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Our founder, president, and
senior advisor is Ronald F.
"Ron" Rash. Ron spent ten very successful years
with two Fortune 500 companies, and then "graduated" to
owning and operating his own business. 1986 marked his
first ownership transfer as he exited his first
business with a third party sale to a competitor. In
the twenty plus years since, Ron has acquired, started,
or invested in twelve more closely held mid-
market businesses, operating four of them
himself and exiting most through third party sales. He
has a BS in Civil Engineering form Virginia Tech and a
Virginia real estate license. Ron is a Certified
Business Intermediary (CBI) by the International
Business Brokers Association (IBBA), a Certified
Business Broker (CBB) by the Business Brokers Network
(BBN), and a Mergers & Acquisitions Master
Indermediary (M&AMI) from the IBBA & M&A
Source. These designations are important. The CBI
requires an initial 60 hours of formal classroom
education on the vital aspects of business brokerage
and succession planning. Once completed, the applicant
must pass a four-hour, comprehensive exam administered
by IBBA professionals. Thereafter, the holder must take
and pass continuing education courses to maintain the
designation. The CBI ensures that the holder has the
base and current knowledge necessary to competently
advise brokerage clients. The M&AMI certifies that
the holder has a minimum of three years of full time
experience and has closed a minimum of six transactions
as a broker. MidAtlantic Business
Advisors and Mr. Rash hold these
designations and far exceed these minimums. Ron is a
past board member of the Virginia Better Business
Bureau, the Center for Christian Studies at the
University of Virginia, and Young Life of
Charlottesville. Ron is married to Anita and his
personal interests include being an elder in his church
and golf as time allows.
John
F. "Jack" Rash II joined the firm in 2005. Jack
earned a BBA in Business Administration from East
Tennessee State University and an MBA from Liberty
University. He also holds the CBI designation from
IBBA. His employment experience includes work in
electrical supply distribution, food service
management, and financial planning. He has been a member of the
Central
Virginia Association of Insurance and Financial
Advisors (CVAIFA) as well as the National Association
of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA). Jack has
held a NASD Series 7 license and a Life/Health and
Variable Life license in several states including
Virginia. On the personal side, Jack has been a
volunteer leader with Young Life in Charlottesville and
coached high school basketball and baseball at his alma
mater, The Covenant School, as well as soccer at
Madison County Public High School. Jack also enjoys
golf as time allows.
In most professional firms, each
advisor works his or her own engagements, so the
quality of service each client receives is totally
dependent on which advisor they work with. Most
planning and brokerage firms assign lower middle-market
firms to trainees or junior associates because the
senior brokers target larger companies. At
MidAtlantic Business
Advisors, both Ron and Jack work every
engagement, committing their fullest capabilities to
every client. We believe this is a major factor in why
our brokerage success rate is quadruple that of the
industry, and why all of our clients receive
consistently excellent performance.
©2006 by
MidAtlantic Business
Advisors
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