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.