Our Team of Business Sales, Mergers & Acquisitions Professionals

	Diane Thomas President & Designated Broker dthomas@premiersalesaz.com Diane is the former CEO of Concord Capital Assets, Inc., an asset management firm. Her experience includes real estate investment & management, acquisition analysis, market analysis and due diligence. Diane is also the founding partner of a bank consulting firm that specializes in regulatory compliance, portfolio risk analysis and acquisition due diligence. Her prior experience includes foreign currency trading at the Bergen Bank of Norway, administration in the National Accounts Division of IBM Corporation and real estate acquisition and business development for Clayton Williams & Sherwood, Inc. She holds B.S. degrees in Finance and Quantitative Analysis from California State University Long Beach.

	Bruce Black Business Intermediary bblack@premiersalesaz.com Bruce has been a successful entrepreneur and senior executive throughout his 35 year career. At 29, he co-founded and was CEO of McCord Travel Management, leading the company to be the 12th largest corporate travel and meetings management company in the U.S. with sales of $500M. Bruce helped build the predecessor company to Successories, Inc. leading to Successories' public offering. He has served as CEO of American EPay, Inc., offering biometric time & attendance, payroll debit card & .ASP applications to businesses. Bruce is an inaugural member of the University of Illinois at Chicago Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame and was an active member of the Young Presidents Organization for over 11 years. He holds B.S. degrees in Political Science and Sociology from Iowa State University.

	Jim Roth Business Intermediary jroth@premiersalesaz.com Jim has been assisting clients with business sales and acquisition for over 14 years. He brings extensive knowledge and experience to his transactions. Jim owned and operated a VR Business Broker franchise for twelve years. He successfully lead the business from an under performing to being 6th in the nation. Jim sold the business in 2002 and continued to work in the profession as an agent. Prior to owning his brokerage, Jim worked for GTE in various management positions. His last job when he retired was as Director of Strategic Planning. His last major assignment was to facilitate the merger between GTE-AG Communication Systems & ATT. In that role he was the liaison between the two businesses. Jim graduated with a B.A. degree with a double major in Mathematics and Economics form Blackburn University.

	Charles Thomas Business Intermediary cthomas@premiersalesaz.com Charles has over 20 years of experience within the information technology industry. As an IBM Account Executive, Charles worked with Fortune 1000 company senior executives, Presidents and Chairman in formulating information technology solutions to address strategic business initiatives such as customer relationship management, e-business and process automation. His solutions encompassed packaging multi-year, multi-million dollar contracts for customized services, hardware and software to implement proposed solutions. Charles has broad multi-industry experience which includes international mutual fund investment management, healthcare, international automotive distribution, property & casualty insurance, consumer loan underwriting, property management, grocery and pharmaceutical distribution. Charles holds a B.S. degree in Marketing and a Certification in International Business from Arizona State University.

	Vickie Meyers Business Intermediary vmeyers@premiersalesaz.com Vickie has 20 years of investment banking experience and was a principle in the firm of The American Partnership Board. Her duties had her working directly with bank portfolio managers in evaluating, pricing and liquidating limited partnerships to meet bank portfolio objectives. She has enjoyed a long career in both working with individuals and institutions in achieving their financial goals. Vickie has a BS degree from the University of Cameron in Oklahoma. She has held both Series 7 and Series 24 securities licenses.

	Jerry Glover Business Intermediary jglover@premiersalesaz.com Jerry has 34 years of experience in retail and commercial financial services. Prior to working with Premier Sales, Jerry worked for Transamerica Commercial Finance Corp and General Electric Capital Corp. His last position was Chief Operating Officer for Transamerica Bank, N.A. Jerry graduated with a B.B.A. degree in Business Finance from West Texas State University.