Joe Bodine is the CEO of ABMI. As an equity partner in several other successful businesses, Joe has the experience and broad range of skills that allow him to quickly assess obstacles in a transaction and offer creative solutions. He has been working on the buy and sell side as well as a principal in transactions since 1995. As a co-owner in a start up transaction company started in 2001 he established a national multi-tiered sales network and managed several hundred sales agents across the country. His company was sold in 2003 to Euronet Worldwide where Joe worked on additional Middle Market acquisitions to further expand Euronet Worldwide's U.S. footprint.

Married, with two children, Joe is passionate about providing creation based education for kids. He has set up and manages a private scholarship fund to provide assistance to qualifying families. He serves as an advisor to Reaching Out Ministries in Kansas City and is on the board of Digital Pipelines.

Dan has over 18 years of experience in brokerage, consulting, and management. Dan is an active member of the International Business Brokers Association and has worked with a number of corporate and individual clients toward achieving their acquisition or disposition objectives. With an undergraduate degree in Marketing, Dan understands what it takes to effectively market businesses in todays rapidly changing economic landscape. Combining past and present experience as a business owner, Dan has an intimate understanding of entrepreneurship. As a graduate from the Executive MBA program at Rockhurst University, Dan is skilled at sorting through the complex issues that can arise when facilitating a merger or acquisition.

Dan is actively involved in a number of civic activities with memberships in many of the area Chambers of Commerce, KCSourcelink, Kansas Womens Business Center (KWBC), Operation Breakthrough, and other local organizations designed to support businesses or families in the community. Dan's focus on relationships throughout his career has earned him a strong reputation for his commitment to a high level of business ethics, client service and professionalism.

Dave Hawkins is the CFO/COO of ABMI. Prior to joining ABMI, Dave owned and operated several businesses in the Kansas City area. One business he started was a distribution business in which Dave was involved in everything from sales and marketing to operations and finance. This business led to the co-founding of a transaction processing company with national contracts with the major wireless carriers and sales reps from coast to coast. In this business, Dave oversaw operations, finance, IT and logistics. The business was sold in 2003 to Euronet Worldwide where Dave served in a consulting role for 2 years.

Married with 6 children, Dave is actively involved in church and other non-profit groups, serving on the board of Kids4Truth International and Urban Life Kansas City.

Todd comes to us from a private business group in the Kansas City area. His tenure as the Head Project Manager provided a varied background and included both direct and consulting experience in the areas of sales, management, business consulting, real estate, investment, business development, education, and training. Since his youth Todd has been involved in family businesses on both the personal and professional level and brings a unique perspective to ABMI. The variety and complexity of his past work projects led Todd to achieve licensing and certification in many areas, including engineering, real estate, insurance, and education/training.

Todd also headed the not-for-profit efforts of the group, including KChelp.org, a private help organization in the area. With a degree in education from Central Missouri State University, he has devoted much of his time in working with youth, especially in the areas of at-risk and alternative education.

Todd has three beautiful daughters, McKayla Anne, Mariah Jae, and Maxlyn Sage. The four of them are involved in many activities, including sports, music, church, and grandparents.

Jason joined ABMI in 2009. For the past 5 years, he has been involved in starting, buying and selling small businesses in the Oilfield and Manufacturing industries. Jason has been involved in nearly every aspect of small and mid-sized businesses, and understands an entrepreneur’s circumstances and needs. Jason has undergraduate and Masters degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Kansas State and Iowa State, respectively.

Rex joined ABMI Mergers & Acquisitions in 2007. Prior to that, he worked for UMB Bank as a Management Trainee at their national headquarters in Kansas City, MO. While at UMB, Rex spent time as a Commercial Credit Analyst and worked in the Institutional Sales group of the Asset Management division, spending time on numerous research projects for the UMB Scout Funds. Rex has helped lead efforts for the ABMI Middle Market Group, working on deals as large as $200 million in Enterprise Value and as small as $1 million, in a variety of industries. As Senior Associate, Rex's responsibilities include sourcing new opportunities, maintaining private equity and buy-side relationships, leading marketing efforts for mandates and providing analytical support on projects. His passion is to maximize value and return on investment for clients in each mandate.

Rex holds a Business Administration degree, with an emphasis in Finance, from the University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS. He is also involved in numerous community and professional organizations, and firmly believes in the ABMI vision of "positively impacting lives with our passion for excellence".

Prior to joining ABMI, Tom spent 10 years in the telecom & energy fields, doing corporate finance assignments as well as mergers & acquisitions projects. He has worked primarily on large transactions (such as Sprint/Nextel - 2004), but he also has experience in smaller tuck in or add-on deals. Thomas seeks to leverage this experience to provide consultative support on a variety of transactions particularly in the middle-market.

Thomas completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Kansas where he obtained a dual degree in Business Administration and Psychology. He went on to earn his MBA in Finance at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA

Phillip works closely with senior management in identifying strategic opportunities for our large buyer base and private equity groups. He brings a team effort to selling your company quickly and confidentially. With over 25 years experience in Financial Advisory services and Investment Banking, Phillip understands the challenges business owners face today. Whether you need to determine the value of your business, or prepare your business for acquisition, let Phillip and the ABMI team help you strategically reach your goals. All conversations are strictly confidential.

Lance Cleaver is the General Counsel/Senior Associate of ABMI. Lance has a wide and varied business background including public accounting, investment sales and executive corporate legal experience. Lance has been involved in marketing and sales for the past 15 years. He also has extensive experience in the negotiation of complex commercial contracts and acquisition agreements and has represented and consulted business clients in a number of areas including mergers and acquisitions, financing transactions and venture capital investments including the development of business plans, securities offerings and securities law compliance.

Prior to joining ABMI, Lance was a Senior Counsel and Director with Sprint Nextel Corporation where he supported Sprint’s marketing and sales organizations and was the lead sales and marketing attorney supporting Sprint’s business development and strategic alliance and partner organizations. While at Sprint, Lance was the lead sales and distribution counsel supporting Sprint’s divestiture of its Sprint E|Solutions division ($150M) and Sprint Conferencing Business ($250M).

Prior to Sprint, Lance managed a branch office for Edward Jones Investments and worked for Arthur Andersen as a senior audit and business advisory accountant.

Lance is a graduate of the University of Kansas School of Law and has passed the CPA examination.