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Meet the Team

Meet the Team

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We're Here to Serve

Zackary Thornberg

Zackary Thornberg

Zackary Thornberg

Chief Executive Officer


  • Has been a primary investor in multiple successful business ventures.

  • Seasoned Business Owner and Real Estate Investor

  • Active LLB Senior Broker, specializing in M&A Transactions

  • Fully Trained LBB Professional Business Intermediary

David Tucker

David Tucker

David Tucker

Chief Operations Officer


  • Operations Manager for a defense-related manufacturing startup which he helped scale from four employees to more than thirty over five years. 

  • Ten years of experience in management, administration, training, operational scaling, leadership, and systems development across three businesses and more than a dozen initiatives and projects.

  • Chairman of the Board for a freedom-centric political nonprofit

  • Fully Trained LBB Professional Business Intermediary

Ian Folau

Ian Folau

Ian Folau

Chief Product Officer


  • Ian Folau is a venture capital investor, business broker, and a serial entrepreneur. After serving in the US Army for 10 years as an intelligence officer, Folau built two venture-backed tech companies, where he held roles as CEO and cofounder: ClearMix, a company helping businesses develop and execute video content strategies, and GitLinks, an enterprise platform that helped govern the use of open source technologies.  Mr. Folau also founded LMI Ventures and led investments and startup partnerships for LMI, a federal government consulting firm, but more recently acts as an operating partner at Scout Ventures, a venture capital fund investing in deep-technologies that serve dual-uses for both the public and private markets.  Ian Folau is the CEO of a business brokerage firm, Baton Strategies, based in Utah and also manages a private equity fund focused on acquiring and operating cash-flowing businesses.


  • Ian holds an MBA from Cornell University, a Master of Arts in intercultural communications and German from Middlebury College and a B.S. in systems engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point.  


  • He lives with his wife and five kids in northern Utah and loves to coach rugby and play pickleball.

Eli Malfo

Eli Malfo

Eli Malfo

IT Director


  • With more than eight years of experience in finance, Eli has worked at tech startups, global apparel brands, and has managed a portfolio worth $512 million at a Fortune 500 company.

  • M.B.A. and Finance Degree from Biola University

  • Fully Trained LBB Professional Business Intermediary

Charles Burke

Charles Burke

Charles Burke

National Sales Manager


  • Seasoned sales professional with over 20 years of experience working in various B2B and consumer industries.

  • Highly successful business broker with over 7 years of experience representing business sellers and connecting them with qualified buyers.

  • Certified John Maxwell Association Executive Leadership and Sales Trainer

  • Fully Trained LBB Professional Business Intermediary.

Gene G. Wright

Gene G. Wright

Gene G. Wright

Managing Broker


  • Over 40 Years of combined business management, finance, and M&A experience.

  • Experienced Business consultant who has worked on successfully creating and implementing growth strategy for massive businesses such as: Best Buy, McDonald’s, Harley Davidson, Target, and Home Depot.

  • Member of the Georgia Business Broker Association

  • Millions of Dollars in M&A Business Transactions Successfully Closed

  • Seasoned sales professional with over 20 years of experience working in various B2B and consumer industries.

  • Highly successful business broker with over 7 years of experience representing business sellers and connecting them with qualified buyers.

  • Certified John Maxwell Association Executive Leadership and Sales Trainer

  • Fully Trained LBB Professional Business Intermediary.

Krista Johnson

Krista Johnson

Krista Johnson

Broker Support Specialist


  • Experienced business professional with over 15 years of experience owning and managing businesses in the manufacturing and distribution industries.

  • Legacy Business Brokers client support specialist

  • Fully Trained LBB Professional Business Intermediary

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