• Structuring M&A and Business Brokerage transactions
• Business ownership
• Turning around unprofitable businesses
• Marketing

Duane brings to Coldwell Banker M&A over 20 years of business ownership experience. His extensive background as an entrepreneur, owner/operator gives him valuable insight into the inner workings of the small business. He attended Westchester State College in Pennsylvania and the University of Utah and majored in Business and Recreation Management. His business experience includes retail, manufacturing, marketing and national and international sales and brand management. Duane has successfully managed and closed hundreds of transactions in both “main street” and “middle market “ arenas, representing buyers and sellers. Duane has been married for 20 years, has two children and enjoys all outdoor sports

• Owning, operating and selling two profitable businesses
• Completing hundreds of buying and selling transactions
• Recognition as an industry leader

• Owning, operating franchise business
• Completing hundreds of buying and selling transactions
• Business management

Garit joined Coldwell Banker as Co-Director of the Mergers and Acquisitions Division at the end of 2002. Focused on lower mid-market transactions as a mergers and acquisitions advisor since 1995, he offers diversified buy and sell side investment banking engagements, including mergers, acquisitions, buyouts, recapitalizations, private placements, valuations, and fairness opinions.

Prior to joining Coldwell Banker, Garit was a partner at Interwest Acquisitions Advisors, a regional M&A advisory firm. He received his Masters degree from the University of Utah in Business Administration and Organizational Development, after which he worked as an analyst for Learning Designs, a company that provides new product introduction consulting services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology and high tech companies.

Garit has founded and operated companies in the retail and business services industries. He understands business from the viewpoint of the owner and entrepreneur. His operational and transactional experience allows him to advise business owners how to maximize their own company's value. His expertise is focused on developing and implementing growth and exit strategies to maximize shareholder value, while taking into account the human "needs and wants" present in all business transactions. Garit's expertise includes:

• Buy- and sell-side services
• Developing and implementing growth and exit strategies
• Business ownership and management
• Maximizing company value

Bob is one of the original founders of Coldwell Banker Commercial Mergers & Acquisitions. He currently serves as Co-Director of the Mergers & Acquisitions Group.

Over the past eleven years his practice has included all aspects of Investment Banking Services for the middle market, with a special emphasis on sell-side representation. He has been an active member of the leading industry associations and is accredited with several industry designations including the SBA (Senior Business Analyst) and the CBI (Certified Business Intermediary).  

Robert has started and operated seven companies during the past 25 years, and is still an active owner of three companies. His experience as an entrepreneur provides unique perspective to his practice and its focus on representing private business owners. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Utah in 1986. Bob's expertise includes:

• Investment Banking Services for the middle market
• Representing private business owners
• Business ownership and management
• Sell-side services

Elizabeth came to Coldwell Banker Mergers & Acquisitions with 16 years of experience in the advertising industry. Her experience includes executive-level involvement on a variety of national advertising campaigns, including Nissan, Hewlett Packard, Iomega, Princess Cruises and more.

In 1999, Elizabeth moved to Salt Lake City to run the media department at DSW Partners, managing a team of 13 with annual budgets exceeding $100 million. She has extensive experience researching the demographics, psychographics and cultural trends that affect her clients' businesses, and has been nationally recognized for her skills in research and negotiation.   

She joined Coldwell Banker Mergers & Acquisitions as Director of Marketing in the spring of 2003 and is responsible for the group's business development and marketing efforts, including:

• Researching and writing offering memoranda
• Researching methods of marketing mid-market companies to
• strategic & financial buyers
• Generating buyer leads via internet & other media
• Generating seller leads via direct marketing programs

• Real estate development
• Leasing and property management
• Acquistion, syndication and brokerage