Steve Wain Awarded M&AMI Certification
Published 8 Dec 2007 by Debbie SteinkohlChicago, Illinois – The M&A Source®, Chicago, IL, announces it has conferred Stephen Wain of Tinton Falls, NJ its prestigious designation of Merger & Acquisition Master Intermediary (M&AMI) during its Educational Conference and Middle Market Expo in Frisco, TX, on November 14, 2007.
The M&A Source® is the world’s largest international organization of experienced, dedicated merger and acquisition intermediaries representing the middle market. The Merger & Acquisition Master Intermediary designation is awarded to intermediaries who have proven professional excellence through verified transaction experience, education, earned certification as a business intermediary (CBI®), and peer review. As a testament to its goals and requirements, only 70 intermediaries worldwide have attained the M&AMI certification. Wain’s designation demonstrates exemplary commitment and experience as a professional M&A intermediary.
Since 1991, the M&A Source has addressed professional issues of merger and acquisition specialists. The organization, a specialists’ division of the International Business Brokers Association®, has cooperating intermediaries active in middle-market transactions across the U.S., Mexico, Europe, Australia, China, and other international locations. It provides education, networking, conferences, member tools, peer-to-peer roundtables, deal making expos and other support, all specific to M&A specialists.
“Obtaining the M&AMI certification is personally rewarding, as it acknowledges the education received, and more importantly, the dedication, work, and success that has allowed our clients to reach their financial and personal goals,” said Wain. “As the most prestigious certification in our field, it clearly establishes the mark for the level of professionalism that should be afforded to all business owners and potential acquirers.”
Wain is President of Calder Associates, a middle-market Mergers and Acquisition firm headquartered in Tinton Falls, NJ. Calder also has additional offices in Atlantic City, Morristown, and Englishtown, as well as a Pennsylvania subsidiary with headquarters in Newtown, and offices in Bethlehem and Philadelphia. With over 30 years of experience as a business owner, management consultant, and corporate executive, Wain has assisted numerous business owners and buyers in their business operations, business sales and acquisitions. He continues to provide direction to a number of New Jersey corporations as board member and/or advisor assisting companies and business owners on operations and strategic positioning in order to maximize long term value.
Additional information is available from Debbie Steinkohl by telephoning 732-212-2999. She is available to the news media as a source of information or comments regarding acquisitions, sales, and mergers of closely held businesses and the market for them. Calder Associates’ web site is www.calderassociates.com.