Benjamin Engel
Managing Director
Benjamin leads EDGE's deal strategy and reviews every LOI and offer the firm delivers. His background spans more than $50M in commercial SBA lending and more than $60M in private equity transactions.
EDGE Advisory Team
The people on your side of the table.
Buying or selling a business is a team sport, and this is the team: leadership with real banking and private equity backgrounds, licensed advisors on the ground, legal counsel on staff, and a Growth Advisor who stays involved beyond the closing.
Active in Georgia and Wisconsin, expanding to major U.S. metros.
Leadership
Senior eyes on every deal.
Every letter of intent and offer EDGE delivers is reviewed by leadership before it goes out. That is a process promise, and these are the people who keep it.
Carl Quindel
Managing Broker
Carl oversees the firm's licensed brokerage activity and regulatory compliance, so every EDGE engagement is run correctly as well as effectively.
Steven DeVougas
Managing Counsel, Strategic Transactions
Steven provides legal oversight on deal structure, engagement agreements, and regulatory compliance, keeping surprises on paper instead of at closing.
Advisors
On the ground, in the market.
Allura Engel
Business Advisor, Buyer Coordinator
Georgia
Allura is the first point of contact for buyer inquiries firm-wide, qualifying buyers and guiding them to the right opportunities. Licensed business broker in Georgia. Buyer Line: 404.940.5748.
Robert Moss
Business Advisor
Atlanta, GA
Robert works with buyers and sellers across the Atlanta metro, guiding owners and acquirers through the EDGE process.
Mark Joy
Business Advisor
Alabama and Georgia
Mark serves buyers and sellers across Alabama and Georgia, bringing the EDGE process to owners throughout both markets.
Olajuwan Cawthon
Business Advisor
Wisconsin
Olajuwan works with buyers and sellers across Wisconsin, guiding owners and acquirers through the EDGE process.
Business Development
Growing the relationships that grow the firm.
Business development is how EDGE builds market presence and referral relationships in new and growing markets.
Astoria King
Business Development
Georgia
Astoria develops relationships with business owners, buyers, and referral partners across the Georgia market, building the pipeline that becomes future EDGE engagements.
Meghan Ashton
Business Development
Wisconsin
Meghan develops relationships with business owners, buyers, and referral partners across the Wisconsin market, building the pipeline that becomes future EDGE engagements.
Growth and Brand
Beyond the transaction.
Jenna Orrock
Growth Advisor
EDGE Business Advisors
Jenna works with sellers on exit planning and value building before going to market, and with buyers on growing the business after the keys change hands.
Brian Bzdawka
Creative Director
EDGE Business Advisors
Brian leads the firm's visual brand and creative execution, from listing presentation to everything that carries the EDGE name.
How the Team Works
One firm standard, whoever you work with.
Leadership review on every deal
No offer or letter of intent leaves EDGE without Managing Director review, whichever advisor you work with day to day.
One platform behind everyone
Every advisor runs on the EDGE Deal Hub and the same playbooks, so the analysis behind your deal does not depend on who picked up the phone.
Compliance and counsel built in
A Managing Broker overseeing licensed activity and legal counsel on staff, involved in deals as a matter of course, not called in when something breaks.
Confidentiality as culture
Deal information stays with the people working the deal. That discipline applies to every member of this team, on every engagement.
Talk to the team, or join it.
Every engagement starts with a confidential conversation. And the team is growing: EDGE is adding licensed advisors in major metros across the country.