Sunbelt of Orange County (Santa Ana)

Jeanette Bailey has an MBA-Finance, UCLA, and BS, UCLA and has enjoyed a successful and varied business career. Jeanette is a CBI, Certified Business Intermediary and is one of less than 1000 business brokers to earn that designation internationally. Jeanette has more than 30 years of financial executive and strategic management experience including 11 years of broad base business consulting experience as Principal of a consulting firm she founded, specializing in development of Business Plans to obtain capital, corporate financial advisory and strategic planning for pre-IPO companies. The companies served represent a diverse group of small to medium sized, privately-held companies in manufacturing, wholesale, distribution, retail, consumer and and industrial services, computer software, Internet, bio-technology, medical devices, telematics, high- technology, food manufacturing, sports management, food services, restaurant chains, food manufacturing, real estate development, mortgage banking, and manufactured housing. She served on the Board of Advisors of two of these companies. Her experience also includes 15 years as CFO and senior financial executive with publicly (Fortune 500) and privately held companies in real estate development- residential and commercial. She was responsible for structuring, negotiating and securing debt and equity for projects and lines of credit. She participated in structuring joint venture agreements, acquisition and sale of projects. She served on the Board of Directors of a National Bank, currently listed on NASDAQ. Jeanette's sales career includes selling custom value-added packaging in a broad range of materials from packaging manufacturers in US and China. Her customers included manufacturers in consumer products, electronics, industrial, medical equipment, food and customers in the retail and gift industries. Jeanette has a California real estate brokers license and has sold commercial real estate as well as served as VP and Project Manger to build commercial projects. Jeanette resides in Irvine with her husband, Rocky, who is a small business owner, and their dog, Jasmine. They were married in the Irvine Presbyterian Church in 2003. Jeanette has a son William, who graduated from USC in 2003 with an MBA in Entrepreneurial and Marketing and has started his own small business. He is also a Sunbelt Business Broker. Rocky's daughter, Buffy, graduated from UCSD and is working in the animation industry. Jeanette is a member of the International Business Brokers Association, Professionals Networking Group, National Association of Women Business Owners, and the UCLA Anderson School of Management Alumni Group.

Bill has spent the last 14 years in a sales and marketing capacity developing private label food products for large manufacturers and growers. He has successfully sold products and marketing programs to national retailers such as Wal-Mart, Target and Walgreens. Bill has owned and operated a sales brokerage corporation which focused on creating innovative products and bringing them to market on a national level. Many of the products Bill has developed and sold have grown into entire categories for companies that still gross tens of millions in annual sales. Engel holds a Bachelor's Degree and an MBA from the Entrepreneurial and Marketing program at USC. Bill and his wife Sheri reside in Ladera Ranch, and are active golfers and skiers. He's an member of the International Business Brokers Association, a licensed California real estate agent, and a member of the USC Marshall School of Business Alumni Group.

Patrick started his career in Information Technology. He is an accomplished IT professional with demonstrated success implementing strategic IT initiatives that improve business functionality with positive impacts on the bottom line.

He has work at a start up as well as a fortune 500 company. Patrick brings to Sunbelt his industry experience in hardware, software and e-commerce.

He has a bachelors degree in Telecommunications Management. Patrick has spent the last 5 years as a real estate sales professional. He has assisted many families in finding their dream home.

He also brings his personal small business know how acquired from owning and operating his own business.

He is the co-owner of Loudocean Designs, a vehicle graphics company.

He is committed to a work ethic focusing on integrity and professionalism to achieve your ultimate goal of either selling an established business or purchasing a business to meet your specific requirements.

He welcomes the opportunity to confidentially analyze your business needs and looks forward to helping you fulfill your goals and dreams.

He resides in Fountain Valley with his wife Nathalie.

Mehdi Kazerooni has BS in Economics, Master in Business Administration, PhD in Leadership and Human Behavior with specialization in Management and Organizational Development. He also has Degree in Residential Construction, and has finished special training in "HTML" and "C" programming. He knows food business inside out. He has over 30 years of experience in different levels in food industry . The experience took him from simple server to management to food and beverage purchaser of one of the most famous and successful hotel chains in the world. He started very successful restaurant in Orange County in 1985, which he still owns. He also started an advertising company in 1992 which had 30,000 booklets in publication in Costa Mesa. The concept was very successful, and was expanded to cities of Newport Beach, Irvine, Huntington Beach, Tustin, and the areas of Lemon Heights and Coawan Heights. The publication rose to 150,000 booklets. He operated the company for 10 years , more important than the success of the advertising company, he gained the hands on experience of dealing with almost all kinds of businesses in many different industries. He has also experience in commercial and residential lending. He started buying and selling businesses for his friends long before he became an agent. Those who know him, say "he makes things happen". He went to school in Texas and Louisiana and moved to Southern California to continue his education in late 1977, and has been living here ever since. He resides in Irvine with his wife Flouria who has BA in Marketing from University of Laverne, and his younger son Mazyar, who is a Computer whiz and goes to Sage Hills HS in Newport Beach. His Older son Kamyar, has BA in communication from UC Santa Barbara.

David Kim has 17 years of background in the real estate industry. As a licensed real estate professional, David was involved in numerous commercial and residential transactions. Formerly vice president of a mortgage bank, he was heavily involved in opening several branch offices in Southern California, Nevada, New York, Texas and Georgia. Throughout his years as a mortgage banker, he also had the opportunity to introduce many mortgage products to homeowners. He studied Economics while attending UCLA. David is an excellent negotiator and he places strong importance on marketing and sales. He strongly believes in providing exceptional services to all of his clients. He is fluent in both English and Korean. David resides in Irvine with his wife of 15 years and their two sons. For many years, David and his wife have been passionately involved with Harley Davidson Owner's Group (HOG) and also enjoys riding with various riding groups in Southern California.

Don E. Proper is a highly capable business transfer specialist for Sunbelt Business Brokers of Orange Coast. With over 30 years experience in every aspect of retail, Don has held many different management positions: Marketing/Advertising Director, Buyer/Purchaser, Store Manager and General Manager. He's been on both sides of the retail fence and also has experience as a sales representative for several different manufacturers. A licensed real estate agent, Don has lived in Southern California since the early 50's, Has watched Orange County grow from simple country roads to multi-lane freeways. He has been a resident in Rancho Santa Margarita since 1987. Married for 20 years, he lives with his wife, Valerie, and his 10 year old daughter, Rachel.

Richard Southey is a graduate in Business from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Richard's career encompasses more than 20 years experience in finance, operations and enterprise management. Richard is a former CFO and Executive Vice President of a diversified group of companies engaged in finance, base metal commodities trading and retail operations. Richard has managed corporate turnarounds and has directed the purchase and sale of numerous businesses. Richard is a licensed California real estate salesperson, and a member of the California Association of Business Brokers.

 

John Wilson’s CV includes experience as a CPA, a business appraiser and as a successful entrepreneur, making him uniquely qualified to assist a seller or buyer of a privately held business.

 

After graduating from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, John began his career at the Los Angeles office of Arthur Andersen and Co., where he performed audit engagements and business valuations of manufacturing, financial services, and small business entities. He performed post-transaction purchase price allocations and valued intangible assets, such as oil and gas rights for Texaco and film rights for MGM. He also mediated partnership disputes and helped orchestrate partner buy-outs, including a minority interest buy-out for the rock band Chicago.

 

After six years of earning the trust of a wide variety of clients, John left Arthur Andersen to start his own business, co-founding a successful publishing house in Orange County. He navigated his startup venture though the fiercely competitive golf publications market where he conceived, designed and launched multiple product lines, including the Red Dot Golf Guide and Coupon Book for Southern California, one of the Auto Club’s highest selling travel guides for 2006.

 

John and his wife Jennifer reside in Whittier and are active in their community, devoting time to adult literacy programs, the Huntington Hospital and the Whittier Host Lions Club. John is also an aspiring chef and an avid golfer. And when the waves aren’t too big, he can be found surfing at San Onofre State Beach.

 

Whether you are a seller or buyer of a small business, John is eager to assist you through every step of the business transaction process.