John Lafferty has been a business advisor to corporate and privately held business enterprises for more than 40 years. He holds a B.S. in Accounting from Bradley University in Peoria and an M.B.A. from Northeastern University in Boston. He is currently a member the International Business Brokers Association and several professional organizations including The Illinois CPA Society, Midwest Society of Professional Consultants, MBBI, Turnaround Management Association and The Midwest Entrepreneurs’ Forum.
Dr. Craig McCall advises senior managers, business owners and investors on the selection, placement and development of talent. He provides assessment solutions and coaches to improve leadership, and has worked with managers through C-suite executives at small to mid size to Fortune 500 companies across multiple industries. Craig earned his Doctorate in Psychology from the Illinois School of Professional Psychology and a B.A. from Boston College. He is on the adjunct faculty at the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management and is co-chair of the consulting division of the Illinois Psychological Association.
Ken McCaul is a vice president and officer of Joseph Associates International, Inc. He has been a business broker since 2002 and is also licensed as an Illinois Real Estate Broker. Ken manages the firm’s sell-side business brokerage practice. In addition, he works as a broker on the firm’s buy-side practice helping to identify and pursue acquisition targets for clients.
Ken is a board member of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business' Entrepreneurial Roundtable. As a Roundtable presenter, his program on New Technologies in Marketing drew a record audience. He is a long standing advisory board member for the Naperville Heritage Society and is on the Board of Directors of his homeowner’s association. Ken is also past board member of the Naperville YMCA and the Young Professionals of the Naperville Chamber of Commerce. Ken holds a BS in marketing from the University of South Florida.
Bill Price is an attorney with extensive experience in international and national transactions, capital sourcing and corporate law. He currently serves as the Chairman for the Corporation, Securities, and Business Law Section Council of the Illinois State Bar Association. He is an Adjunct Professor, High Technology Entrepreneurship and Business Law with the Illinois Institute of Technology. Bill chaired the subcommittees of the Secretary of State's Corporation Laws Advisory Committee which drafted the Illinois Limited Liability Companies Act. He is a 1978 graduate of Duke University School of Law, and holds a Masters in Public Policy Sciences from Duke issued that year, as well.
Enrique Posse spent more than a decade working for big multinationals in the Consumer Finance field (HSBC, and Zurich Financial Services) in their IT side first and analytical operations later. Additionally, he has advised real estate and early stage startups in various product and business development capacities. He holds a MS in Management Information Systems from Northern Illinois University and a MBA in Entrepreneurship and Strategy from the University of Chicago. He is fluent in Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese.
Joe McCaul is the president and founder of Joseph Associates International, Inc. He holds an MBA from Case Western Reserve University and engineering degrees from the Polytechnic Institute of NYU. Joe has also earned the M&A Sources’ advanced designation of Merger & Acquisition Master Intermediary now held by fewer than 100 individuals worldwide and has been admitted to American Mensa. Joe previously had been a Group VP and board member of EVALCA, the US subsidiary of a publicly-traded Japanese chemical company. Before joining EVALCA, Joe spent 16 years with British Petroleum (formerly Standard Oil of Ohio). He led the international sales and licensing activities for one of their specialty chemical businesses. During his tenure in the corporate world, he was able to visit and do business in more than 40 countries. Joe has served on the board of directors for the World Trade Center of Illinois and DuPage Executive Network. He is a member of the M&A Source, International Business Brokers Association (IBBA) as well as Midwest Business Brokers and Intermediaries (MBBI).
