Elizabeth Bellit

Duane brings over 35 years of business ownership and mergers & acquisitions experience to Colliers International. His extensive background as a business owner and operator gives him valuable insight into the inner workings of small business.  His business ownership experience includes specialty sports retail, light manufacturing, national and international sales and distribution of branded sports products.  He has a solid understanding of what it takes to run a small to medium sized business and the unique aspects of passing on a business from one owner to the next. 

Duane has successfully managed and closed hundreds of transactions locally, nationally and overseas in the main street and lower middle-market arenas, representing both buyers and sellers. 

Duane was born and raised on the East Coast and relocated to Utah in the early eighties. He has been married for 31 years and he and his wife have raised 2 daughters. He is a life long outdorrsman and with his family he enjoys many outdoor sports including skiing and snowboarding, mountain biking, windsurfing, fishing and hunting. 
 

Scott Sceili brings to Colliers International over 20 years of successful business transaction experience. He was a top-producing franchise sales manager for Midas International and Jiffy Lube International. He also owned and operated a chain of Quick Lube businesses along the Wasatch Front. Scott has guided hundreds of sellers and buyers through seamless business ownership transitions.

Scott’s experience in business brokerage sales has ranged over many industries, making his expertise widely applicable for his clients. In the past, he has sold a successful ski rental business, a screen-printing and embroidery business, a durable medical equipment business, and an advertising and promotional products company. SCott has also been instrumental in the sale of a number of gas station convenience stores. His gross sales have totaled over $6 million during his career.

Scott served for two years in the army and enjoys fishing in his free time.

Ron Stevens has been involved in business brokerage for over 15 years, successfully closing over 60 transactions. He has owned and run several small businesses, including three Little Gym franchises and a salon/boutique, so he understands firsthand the process of selling a business from both the buyer’s and seller’s perspective.

Ron has an undergraduate degree from the University of Utah and an MBA from Seattle University. In addition, he passed the SEC series 79, limited investment banker, and series 63, uniform securities agent, state law designations exams. He has a real estate license in Utah, California and Nevada.

He has been very active in the community, having served on the board of directors of the YMCA of Northern Utah for 18 years, and been involved with the Rotary Club of Millcreek and was past president of the Salt Lake Exchange Club.

Peter Gordon brings over 25 years of deal making experience to Colliers Utah’s Mergers & Acquisitions group, including commercial real estate valuations, appraisals, and sales. He has worked with clients large and small, managing small-business transactions of all sizes in the medical, retail and manufacturing sectors.

Peter began his career in 1988 in San Diego, where he worked for commercial real estate market leader Illiff Thorn and Company and was one of their top agents. Peter then spent a year in San Francisco working for Hanford Healy commercial appraisal before moving to Salt Lake City in 1992. Before joining Colliers’ M&A group, he was a founding member of G&G Investment Advisory Group, an affiliate of Colliers International that specialized in the acquisition and disposition of single and multi-tenant investment properties.

Peter is known for his intuitive approach to problem solving and strong client loyalty. He works hard for clients, positioning assets to maximize ROI. Peter has formed a strategic alliance with M&A industry leader Duane Bush, drawing on a combined total of 60 years of business ownership and mergers & acquisitions experience. Members of Peter’s team provide financial and valuation analysis and cutting-edge mapping, graphics, and demographic and data analysis to provide clients with the most compelling, state-of-the-art marketing packages in the Intermountain West.