Chad Vail

Over the last 15+ years, Micah Grubbs has acted as the CFO in the Spa and Salon industry, financed and flipped millions of dollars of housing, written business plans for everything from parking lots to coffee shops to horse farms, and hired and trained over 100 employees. Specialties: Small Business Finance, Business Modeling and Strategy for Start-Ups and Existing Businesses, House-Flipping/Real Estate Finance and Disaster Insurance Adjusting. Background and Education: Micah graduated in 1998 with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Washington and Jefferson College and then started his career in project management and sales. In 2008, Micah and his wife Aubre decided to open Verve 360. After starting with only 3 employees, Verve grew to over 1 million in annual and 15 full-time technicians. In 2012, Verve was recognized by the City of Pittsburgh as one of the fastest-growing businesses in the city. During his tenure as Owner of Verve, he graduated from the University of Pittsburgh Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence program and successfully consulted, modeled, and mentored multiple businesses in the city. Out of the Office: Micah is married to his wife Aubre and has raised her daughters (Bayley and Maeson) since they were 5 and 2 years old. Outside interests include golfing, travel, cooking, music, skiing, and softball. Favorite Local Spot: Merchant Oyster Company Favorite Food: Oysters

Over 30+ years of industry experience. His love for the Hospitality Industry started while serving coffee and donuts at the age of 10 at his family’s Dunkin Donuts business. This gave him a solid foundation to become a chef, an instructor, a general manager at multiple restaurants, and to work for two of the industry leaders in food distribution. Now at Sofranko Advisory Group, he is using his experience to help grow the services offered at the Hospitality Brokerage. Specialties: Cost Controls, Restaurant Management, Stock/Inventory Efficiencies, Conflict Resolution, Marketing Concepts

Lisa M. Tomasovich is a self-described sales junkie and competitive athlete with a penchant for winning. Since catching the sales bug almost 30 years ago, Lisa has been able to get people excited about the things that she’s excited about. Background: Lisa’s background is rich in the restaurant, hospitality, and design industries where she has continuously strived to become an expert at every level and has consistently been recognized as a top producer. Lisa is known for her extensive business/friend networks and her innate ability to connect the dots for her clients. She takes great pride in helping others achieve their personal and professional goals. A Win-Win situation in her eyes.

Business Planning and Consulting, Hospitality Brokers, and PA Liquor License Company Sofranko Advisory Group is a full-service Hospitality and Liquor License Firm in Pennsylvania. We provide services to help owners and operators of restaurants, bars, event centers, and beer distributors, as well as entrepreneurs looking to get into the industry. Sooner or later, everyone can use a good advisor. It’s our middle name.

Our extensive financial network of banks, private investors, and leasing companies enables us to raise capital to facilitate transactions. Financing, Franchising, Real Estate, Hospitality and Acquisitions remain our specialties. Our Network includes over 1600 seasoned professionals with experiences in all disciplines that are here to serve the small business owner. Consulting: Our risk-free, limited-engagement, fee-based approach provides our clients with over 30 years of experience and a network of over 1800 hospitality industry professionals. We review all aspects of your business thoroughly including operations, concept development, real estate, financing, human resources and marketing.

Ed brings an explosive 30 plus years of combined valued experience in business ownership as well as professional sales and management. He has experience in all facets of running a profitable business, in staffing (recruiting, hiring, firing) tracking inventory, advertising, marketing, consulting with business owners in creating multiple lanes of new revenue, as well as the latest trends and ways to increase cash flow, and more. Specialties: Utilizing today's latest technology to sell and to help your business run more efficiently.