Our Team
Staffed with some of the best-qualified and most experienced business brokers in the industry, our professionals have all earned or are candidates for the Certified Business Intermediary (CBI) designation from the prestigious International Business Brokers Association (IBBA). Our principals have also earned the prestigious Merger & Acquisition Master Intermediary (M&AMI) designation from the M&A Source, an IBBA affiliate.
William K. Lange, CBB, CBI, M&AMI
Managing Principal, 2000-2019
Bill’s career spans more than 30 years, and includes senior management positions in private and public companies and business ownership. Prior to becoming a business intermediary, Bill spent a decade as the chief marketing and business development officer for San Diego-based Mail Boxes Etc., now The UPS Stores. At MBE, he played a key role in making the company the fastest growing franchise in history, assisting the company in its growth to more than 4,000 units worldwide.
Kenneth A. Oppeltz, CBB, CBI, M&AMI
Managing Principal
A native San Diegan, Ken has more than 25 years of business experience in both senior management and as the entrepreneurial founder of Fresh Choice, a chain of northern California casual dinning restaurants. At Fresh Choice, Ken played a key role in defining the concept, structuring growth and laying the groundwork for a successful Initial Public Offering (IPO).
Don DiSpaltro
Principal
Don has over 20 years experience in management and business development positions in the healthcare industry. Working for one of the country’s largest medical/surgical products distribution companies, Don consistently led the company in sales. He was regional manager for corporate programs as well as a training manager for new recruits. In 1992, Don founded Unimed Supply and Specialty, serving the highly competitive Southern California medical supply marketplace.
Jose-Carlos Bravo
Principal & Director of Leasing
Jose-Carlos Bravo is an award winning and very successful Business and Commercial Real Estate Broker that specializes in working within the restaurant and retail industries. He has more than 15 yrs. experience in brokering successful sales & leasing transactions on behalf of his clients. At VRG, his focus is on restaurant sales, tenant & landlord representation, and restaurant valuations.
David A. Haug
Senior Associate
Dave has over thirty-five years of business experience; thirteen years as an employee of a large multinational corporation where he achieved Vice President status; and, twenty-two years as a small business owner/entrepreneur. In 1985 he started a cash commodity brokerage and quickly grew the business to be the dominant broker of corn in the country. After consolidation in the grain business in the late 1990’s, he moved on and in 1998 became the first franchisee in the United States with Pirtek Hoses and Assemblies.
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