Tom Caltrider is the Founder and Managing Director of Hawaii Business Sales. He has over 30 years of very broad business experience. His last corporate position was as Senior Vice President of Johns Manville, responsible for the $1 billion fiberglass insulation business.  Prior to that he was: President and CEO of Gundle Environmental Services; Vice President of GE Plastics Pacific based in Singapore; and, Vice President of Petrochemicals for Borg-Warner Chemicals.  He has a strong background in sales, marketing, finance, business development, purchasing, and joint venture and trade association leadership - all of which are employed in the complex endeavor of business brokerage.

Tom received an MBA from Ohio University, attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School, and has a BS in business from the University of Maryland.  The International Business Brokers Association (the industry’s leading trade association) awarded him its Certified Business Intermediary ("CBI") designation; and the Exit Planning Institute (the premier provider of learning, knowledge, and future-oriented research for exit planning professionals) awarded him their Certified Exit Planning Advisor ("CEPA") designation.