Team
Bellevue
Salim Dada
President
Mr. Dada has been in the mergers and acquisition industry since 1985. He has been a resident of Washington since 1991, working earlier in California and Texas. Prior to joining Concord Ventures in August of 2001, Mr. Dada worked for five years as an independent associate with Business Exchange Center; a Bellevue based M&A company.
Mr. Dada has extensive experience in marketing and re-capitalization of manufacturing, service, and distribution companies. Over the years, Mr. Dada has been involved in the sale of machining and fabrication facilities, an environmental laboratory, cabinet and countertop manufacturing, computer assembly and distribution, store fixture manufacturing and distribution, employment agencies, food processing, cable harnessing, metal finishing, auto body repair, mechanical contractors, janitorial service, printing, sign and display manufacturing, freight forwarding, transportation and trucking services, and numerous other types of companies.
His education is in Accounting and Finance at the City University of Seattle.
Mr. Dada is a member of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) and can be found on LinkedIn and Facebook.
Contact Mr. Dada at salim@concordmergers.com.
Cameron Fellows
Associate
Mr. Fellows has 26 years of merger and acquisition experience as the CFO for several companies including two well known Washington based organizations, Pioneer Human Services and Northwest Center. His business experience is broad, including business acquisition and sales, start-ups, distressed sales and turnaround activities in the manufacturing, service, distribution, and retail. Mr. Fellows’ financing experience includes both debt financing for business acquisitions and venture capital transactions for start-ups. His professional approach has enabled him to close numerous transactions to the benefit of our clients.
Mr. Fellows received his BS in Accounting from the University of La Verne in Southern California and moved to the state of Washington in 1989.
Contact Mr. Fellows at Fellows.c@concordmergers.com
Gary Beisheim CVA, CPA
Associate/Valuation Expert
Mr. Beisheim is a certified business valuations expert. Prior to joining Concord Ventures, he worked as CFO for companies in a variety of industries including high tech semi-conductor companies, shelving distributors, home and industrial security control manufacturers, government contractors, telecommunications companies, and professional services organizations. He also owned and managed a freight logistics company.
Mr Beisheim brings to the Concord Ventures team not only valuation ability, but a wealth of M&A industry experience involving companies that have been bought, sold, spun off or otherwise divested, both in large publicly traded companies like Ingersoll-Rand, Lucas Aerospace, and General Signal and in small, closely held businesses and partnerships.
Mr. Beisheim received his BS in Accounting from the University of Rhode Island and is a CPA. Since then he has added the CVA (Certified Valuations Analyst). Mr. Beisheim is a current member of AICPA (American Institute of CPA’s), WSCPA (WA Society of CPA’s), and the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA.)
Contact Mr. Beisheim at gary.b@concordmergers.com
Claire Yurdin
Vice President - Marketing
Ms. Yurdin researches and writes comprehensive marketing packets for our clients and assists in marketing the company. Prior to joining Concord Ventures, she was a legal assistant in a law firm noted for its merger and acquisition services. Her background includes work as a copywriter, journalist, technical writer, researcher, web designer, and small business partner.
She holds a BA in English from New School University, New York, NY.
Contact Mrs. Yurdin at claire.y@concordmergers.com
Larry Yurdin
Marketing Associate
Larry brings a deep background to his work with Concord Ventures. He served as an intermediary associate for three years with two Bay Area business acquisition firms, Vanderhorst and Business Team. He had a 20 year career managing and consulting major market radio stations (consultant to all of ABC’s FM stations; General Manager of KPFT, Houston; News Director of KMET, Los Angeles; syndicator of six daily and weekly radio series heard on 300 commercial stations in the US and Canada; director of Radio Talent Bank, Los Angeles, a radio recruitment firm). He owned and operated Groundswell, an events and promotion firm in the Bay Area, and served as entertainment and advertising director for the largest night club in California. He has also worked as a computer network consultant to Microsoft, EDS, Ernst & Young, and others.
Larry holds a B.A. in Social Philosophy from Goddard College, Plainfield, VT, and a M.A.T. in Social Sciences from Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH.
Contact Mr. Yurdin at larry.y@concordmergers.com.
Spokane
Douglas (Doug) Wolford
Associate - Inland Northwest
Mr. Wolford has been facilitating and financing business acquisitions and mergers since 1997. The vast majority of these transactions involved companies that were closely held and headquartered in the Pacific Northwest. In almost all cases, the sellers received the maximum cash at closing through Mr. Wolford’s work obtaining high-quality financing for the buyer. His intimate knowledge of financing criteria enables him to assist sellers to prepare for an optimal transaction, in terms of both valuation and upfront cash.
Mr. Wolford has assisted sellers of manufacturing companies, professional practices, retail businesses, and service entities. These transactions have included management buyouts as well as third party acquisitions. Both asset and stock sales have been facilitated and have included all classes of assets.
Mr. Wolford is a native of Eastern Washington who has resided and worked on both sides of the Cascades. He holds a BS in Economics and an MA in Applied Economics from Montana State University. He resides in Spokane with his wife, Susan, and their two children.
Contact Mr. Wolford at doug.w@concordmergers.com
California
Terry Briggs
Associate - California
Mr. Briggs has varied national and international investment experience. From 1990 to 2000, Mr. Briggs led a highly successful group for Sumitomo Corporation of America, assisting the the Japanese banking conglomerate with numerous strategic acquisitions, both nationally and internationally. One of his projects allowed Sumitomo to profit from the growth in the California construction industry. Mr. Briggs helped acquire a door and trim manufacturer in Sacramento, followed by sawmills in Mexico and Ecuador to provide raw materials, with success all along the way.
Desiring to be more hands-on, Mr. Briggs left Sumitomo to work on a more local scale. In 2002, he purchased a well known sign company in Seattle, which he ran personally, dramatically improving the sales and profitability prior to successfully selling it.
He holds a BA in Economics and History from Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon. Mr. Briggs currently resides in Davis and represents Concord Ventures in California.
Contact Mr. Briggs at terry.b@concordmergers.com
Stan Ruzicka
Associate - California
Mr. Ruzicka represents Concord Ventures in Southern California. Stan has been in the M&A industry since 1989 and has sold numerous manufacturing, wholesale distribution, and retail companies. He has memberships in the Society of Commerce Associates, the American Management Association, and the American Institute of Management.
He holds a B.S. from the University of Oregon and a M.B.A. from University of Southern California.
Contact Mr. Ruzicka at stan.r@concordmergers.com