Meet Our Expert Mergers and Acquisitions Consultants

At Plethora Businesses, our strength lies in our people—the seasoned mergers and acquisitions consultants who drive success and innovation. Each member of our team is a specialist, bringing a wealth of experience and a unique perspective to the table, ensuring our clients receive comprehensive and tailored M&A strategies. Choose Plethora Businesses for a partnership where experience and expertise lead to outstanding results.

George Lanza - MEA, CBI, M&AMI, CSBA
President & Managing Director

George is the co-founder of Plethora Businesses. With more than 30 years of experience in management, consulting, business valuations, mergers & acquisitions, George is a recognized leader as an M&A advisor and business valuation appraiser. He has been involved in more than 2,500 valuation engagements and successfully closed more than 300 mergers & acquisitions transactions.

Dora Lanza - M&AMI, CBI, BCA, MEA
Principal & C.O.O.

Dora Lanza co-founded Plethora Businesses after completing the divestiture of her previous company, a mortgage banking organization that grew from a single branch to a multi-branch company, with locations in three states and over 175 employees.

Douglas Matt
Vice President

Douglas is an accomplished professional with a diverse background in finance and entrepreneurship. In his current role as Associate, he specializes in M&A transactions and leads the team in deal sourcing, valuation, negotiation, and execution.

Cathy King
Director /Associate Broker

Ms. King has been involved in all aspects of the real estate and financial business for the last 40 years. After her graduation from the University of Southern California with a Bachelors and Masters of Business Administration with emphasis in Real Estate Finance,

Kari Laitinen
Vice President

Kari M. Laitinen is a Vice President at Plethora and focuses his efforts primarily on mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Laitinen has nearly thirty (30) years of experience with private equity, asset management, hedge funds, and investment banking – with a track record of originating complex financial transactions.

Derek Kissinger
Director of Business Development

As Director of Business Development, Derek leads the company’s outreach strategies and oversees the marketing and sales team. He is also responsible for finding strategic and financial acquirers actively making acquisitions in their respective industries, understanding their existing platform companies.

Jeremy Manista
Associate

As an Associate, it is Jeremy’s role to work with our strategic partners to help build their acquisition pipeline through researching companies that fit within their parameters and creating introductions with potential sellers.

Edward Vela
Associate

Edward Vela has 17 years of finance experience working with high-net-worth investors and business owners. He started his career with Merrill Lynch and gained most of his experience as Vice President, Senior Private Client Advisor with JPMorgan in San Ramon, Ca. Edward also worked as an Independent Private Client Advisor in Los Angeles, CA.

Kimia Shadrokh
Managing Director of Business Development

Kimia began her career as the Director of Commercial Assets for nearly 10 years at a renowned REIT, The Moinian Group, and oversaw an $8 Billion commercial real estate portfolio. While there, she managed hundreds of employees and successfully completed a number of high-publicized deals.

Galilea Luquin-Estrada
HR / Compliance Coordinator

Galilea is the Executive Assistant to George Lanza and is in charge of Human Resources and Compliance.

Galilea graduated cum laude with her B.S. from California State University of Long Beach. Her meticulous organization, proactive approach, company.

Nuno Sardinha
Database Administrator

As Database Administrator and Data Analyst, Nuno’s role is to assure the the proper functionality of the CRM and Database and to analyse the business data in order to provide reports with the performance of the Operations.

Brandon Lanza
Appraiser

As an Analyst, Brandon is tasked with servicing clients through sell-side engagements by aligning exit strategies with a network of potential investors. He is responsible for analyzing financial statements, completing business appraisals, generating valuation models, and evaluating company trends in relation to revenues, expenses, and strategic positioning.

Connor Nguyen
Sell-Side Analyst

Connor is responsible for helping bring together a synergistic fit between the firm’s sell-side clients and strategic acquirers. He is also tasked with performing in depth analysis of company financials.

Christopher Arigan
Sell-Side Analyst

Christopher is responsible for analyzing financial statements, building operational models, as well as assisting with industry and market research.

Daniel Riley
Marketing Coordinator

Daniel comes to Plethora with a diverse back ground of business and project development. He holds a Bachelors degree in Theology. He and his wife enjoy an occasional trip to Maui and living by the beach.

Thomas Watkin
Business Development Manager

Since joining Plethora Businesses in 2022, Thomas Watkin has been instrumental in spearheading engagement initiatives with CEOs of mid-market companies, assessing their readiness for exit strategies with a deep understanding of their objectives and challenges. His exceptional drive for excellence,

Anna Woods
Regional Marketing Coordinator

My name is Anna Woods, I have successfully raised two amazing children, and am the proud mommy to two sweet Pug pups. I have been a nurse for over 15 years serving the community in a hospital and homecare.

Leroy Watson
Business Development / Warehousing & Distribution Specialist

Leroy began his career in 1948 at the age of 16 working with a small grocery chain in Southern California and leaving as part of the management team five years later.

Bernie Selmanson
Consultant

Bernie has spent his last 45 years in the Wholesale Wine & Spirits industry. During that period he spent his first 12 years with NDC Distributing (Republic National today) and the last 33 with Southern Glazers Wine & Spirits.

George Abraham
Lead Staff Appraiser

George D. Abraham has been involved in the transfer of over 450 businesses and has appraised complete business as well as machinery and equipment for the past 38 years. Two of the appraisals Mr. Abraham was involved in passed the scrutiny of the World Bank. He has performed close to 2,000 appraisals for banks and SBA financing purposes. He has done several appraisals valued over $700 million.

Hans Schroeder
Senior Business AppraiserSenior Business Appraiser

As a seasoned business appraiser, Hans Schroeder is the developer of the proprietary system of software and integrated market data used in every Plethora valuation. Hans has been a business valuation analyst for over 30 years. Prior to working with Plethora, he was involved in systems and software development for many years,

Our knowledgeable staff of transaction veterans offers over 300 years of combined experience in related fields of business ownership, business sales and consultative advisory services. In the last 15 years, we have become a top choice as trusted consultants to business owners and have earned a reputation for providing confidential and reliable professional services to our clients.