Donald Caldera brings the wisdom and skills of forty years of corporate experience across a variety of industries in acquisitions, development and management to CBI clients.

Prior to joining the CBI team in 1998, Don was a principal in a Palm Beach merchant bank with particular focus on expansion and roll-up transactions in healthcare, leisure, maritime and aerospace firms. He was EVP Development of a maritime energy services company which he helped to grow through acquisitions from $30 million to $180 million, via an initial public offering and over $300 million in financing. Prior thereto, Don was CEO of a Geneva Switzerland based joint venture for cruising, hotels and tourism in the Soviet Union. This assignment followed hi successful turnaround, as Chairman/CEO of a cruise line that he expanded, publicly financed and subsequently sold.

A native of Hudson Valley and a Lake Placid homeowner since 1974, Don received a BS in engineering from the Webb Institute of Naval Architecture and a JD from Yale Law School in 1960. He is a member of the New York Bar, the American Arbitration Association, the International Business Broker Association, the New York Association of Business Brokers and the New York State Association of Realtors.

Dennis Beckert has spent almost twenty years advising small businesses on matters of debt & equity fundraising, tax compliance and acquisition integration. Since leaving a Big 4 accounting firm for private industry, he has filled executive level financial positions for companies ranging in size from $1MM to $400MM in revenue with a particular need for cash forecasting and budgeting.

A native of New York's Hudson Valley, Dennis has longstanding ties to the North Country, from his studies at SUNY Potsdam (1991), where he received his Bachelor’s degree in Economics, to his recent work as Controller for one of the largest development projects in the Adirondacks – here in Lake Placid - since the 1980 Winter Olympics.

Dennis has received Masters Degrees in both Accounting and Business Administration from Northeastern University in Boston. He is a member of the Upstate Venture Association of New York.