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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) and a Certified Business Broker
(CBB) by the Business Brokers Network (BBN). 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 CBB 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 married to Anita
and his personal interests include being an elder in his
church, active involvement with Young Life, and golf.
John
F. "Jack" Rash II joined the firm in 2005. Jack earned
a BBA in Business Administration from East Tennessee State
University. His employment experience includes work in
electrical supply distribution, food service management,
and financial  planning.
He is 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 is a NASD licensed broker with a Series
7 license and holds 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 triple that
of the industry, and why all of our clients receive consistently
excellent performance.
©2006 by MidAtlantic Business Advisors
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