Based in USA since the last two decades, Satish Patel has a degree in International Management from MS University in Baroda, India and a degree in Accounting from California State University, Fullerton.
Satish has over twenty years of diversified experience with building, acquiring and selling businesses. He currently resides in the Boston area and owns several small businesses throughout New England Territory. Prior to setting up
Sunbelt, Satish was instrumental in the expansion of international operations of a software company, as well as engineering many merger and acquisition transactions.
Satish began his career as a CPA conducting audits for small and medium sized firms, advising business owners on financial and accounting issues, buying and selling decisions as well as business valuations. He was later certified as a Financial Planner and joined a software start-up as the Chief Financial Officer. In that capacity he directed all the operational activities of the firm including human resources, information technology, international operations and tax planning. He established the firm’s presence in overseas markets such as Japan, Germany, China and India. Satish and his partners grew the firm to over $ 10 million in sales before selling it to a publicly traded company. He stayed on as Vice President of International operations and managed the firm’s subsidiaries overseas. He engineered several merger and acquisition deals and also built a chain of 12 retail stores which were later acquired by another publicly traded US company. He participated in raising venture capital and angel financing.