The Harvest Team

Working together our Experience, Common Sense, and Persistence generate Great Results.

Gregory R. Caruso

For over 25 years Greg has been obtaining outstanding profits for his clients through strategic planning and salesmanship as Principal, as Broker, and as counsel. Greg’s depth and diversity of experience and his professional credentials give him a comprehensive perspective that adds value to each of his transactions. Greg is a director of the Maryland Chapter of the Association of Corporate Growth, and a director of the Mid-Atlantic Business Intermediaries Association. He holds BS in Accounting and JD degrees from the University of Maryland.

Greg is an Attorney, CPA, and Real Estate Broker licensed in Maryland, Certified Valuation Analyst, and a prior Real Estate Developer and Builder. Greg practiced law as a transactional attorney and owned a title and settlement company from 1996 to 2002. He practiced business and real estate law, advising many business clients and preparing real estate and business documents, and conducting real estate and business closings. Greg founded, co-owned, and operated a substantial real estate building and development company that delivered 70 homes per year. He worked in all areas and levels of the business including sales, finance having raised substantial equity and debt financing, accounting, and was in charge of legal review and oversight. Prior to that Greg worked as a construction project manager on major apartment and office projects. 

Since 2002, Greg has advised business clients and brokered the sale of businesses and professional practices. Businesses he sold include professional services, engineering, distributors, manufacturers, substantial retailers, construction, sports centers, sub-contracting, suppliers, and others. Recently Greg has become very involved in succession and exit strategy planning and preparation increasing value and solving transactional issues in internal sales (to key employees or family members) and external brokered sales.

Greg is an expert in exit strategies, family transition issues, and mergers and acquisitions.  He actively speaks and writes on these topics having been quoted or authored pieces in the LA Times, Inc. Magazine, Baltimore Business Journal and other publications. Greg was a featured speaker at the International Business Brokers Association’s convention in Denver, Colorado. Greg’s book, “11 Secrets to Selling Your Business” was published in 2007.  

Jerry Cohen

Jerry is a Certified Business Intermediary (CBI). This prestigious designation, award by the International Business Brokers Association, is earned by only 2% to 3% of all business brokers.  Jerry is the founder of the Mid-Atlantic Business Intermediaries Association and served as its President from 2003 to 2007. He is an active member of both the International Business Brokers Association and Business Network International. He has authored industry articles related to business brokerage and has been quoted as an industry expert by several publications including the Gazette newspapers. 

For over 30 years, Jerry has negotiated business transactions, first as the co-owner of a Washington, DC and Maryland based ten-unit retail and financial services chain with gross revenues of approximately $100 million dollars per year, and since 1989, as a business intermediary.

Jerry has sold many different types of businesses including service, biotech, technology, construction, association management, retail and others. He has successfully brokered many business transactions ranging in size from the sale of small retail businesses to the sale of multi-million dollar service companies. Jerry is a licensed real estate broker in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and Washington, DC and is therefore able to help his business clients with their real estate transaction requirements. 

Jerry is a second-generation business intermediary and is proud to continue his family's tradition of serving its clients with dedication and expertise.

Richard Stopa

Richard Stopa is a business intermediary specializing in information technology, business to business services, and franchises. He has been involved in mergers and acquisitions work as well as franchise sales since 1984.  Because Richard believes so sincerely in entrepreneurship, he has a keen desire to match up buyers and sellers and see both parties meet their business goals. 

Richard’s credentials include over 30 years of business ownership as well as working in senior level management, sales and marketing positions in the IT industry. During that time, he has been involved in many entrepreneurial ventures in addition to helping many others get a start in the business world. He is experienced in computer distribution, computer reselling, e-commerce and software. 

As president of a major national computer franchise organization, Richard was instrumental in building a 600 unit franchise and reseller network across the United States. He served as a senior executive of the company and reported to the CEO.  The company’s revenue growth during his eight year tenure went from $25 million to over $2 billion.

Richard has had computer reseller experience through opening and running a 20,000 square foot computer superstore and through serving as a founding board member of one of the first computer superstore chains.  He has also spent over six years as a CEO and COO of two Internet and e-commerce companies overseeing operations, sales, marketing, and software development.

Richard has been an active member of CompTIA, the computing technology industry association and has served the association as its chairman of the board as well as a board member.  CompTIA is the largest national computer trade association in the U.S. 

Richard is a member of the International Business Brokers Association and is currently serves as the president of the Mid-Atlantic Business Intermediary Association. He has a BS in Management from Davenport University and a certificate from Harvard Business School, Executive Training Program.