Information on the ABB of Southwest Florida Inc Team

Our Team

Steve W. Rietbergen (Principal) is a licensed Florida Broker who has over 23 years of experience in managing his own businesses in Europe and the United States of America. Steve was involved in the start up of the International Petroleum exchange in London, England and his company belonged to the top three Oil Broker firms with offices in London, Geneva, Singapore and New York. His international experience and foreign language skills provides him with the unique ability to deal with different nationalities in order to complete the deals.

Robert W. Pockrandt (Principal) is a licensed Florida Broker who has over 43 years of business experience including start-up, management and ownership. Bob has been a principal in Southwest Florida Business Brokerages since 1993. He has consistently year after year marketed and sold a variety of business for many clients ranging from service, retail, manufacturing and more. He has trained many through his firm to also be successful business brokers. Bob has been an executive in a Fortune 500 company and his General Management and many years of hands-on experiences makes him a very knowledgeable resource for both Sellers and Buyers.

Michael A. Omerzu (Broker Associate) is a licensed Florida Broker and Certified Florida Business Intermediary (CFBI) who has been practicing Business Brokerage since 1991 and is the former owner of his own National Franchise Business Brokerage offices in Port Charlotte / Sarasota and Fort Myers Florida. Michael is a 43 time National Award Winner. He has been a past State Florida Business Brokers Association Board member, past SW Florida Business Brokers Chapter officer and President. Michael has had a long term association with the International Business Brokers Association, the Business Brokers of Florida and other professional associations. He has participated in numerous International Visa sales including Million Dollar Visa’s, L-1 and E-2 Visa’s and has affiliates in Canada and the United Kingdom. Also because of his membership and his past membership in the Institute of Business Appraisers has been designated an expert on business value by the courts. Michael has experience in doing third party evaluations for SBA loans and court appointed testimony. Michael’s specialty is finding a way for people to own their dream business in Florida.

David Winner (Broker Associate) is a licensed Florida Broker and holds an MBA from the University of Maryland.  David has experience in both private capital and public corporations. He has negotiated numerous private capital buy/sells. Very strong financial analysis skills compliment his ability to find the best solutions to sometimes very complicated transactions. As an entrepreneur he owned a wholesale automotive importing firm and a facility maintenance company. David has 25 plus years of business experience including several start-ups along with multi-location acquisitions. He also headed up a multi-location liquidation of a former Fortune 500 Company Division. David has written two national franchise agreements for a large international corporation and has continued his work in the field of dealer franchised distribution.

Rhondal Burns (Broker Associate) is a licensed Florida Real Estate Broker who has held a broker’s license since 1989 and has been doing business brokering since 2000.  Ron was a Florida CPA in public practice for over twenty years and has held a Florida Mortgage Broker license since September 2005, working with buyers and SBA qualified lenders.  Ron’s accounting, taxation, financing, and business management experience serves both he and his clients in walking their way through the business sell/purchase transaction.  Ron is a people person who enjoys and appreciates the opportunity to assist others in meeting their career and personal goals.

Charbel Abinajem (Associate) excels in sales, customer service and management. He has over 30 years of experience with a proven track record as a business broker. Charbel graduated in Belgium with a degree in hotel restaurant management and has been an owner/operator of restaurants and video game routes with distribution in Belgium, France and Lebanon. He relocated to Chicago and became an owner/operator of a successful major oil company service station/carwash. Charbel’s international and stateside business experience gives him a keen understanding of problems and challenges of business owners and buyers from around the world. In 1986 Charbel joined a national franchise business brokerage in Chicago and in the mid 90”s he relocated to Fort Myers and has continued to be a local and national top10 sales award winner. Charbel speaks fluent French, Arabic and English.

William R. Kamerer (Associate) is a licensed Florida Agent who has been brokering business sales and acquisitions since 1984 in Southwest Florida. Bill also has over 20 years of experience in Hotel and Restaurant Management with companies from coast to coast (including Connecticut, California, Missouri and Pennsylvania). Bill’s business brokerage and management experience since 1984 makes him very knowledgeable of the Southwest Florida business community.

R. Troy Wolfe (Associate) is a Graduate of The University of South Florida and a licensed Florida Agent. Troy joined American Business Brokers with over 25 years of successful business ownership in various entities including retail, manufacturing and food service.  Qualifications include a Bachelor Degree in Small Business Management, experience in negotiating complex business transactions, proven marketing skills and a focus on professionalism and integrity. Troy has a unique insight in the specific needs and motivations of business Buyers and Sellers to facilitate successful transactions. He was previously licensed in commercial real estate and business brokerage in Pennsylvania.  

Bruce Pockrandt (Associate) is a licensed Florida Agent who comes to American Business Brokers with more than 20 years of Marketing, Sales, Customer Service and Distribution experience. He has extensive background in the Entertainment and High Tech Products industries employed by major companies in these fields. Bruce’s experience in the Wholesale, Retail and Services environments makes him uniquely qualified in relating to Buyers and Sellers in assisting them in achieving their goals. He enjoys working with people and helping them to find solutions to their problems in their pursuit of buying or selling of a business.

Berto Silva (Associate) is a licensed Florida Agent since 1997 who has over 20 years of management and sales experience in the medically related industries as well as in sales and marketing of his own business ventures. In recent years he has sold several medical related businesses and has the experience working with buyers and sellers of many other types of businesses. Berto holds a Bachelor and a Master’s degree from California State University. He believes in developing relationships and working diligently with buyers and sellers. His multi-lingual skills have been an asset in his business career. Berto speaks fluent English, Portuguese and Spanish.

Rainer M Drygala (Associate) is a successful licensed Florida Agent who has been in the business brokerage since 2000. Rainer comes to ABB also having over 30 years of experience in the food service industry. The American Culinary Federation has certified him as an Executive Chef for Life. Rainer has owned his own successful restaurant in N.H. for 14 years and since 1984 manufactured fresh food products in Lee County Florida. He has a management degree in food service and served on the board of directors of his own NASDAQ traded public company. His management and people skills give him excellent qualifications for success. Rainer speaks, reads and writes fluent German. He is a Notary Public and a certified Notary Signing Agent.

John Leonard (Associate) has been a licensed Florida Agent since 2005 and has held a Massachusetts real estate license for over 20 years.  John also has been a professional photographer for over 30 years. He actively purchased, ran and sold several retail and service related businesses in New England. Since moving to Florida he has been active in commercial real estate sales while assisting his wife in running a European style coffee shop.  John is optimistic about the future of business in Southwest Florida and has chose to work full time marketing and selling Business opportunities and Commercial properties. John enjoys working with people and has had hands-on business experience. He will be an asset in assisting buyers and sellers achieve their goals.

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