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The Sierra Company, LLC team is a small group of seasoned, independent professionals that have negotiated many transactions and personally owned and operated at least one substantial Company of their own.  The group is lead by the Company’s President and Owner, Mike Grande.  Mike is also a Director at SDR Ventures, Inc., one of Denver's top Investment Banking Firms. He is an experienced merger and acquisition intermediary, business owner and management consultant with over 25 years of experience. Mike has completed an extensive number of transactions throughout the US.  He has also personally purchased, operated and sold a Management Consulting firm, Marine Dealership, and RV Storage and Service Company. He was the Director of Management Consulting for a top ten national accounting and consulting firm for over eight years and has direct consulting, merger acquisition and business valuation experience with some of the top private companies in the western US. He has worked with close to 100 clients in the $2 to $100 million annual sales range, and in a number of industries including manufacturing, service, retail, construction, food and beverage, distribution and dealerships.

Mike has a degree in Management from the University of Oregon, an MBA degree in Finance from the University of Denver and he studied international business at the University of London.  Mike has a Series 79 (Investment Banking Representative) license and is a Certified Business Intermediary(CBI), a Certified Management Consultant(CMC), a Certified Negotiation Expert(CNE) and he holds a Colorado Real Estate license.  He has taught business classes at the University of Denver and the University of Phoenix.  Mike has been on the board of directors of several companies as well as the Colorado Marine Dealers Association, Institute of Management Consultants and Urban Peak – a non-profit charitable organization.


Dick Winter has been completing mergers and acquisitions for over 30 years. He has a degree in accounting from the University of Illinois in addition to attending UCLA in post graduate studies. He as been Chief Financial Officer in 3 different companies with budgets from $30,000,000 to $75,000,000. Dick has authored 2 business/financial books and he has purchased and sold several companies personally, so he understands the buyers and sellers needs. With his extensive accounting and financial knowledge and his merger and acquisition experience, he is often called upon as an expert witness in business valuations legal cases.