degree in Business
Administration and Business Management from the University of Sioux Falls.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS, LICENSES &
CERTIFICATES:
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Licensed
Real Estate Broker, State of South Dakota
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Licensed Real
Estate Broker, State of Iowa
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Licensed Real Estate Sales Person, State of Minnesota (Wals &
Associates, Ltd.)
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National Society of Business Analysts
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Senior Business Analyst Certification - Business Evaluations Systems
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Business Network Group Member – Dallas, Tx.
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Certified Business Enhancement Consultant
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Mr. Natz is a Broker
Associate with The Professionals Group, LLC. Steve comes from a
background of Commercial Real Estate, Sales, Marketing, and Management.
His studies at the University of South Dakota included Political
Science/History and Law. Along with his Commercial Real Estate
experience he offers a valuable ten plus years of strong service
specializing in sales and marketing areas. Steve has been a integral
part of numerous sales of Commercial Real Estate properties and businesses.
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Mr. Melius has a record of
exceptional experience as a Broker Associate with The Professionals Group,
LLC. He received his B.S. Degree in Agricultural Operations from South
Dakota State University. Dean has worked more than six years in the
industry specializing in rural business and in the manufacturing industry.
Dean holds the designation of "Senior Business Analyst". He has an extensive
background in Sales Management in addition to having owned and operated his
own business for over twenty eight years.
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Jerry Grode, Broker
Associate
Business Opportunities & Commercial
R.E.
jerry@theprofessionalsgroup.com
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Mr. Grode is a graduate of Augustana College
in Sioux Falls. Jerry has many years of sales and sales management
experience and and has owned several businesses, in the Sioux Falls
area. Jerry has five years of experience as a Business Broker and
currently owns a local Sioux Falls Business.
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Vern Bamsey, Broker Associate
Agricultural Business / Ag. R.E.
vern@theprofessionalsgroup.com |
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Mr. Bamsey received his degree in
Business Administration and teaching from Dakota State University in
Madison, South Dakota. Vern has over 35 years in experience in the
Agricultural Business Industry.
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Duane Burman, Broker Associate
Business Opportunites &
Commercial R.E.
duane@theprofessionalsgroup.com
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Mr. Burman is Real Estate
Broker Associate with The Professionals Group, LLC. He has B.S. degree
in Engineering Physics from South Dakota State University, pre-MBA
studies in Marketing & Finance from the University of South Dakota and
applied corporate certifications in careers with 3-M, Citibank and
Gateway. He has experience in analyzing business operations and product
marketing; as well as packaging entities for business opportunities or
merger presentations. He became a registered Marketing & Management
Consultant in 1984; and has served a wide range of clients across
multiple industries ranging from small/medium-sized businesses,
suppliers to larger organizations; as well as global Fortune 1000 firms.
He specializes in identifying opportunities for utilizing technologies
to increase revenues, improve the bottom line; and enhance the future
value of businesses.
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Glenn J.
Boomsma, Attorney at Law |
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Mr. Boomsma serves as Consulting
Attorney for The Professionals Group, LLC and its clients.
Glenn is a Licensed Attorney with the the States of SD and MN,
currently practicing law with the Breit Law Offices, P.C. in Sioux
Falls, SD. Glenn's emphasis is in Real Estate Law, as he is
a Licensed Real Estate Broker with the State of SD and is well
versed in 1031 exchanges. He is available for legal
representation in general practice of law with emphasis on real
estate, transactional law, landlord / tenant, business
litigation, and workers compensation and personal injury law.
Glenn received his Doctorate of Law from the University of
Oklahoma College of Law, in Norman, Oklahoma. He also
received his Bachelor of Science, Sociology and Criminal Justice
Degree from South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD.
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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS, LICENSES &
CERTIFICATES:
Licensed
Attorney, State of SD
Licensed
Attorney, State of MN
Licensed
Real Estate Broker, SD |
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Meet our outside consultants:
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George Abraham, CBC, BCBA, FCBI, AAR, RPM, CEI
Senior Business Appraiser
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George D. Abraham performs all of The Professionals Group, LLC's appraisals. George
provides the firm with his unbiased 3rd party appraisal for their use in
dealing with the firm's clientele when it comes to sales, acquisitions, or
any other relevant matter involving an appraisal. George received his
degree in Economics from the University of Houston.
He has been involved in the transfer of over 450 businesses and
performed thousands appraisals in the past 25 years. Two of the appraisals
Mr. Abraham was involved in passed the scrutiny of the World Bank.
Several of the appraisals he has conducted were for businesses that
were valued at over $700 million.
George was one of the first people in the nation to develop and gain
national attention for his unique and highly accurate business evaluation
software programs that have been marketed to Business Brokers and Appraisers
nationwide. Currently, his
software programs are being developed and marketed, under his supervision,
by John Wiley and Sons Publishing Company for worldwide distribution. He has
consulted with the nation's top Intermediaries, Accountants, Attorneys and
Appraisal companies, and his programs are being used in nearly 2,000 offices
nationwide, as well as in Canada and England.
George is a prior instructor for the Continuing
Education Real Estate Course in Business Appraisal at the University of
Houston. Attorneys, accountants, and other clients retain him regularly
locally, nationally and on an international level for appraisals and
consulting, as well as court testimony as an expert witness. He has
conducted over 92 seminars on Business Valuation around the nation and in
Canada and is a regular speaker at most of the national conventions for this
industry.
He writes articles on a regular basis for most of the association
newsletters in his industry on valuation, business transfers, business
consulting and enhancements and environmental concerns. The work he has
performed has labeled Mr. Abraham as a turnaround specialist in
privatization and he was listed as one of the top appraisers in 1993 in
Turnarounds & Workouts News Publication.
Currently, George holds the presidency of the Society for Business
Analysts and has co-authored several books.
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Bud Sandberg, CM&A, CBC, CMEA,
CBB
Machinery & Equipment
Appraiser |
Mr. Sandberg is President and Broker of Wals &
Associates, Ltd. Prior to entering the business brokerage business 16 years
ago, He owned and operated several businesses. He is a member of The
Alliance of Merger and Acquisition Advisors (AMAA), the Institute of
Certified Business Counselors (I-CBC), National Equipment & Business Brokers
Institute (NEBB), International Business Brokers Association (IBBA) and
Business Brokers Network (BBN). Bud received his education at Bethel
College, Southern Illinois University and the University of Minnesota. Bud
is a certified Machinery/Equipment appraiser. For a number of years, he has
served as President of the BBN Advisory Council.
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John R. Harris - ASA, MCBC
Machinery & Equipment
Appraiser |
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John
R. Harris performs equipment appraisal and brokerage for the firm.
He holds a Master of Business Administration Degree and has over 20
years of counseling experience. John
has operated both nationally and internationally in appraisal and in merger
and acquisitions. He has been a
member of the World Trade Center, having performed appraisal and consulting
services for the Mexican and Venezuelan governments in Central and South
America.
Currently,
John teaches appraisal technique in Business and Machinery/Equipment for
several national firms. He serves nationally as an arbitrator in business
disputes for the American Arbitration Association and serves on the advisory
Committee of the National Association of Small Business.
John is a member of The Institute of Certified Business Counselors
and the Institute of Business Appraisers.
John
holds a general appraiser's license in the state of Kansas and Missouri.
He is a licensed real estate broker in the state of Kansas and
Oklahoma and has been approved as an instructor for the Kansas Real Estate
Commission to teach continuing education courses on the subject of Business
Sales and Evaluation. He is a frequent speaker to C.P.A., attorney, and
other business groups. He has personally sold in a brokerage capacity over
250 businesses. He provides expert court testimony at the District and
Federal Court levels.
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