The Company – Cascade Business Brokers was formed in 2002 as an assumed business name of Meta Mergers & Acquisitions, LLC, a long established merger and acquisition firm in Portland, Oregon. Meta Mergers specialized in the sale of larger companies. One of the principal owners of Meta Mergers & Acquisitions had retired, and the remaining owner sought to add an associate to specialize in the marketing and sale of small to mid-market companies. That associate was Roland Casad (see below).

At the end of the year, however, the remaining principal owner of Meta Mergers & Acquisitions received an offer to serve as the Chief Financial Officer for a large Oregon aviation company, and decided to take the job. Subsequently, Mr. Casad converted Cascade Business Brokers into his own company (LLC), and continues to share office space in Portland with another company that also specializes in the valuation and marketing of larger companies.

Principal Business Broker – Roland Casad is the owner and principal broker for Cascade Business Brokers, LLC. Before forming Cascade Business Brokers in 2002, he was an associate business broker for four years with the Business Sales Division of Coldwell Banker Commercial in the state capital, Salem. His work focuses on businesses located in Portland, but also extends to key urban areas down the I-5 corridor.

Mr. Casad was initially recruited to Coldwell Banker Commercial from Shared Communications Services (SCS - a phone services company that focused on serving NW businesses) to sell and lease commercial real estate. However, he soon gravitated to the Business Sales Division. Prior to working for SCS, Mr. Casad worked in state government service for 18 years. During that time, he worked with business-oriented agencies, e.g., Real Estate Agency, Corporations Division, Executive Department, Oregon Department of Transportation, and the Oregon Department of Economic & Community Development. Most of this work involved legislative liaison, policy and planning, and central budgeting for the Governor’s Office.

Mr. Casad has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from the University of Washington, and a degree in Law from Willamette University in Salem. He is also a licensed real estate broker in the State of Oregon. Mr. Casad grew up in the Seattle area, served in the US Air Force, and has resided in Oregon since 1974. He has three children – two daughters and a son.