Mr. Ronald Everett
Managing Partner
Ron Everett has served as a merger & acquisition advisor and corporate valuation expert to over 3,000
companies. He is a co-founder and Managing Partner of Business Valuation Center, established in
Washington, DC in 1999. Ron has held positions as New England Director of Valuation Services for
Ernst & Young, Partner and National Director of the Technology Valuation Practice for CBIZ, a large
publicly-held professional services firm, and President of a regional business valuation firm. He has
specialized expertise in conducting fairness and solvency opinions, in addition to pricing companies and
corporate assets for purchase or sale, initial public offerings, private placements, and recapitalizations.
Ron has also directed valuations and solvency opinions for over 200 private equity firms, including top tier investment firms such as Summit Partners, Advent International and Thomas H. Lee Partners, as well as many large banking institutions, including Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Credit Suisse. He is a Certified Business Appraiser (CBA) and Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA), and a member of the Institute of Business Appraisers and the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts.
Mr. Everett’s background includes over 25 years of valuation consulting and merger & acquisition advisory services to the owners of manufacturing, service and distribution businesses with a concentration in technology companies holding significant IP and intangible assets. These engagements include: capital stock, purchase price allocations, purchased “in process” R&D, sale price determination, SEC “cheap stock”, value growth programs, merger & acquisition analyses, offering memorandums, IRS gift & estate tax planning and filings, family limited partnership (FLP) valuation studies, fractional real estate interests, premium and discount studies, stockholder dispute arbitration, expert testimony and litigation support. His extensive experience in the valuation of intangible assets, includes patents, developed technology, software, databases, trademarks, trade names, licenses, US government contracts, backlog, distribution rights, customer lists, SaaS platforms, leases, royalty agreements, franchises, debt instruments and non- compete agreements.
Business Valuation Center was also the exclusive valuation advisor from 2005-2011 to the U.S. Small Business Administration’s SBIC Program, which is the largest fund of venture capital and private equity funds in the world, with over $24 billion under management. Ron was the Project Director for all SBIC valuations performed by Business Valuation Center and has personally “signed off” on over 1,500 valuation opinions for the Federal Government as a precondition to private equity funds (SBICs) receiving additional investment funding for their portfolio companies from the U.S. Treasury. In addition to valuing over 1,500 companies for the SBA, BVC was also selected to conduct an independent review and author a report on the SBA’s Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) valuation guidelines. Most of BVC’s recommendations were adopted by the SBA as revisions to the guidelines, recognizing BVC as an unparalleled business valuation authority in the United States on private equity valuation—having re- written and modernized the valuation standards used by the US Government.
Ron has also directed valuations and solvency opinions for over 200 private equity firms, including top tier investment firms such as Summit Partners, Advent International and Thomas H. Lee Partners, as well as many large banking institutions, including Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Credit Suisse. He is a Certified Business Appraiser (CBA) and Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA), and a member of the Institute of Business Appraisers and the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts.
Mr. Everett’s background includes over 25 years of valuation consulting and merger & acquisition advisory services to the owners of manufacturing, service and distribution businesses with a concentration in technology companies holding significant IP and intangible assets. These engagements include: capital stock, purchase price allocations, purchased “in process” R&D, sale price determination, SEC “cheap stock”, value growth programs, merger & acquisition analyses, offering memorandums, IRS gift & estate tax planning and filings, family limited partnership (FLP) valuation studies, fractional real estate interests, premium and discount studies, stockholder dispute arbitration, expert testimony and litigation support. His extensive experience in the valuation of intangible assets, includes patents, developed technology, software, databases, trademarks, trade names, licenses, US government contracts, backlog, distribution rights, customer lists, SaaS platforms, leases, royalty agreements, franchises, debt instruments and non- compete agreements.
Business Valuation Center was also the exclusive valuation advisor from 2005-2011 to the U.S. Small Business Administration’s SBIC Program, which is the largest fund of venture capital and private equity funds in the world, with over $24 billion under management. Ron was the Project Director for all SBIC valuations performed by Business Valuation Center and has personally “signed off” on over 1,500 valuation opinions for the Federal Government as a precondition to private equity funds (SBICs) receiving additional investment funding for their portfolio companies from the U.S. Treasury. In addition to valuing over 1,500 companies for the SBA, BVC was also selected to conduct an independent review and author a report on the SBA’s Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) valuation guidelines. Most of BVC’s recommendations were adopted by the SBA as revisions to the guidelines, recognizing BVC as an unparalleled business valuation authority in the United States on private equity valuation—having re- written and modernized the valuation standards used by the US Government.
Mr. Raymond Ghelardi, ASA
Managing Director
Raymond Ghelardi is the Managing Partner of Business Valuation Center's Tampa, FL office. Prior to BVC, he was a Director with GBQ Consulting, heading up its New York office. In prior positions, he was Managing Director, Eastern Region Valuation Services at Ceteris, and Managing Director of Trenwith Valuation, the valuation arm of BDO. With over 35 years of experience, Mr. Ghelardi has a diverse background relating to financial reporting and transaction based valuation requirements. In his capacity at BDO, Mr. Ghelardi was also responsible for leading valuation teams performing financial reporting and tax related valuation projects. He was also one of three members of the National Leadership Committee for BDO's Valuation practice.
Prior to joining BDO Valuation Advisors, Mr. Ghelardi was a Senior Vice President with Management Planning, Inc. in Princeton, NJ, where he was an integral part of the development and implementation of the firm's corporate valuation practice. Mr. Ghelardi's valuation and financial advisory experience also includes CBIZ Valuation Group, Inc., where he was a Managing Director and, prior to its acquisition by CBIZ, he was Chairman of Valuation Counselors Group. During his tenure as Chairman, the company rebuilt itself into a national leader as Mr. Ghelardi managed and directed all aspects of the firm's business including business development, marketing and sales, organizational design, daily operations, professional development, and strategic planning.
Education:
Education:
- Masters of Business Administration – Emory University
- Masters in City Planning – Harvard University
- Bachelor of Science – Pennsylvania State University
- ASA – Accredited Senior Appraiser
- American Society of Appraisers – Senior Member, Past President of Princeton Chapter
