Mergers and Acquisitions Consulting for Independently Owned Companies.

Dominik Sachsenheimer is a proven business strategist across various industries and continents who has been heading up Maven Group as president and majority shareholder since 2017. Maven Group has quickly developed into the leading mergers & acquisitions advisor for elevator companies in the United States and Canada as the firm’s clients combine for annual revenues above $400,000,000. Dominik is a frequent speaker at industry events in North America and Europe as well as an occasional contributor to publications such as “Elevator World” which recognized him as one of 25 “people of the year” in 2020.

Prior to running Maven Group, Dominik gained 10 years of experience at the Otis Elevator Company from 2006 to 2016. He served as Director of Mergers & Acquisitions for North America since 2013 and previously in various finance roles in New York City, Chicago and Charleston, SC where he directed an organization spanning across 16 states and several Caribbean islands.

Dominik obtained his MBA from Berufsakademie Loerrach, Germany in 1999 and started his career with a global logistics company headquartered in Basel, Switzerland. He later headed the internationally renowned “Zelt Musik Festival” in Freiburg, Germany, which hosts over 50 concerts attracting 200,000 visitors annually. During this time, he also consulted for various non-profit and entertainment companies while teaching business
courses at “Institut fuer Sprachen und Wirtschaft” in Freiburg, Germany.

Bill Beaury started SureWay Expediting Inc. with his partner and $750 seed money. SureWay grew to $45,000,000 in revenue during the 20 years before it was sold. The complexities of Government regulation then transitioning to deregulation, adding staff and management, developing technology, financing growth, dealing with recessions, and changing markets all helped Bill prepare for Maven Group. Eventually the company was rolled into a group of companies that went through the Initial Public Offering (IPO) process. The experience of it all was priceless.
Immediately after that Bill invested in, and took, control of a company that was hemorrhaging money. In 90 days it was at break even and in two years it bought SureWay from the public company. In 1992, while all of these transactions were going on, Bill and John Taylor, who were childhood friends, formed Taylor Elevator in Naples, Florida. Bill was 50% owner and served as the business side of the company while still living in New York.

In 2008, when Bill moved to Naples and became actively involved in Taylor Elevator, revenues were as high as $12,000,000. In 2013 the company spent 6+ months negotiating with a ‘major’ only to have the deal fall apart 7 days before closing. In 2015 Bill completed a deal with a different ‘major’—Otis Elevator. While at the public company, Bill was in charge of Mergers & Acquisitions and the spin off of non-performing companies. Bill also worked independently with business owners to develop their companies to either continue making higher profits or to be sold. Bill is an Alumni of Harvard Business School, AMP.

Prior to joining Maven Group, Carson Bombara supported the Acquisitions and Strategy Team at American Elevator Group (AEG) and worked hand-in-hand with entrepreneurs who sought to partner with a quickly growing elevator platform sponsored by a private equity investor. Conducting due diligence, negotiating purchase agreements, creating investment presentations, and assisting with integration plans, ideally prepared Carson for his current role with Maven Group.

During his time at AEG, Carson had the opportunity to work with Maven Group on several successful transactions. After learning to appreciate the tremendous value that an advisor brings to an entrepreneur who is pursuing a sale of their Company, Carson joined Maven Group at the start of 2023 to use his unique perspective of the elevator industry in North America to assist business owners with the various challenges of navigating through a merger or an acquisition.

Carson graduated from Trinity College of Hartford Connecticut in 2020 with a Bachelor’s of Science in Economics. While at Trinity, Carson was a part of the 2019 CFA Institute Research Team, which competed against various regional schools by writing an equity research report on a local, publicly traded Company. Carson also completed a Mergers and Acquisitions certification from Columbia Business School in 2022.