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Year you became a Business Advisor: 2015
Current Brokerage Name: Transworld Business Advisors St Louis West
Current Brokerage Website: www.kcapex.com
Association Position Title: Owner & Senior Intermediary

Brief Career History
I started my career as many have, as a former client that sold my business with a brokerage. I have worked in finance and in real estate in the past and find those skills very helpful in the brokerage world.

Brief description of why your skills, knowledge, and experiences add value to the position you hold. What special value can you bring to your current position?
Working in real estate sales and the mortgage industry give me a broad look at a deal and finding ways to make the deal succeed. I feel my skills in these industries can help the group to think outside the box to get deals done.

What are your professional credentials?
Real Estate Broker in Missouri and a licensed Business Broker in Illinois

What are your strongest skills?
Managing the deal and clients to keep calm and make it to the finish line

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Current Brokerage Name: Transworld Business Advisors St Louis West
Current Brokerage Website: www.kcapex.com
Association Position Title: Owner & Senior Intermediary

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Number of Years as a Business Advisor: 11 years
Current Brokerage Name: VR Business Brokers of St. Louis
Current Brokerage Website: www.vrgatewaystl.com
Association Position Title: Secretary, Bylaws/Policy Committee Chair, Past President (2021)

Brief Career History
Mr. Jeff Kalil is from St. Louis, Missouri, and is the owner of VR Business Brokers of St. Louis. “VR” stands for Valued Representation. Mr. Kalil is an Army veteran with over 30 years of service and is currently a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army Reserves. He has over 15 years of management experience from corporate America, including mergers and acquisitions, and he has owned and sold several of his own businesses.

Brief description of why your skills, knowledge, and experiences add value to the position you hold. What special value can you bring to your current position?
Mr. Kalil possesses a Bachelors Degree in Nuclear Engineering and a Masters Degree in Engineering Management, both from the University of Missouri S&T. He was a Cavalry Scout and reconnaissance helicopter pilot on active duty in the Army and eventually transition into corporate America to work with some of the nation’s leading aerospace and defense contractors. He is also a licensed commercial real estate broker in the State of Missouri and is an experienced and qualified Business Certified Appraiser. Mr. Kalil uses those skills and experiences to help business owners and entrepreneurs with valuing, buying, and selling businesses in pursuit of the American Dream. It is from years of leadership experience and technical business skills which he leverages to bring out the best in team work and collaboration to help foster the Association’s goals for education, networking, and professionalism.

What are your professional credentials?
• Business Certified Appraiser (BCA)
• Commercial Real Estate Broker

What are your strongest skills?
Mr. Kalil is a Business Certified Appraiser (BCA) with the International Society of Business Appraisers (ISBA), offering certified business valuations and appraisals which comply with SBA and IRS guidelines.

Year became a Business Advisor: 2018
Current Brokerage Name: Transworld Business Advisors
Current Brokerage Website: www.Tworld.com/stlouiswest
Association Position Title: Technology Committee Chair

Brief Career History
After selling our family moving and storage business, I became a business broker to help educate buyers and sellers through the emotional process of selling their small business. Since starting in 2018, I’ve personally sold 40+ businesses with the help of my team and facilitated transactions ranging from $50,000 in value to $5,200,000 in value.

Brief description of why your skills, knowledge, and experiences add value to the position you hold. What special value can you bring to your current position?
Business brokerage is an old-fashioned industry built on many real estate principles. With technology evolving as rapidly as it can, it is paramount to use data to understand the needs of all parties involved in transactions. As technology chair, I expect to help all parties visualize the flow of data and use relevant and simple methods to get the key information we all need to close better deals and help our buyers and sellers achieve their goals

What are your professional credentials?
IBBA member since 2022.

What are your strongest skills?
Communication, tech savviness, and brainstorming ways to improve proven systems.

Year you became a Business Advisor: 2018
Current Brokerage Name: Transworld Business Advisors St. Louis

Current Brokerage Website: https://www.tworld.com/locations/stlouiswest/

Position Title: Managing Partner / Business Advisor

Brief Career History
Our family was introduced to business brokering in 2008, when we sold our family moving and storage business. Years later after getting my finance degree, I teamed up with my uncle and cousin to start my business brokerage career in 2018. Since then, we have been involved in hundreds of business sale transactions. We were working as a broker team, running a top office in our market. In 2022 we started our own brokerage under Transworld Business Advisors in St. Louis.

Brief description of why your skills, knowledge, and experiences add value to the position you hold. What special value can you bring to your current position?
In my years of brokering, I have worn many hats, from selling businesses to training agents, building internal processes, and managing deals. I hope to use the knowledge I have gained to help the members of our chapter.

What are your professional credentials?

Bachelor’s degree in Finance

Entrepreneurs’ Organization Accelerator

IBBA & IBBA Mid-America

O’Fallon Allstars

What are your strongest skills?

In our team, I specialize in valuations, structuring deals, and sales support.