Gary has started, managed and sold seven successful service companies since 1979. He brokered his first business in 1983 as a result of being asked to help sell a firm he had owned and sold to a buyer who wanted to move on again. The buyer in that first brokered sale was none other than Rico Petrocelli formally of the Boston Red Sox. Gary went on to start and run service companies in the fields of commercial landscaping, janitorial services, office coffee service, moving and storage, telemarketing and international corporate employee relocation maanagement. Each company was sold once goals were reached. Gary was also one of the initial stockholders in the agent buyout of Bekin's Van Lines, a national moving and storage firm. Licensed in real estate since 1984 Gary has been involved in the negotiation for sale of businesses and/or real estate in over 30 states and several foreign countries. He is a past President of the New England Business Brokers Association, a founder and current Chairman of the area's only business MLS type system, the Business Brokers Alliance of New England. He is past president of his local Rotary Club and sits on several other boards. He is a member of the Institute of Business Appraisers and the IBBA (International Business Brokers Association) where he has earned the CBI designation. He is also a member of the M&A Source. The largest association of M&A Specialists in the world. Several years ago he was awarded the M&AMI designation (Mergers and Acquisitions Master Intermediary) by the M&A Source. There are only about 100 intermediaries in the world who have earned this designation.

Gary and his wife Lisa have three children and currently split their time between Boston's south shore and the lakes region of NH.

• ROI Brokers are members of the following organizations Institute of Business Appraisers - IBA International Business Brokers Association - IBBA The National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts - NACVA New England Business Brokers Association - NEBBA License in real-estate brokerage in MA, NH, ME, RI and GA.