Mike Adhikari (U.S.)
Mike Adhikari is a principal of Overseas Connexions, Inc., that helps companies in India and US in establishing cross-border business relationships.
He is a Mergers & Acquisition advisor with 20+ years of experience, and a developer of a unique valuation software product. His firm, Illinois Corporate Investments, Inc., provides M&A services to mid-market companies up to $100 million in value. Mike is also the owner/developer of Business ValueXpress^® (BVX^®), a valuation and deal structuring software. BVX^® corrects fundamental errors in today’s valuation methods. As a result it provides a high level of objectivity, which then permits interactive what-if analysis to business owners. Prior to M&A, Mike worked for a Fortune 500 company in graphic arts industry for 17 years in marketing, strategic planning, manufacturing and R&D.
Mike has MBA (Uni. of Chicago), MSEE (Cleveland), MSME (IIT- Chicago), BSME (Gujarat, India), and has CBI, CM&AA certifications. He is a board member of AMAA (Alliance of Mergers & Acquisition Advisors), past president and board member of MBBI (Midwest Business Brokers and Intermediaries Association), and a member of IBBA, IBA, ACG, FEI, and NACVA.
Mike teaches Mergers & Acquisitions (since 1994), as a guest speaker, in the Entrepreneurial Finance class of the MBA program at the Kellogg Business School of the Northwestern University. He also teaches transaction valuation as part of the CM&AA certification. In 2000, Wall Street Journal and U.S. Congress used Mike's valuation analysis to help reinstate the installment sales tax provision. Mike frequently speaks in national conference on topics related to M&A, valuation, and buying and selling businesses.