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Brendan Barone is a Business Broker with Innovative Business Advisors and a Commercial Real Estate Broker with Kunkel Commercial Group, Inc. He has real estate licenses in both Illinois and Missouri. His focus is on St. Clair, Madison and St. Louis counties. Brendan works with landlords and buyers/tenants in the sale and leasing of commercial and multi-family real estate. Brendan also works with business owners looking to sell their businesses with or without the real estate included. Before becoming a commercial real estate broker Brendan worked as a community outreach specialist on 12 electoral campaigns and 8 land-use disputes around proposed development projects. In 2020 Brendan launched his consulting firm, Front Runner Campaigns. Front Runner Campaigns is political and land-use consulting firm that provides support to electoral, issue, and land-use campaigns. Currently Front Runner Campaigns has been providing strategic support for a candidate for Governor of Indiana.

Brendan graduated with a degree in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Marquita Trenier Wiley is a Business Broker for Innovative and a Business Executive with over 30 years of experience in the Financial Services industry. She is President of Trenier Enterprises, LLC, a multi-business holding company. Marquita established Trenier Enterprises, LLC in 2005 and has grown the business through both acquisition and de-novo start-up.

Terry Lammers grew up watching his parents run their own company in the fuel & lubricants industry, and eventually came on as a full-time employee in the early 90’s and took over as President of the company.

In just 18 years, TriCounty Petroleum had purchased 11 different companies, growing Terry’s family business from $750,000 annual sales to over $40 million when the company was sold in 2010.

Today, as Co-Founder and Managing Member of Innovative Business Advisors, Terry taps into his financial expertise and hands-on business experience to advise and guide business owners who are interested in learning the value of their business, the process of acquiring new businesses, or knowing when and how to sell their business.

Terry received his designation as a Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA), which is an accreditation through the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA). He also holds a Real Estate Brokers License with the state of Illinois.

In Terry’s book, “You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know: Everything You Need to Know to Buy or Sell a Business,” he provides an in-depth examination of the process of buying, growing, and eventually selling a business. No matter what stage of business ownership you’re in, Terry will help you understand how to navigate the twists and turns of the business cycle and steer your enterprise toward success.

To purchase Terry’s book or to download the ebook, click here. For Terry’s speaking event schedule and links to podcasts and articles, click here.

Joe Behnken is a senior advisor for Innovative. Joe is a serial entrepreneur owning businesses involved in transportation, contract mining, mortgage and commercial banking, financial consulting, and manufacturing. Joe has a professional designation as a Certified Public Accountant.

Joe’s manufacturing background consists of being a part owner of a manufacturing plant that manufactures avian and animal protection insulator and cut-out covers for the poser utility industry. He was the CEO and general manager of the company from 2008 to 2019. Further experience in the industry includes being on the board of directors of a $40 million dollar manufacturer of ¼” horsepower electric motors. He also has experience in the industry as a financial consultant in fabrication and assembly sectors of the industry.

Joe’s transportation background consists of owning a group of three motor carriers that was involved in specialized bulk truck load transportation. One of the companies also transported heavy equipment and truck load dry van and flatbed transportation. He was a principle in the industry for seventeen years. Further experience includes financial consulting in the industry.

Joe’s mining background consists of owning a company that reclaimed abandoned coal mines. Also, Joe was a consultant to Doe Run Mining, one of the largest iron ore mining companies in the world, for a full-time thirteen-month project.

Joe’s distribution background consists of owning a company that was involved in the distribution of fertilizer, fuel oil, rock and decorative gravel and coal. In this business, he bought, warehoused, and resold the products.

Joe’s mortgage and commercial banking background includes co-founding two mortgage companies and one commercial bank.