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René Brandon provides executive management, consulting, advisory and mentoring, and financial services to business owners and entrepreneurs, and is a professional M&A Advisor and Licensed Broker Associate.
Spanning 50+ years, René built an extensive business career with global and private companies. He has been hands-on as an owner, scaling start-ups and managing turnarounds and privately owned companies. Sales $500,000 – $125,000,000. Managed five to twelve hundred team-mates in the USA, Canada and Australia. As a top salesman, he quickly moved up the corporate ladder, through a variety of positions to CEO of several companies and successfully moved across different industries; including “bricks and mortar” – software technology.
René has a rare combination of business savvy and professional CEO management and financial experience in both large, complex corporations, and in small to large entrepreneurial organizations.  He has worked internationally with Fortune 500 and privately owned companies.
René is a hands-on, results oriented leader with a pro-active management style. He has held senior executive positions as CEO, President, VP/General Manager with Transfirst International, GE , Eaton Industrial and Xerox and has significant experience in  mergers and acquisition, joint venturing and financial restructuring of productive assets. And, has personally been involved in over 300 business transactions across a broad range of industries.
A strategic thinker, responsible for a number of turnarounds, his people management skills, together with strengths in planning and execution, and financial management, enable him to achieve results quickly and successfully.  His enthusiastic, innovative, and decisive leadership spans several industries working with companies in the USA, Canada, Australia and Europe.
Integrity is foremost for René; his passions are marketing and treating people with respect and dignity.
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Jason Godwin is a professional business intermediary with Florida Business Exchange. Mr. Godwin has over 13 years of experience in business ownership and is extremely knowledgeable in respect to automotive, liquor licenses, retail, route sales, agriculture, construction, and trade industries. As a business owner and entrepreneur, himself, Mr. Godwin has developed and utilized many skills required to assist clients in navigating the complex process of transferring ownership of a business.

His expertise allows him to accurately assess a business’s current and potential value based on market climate, company operations and value add opportunities. These skillsets translate to a seamless transfer of ownership for both the buyer and seller. Mr. Godwin has managed listing from $20,000 to $17M. His knowledge in the purchasing and sale of a business will make sure your deal gets to the closing table.

Herb grew up in the Central Florida area and currently resides in Daytona Beach with his wife, Shannon. Herb has been active in business brokerage since 2005 and currently serves as the President of FBX. He uses his own personal experience as the owner of a commercial electrical contracting business to relate to business owners and the unique struggles they face, both during their daily operations and when it comes time to exit.

Herb’s experience has allowed him to successfully bring together hundreds of buyers and sellers in transactions of all shapes and sizes earning him the distinction of being one of the top 50 business brokers in Florida and a multi year recipient of the Million Dollar Plus award.