Mike Jansen, CBC, AIBA, CSBA, AMAA

Mike Jansen is a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration.

After college, Mike went to work at Central Commissary in the family business, Jansens Select Foods, Inc. His responsibilities included the management of a restaurant, catering service, and the manufacturing of delicatessen food items; which were distributed to IGA supermarkets.

His next position was with Wetterau, Inc. as a Market Analyst. Trade area modeling was used to project retail sales growth for individual supermarkets within an 18 state area. Wetterau then appointed him Manager of Store Development for the Hazelwood Division, charged with building new supermarkets and upgrading existing locations.

Mike then moved on to industrial sales with Eaton Corporation as a Sales Representative, and then to Eurodrive, Inc. as District Sales Manager. The opportunity to be an independent manufacturers representative became available, and Mike started his sales agency, Province Industrial, with a sales territory covering six states.

After 25 years of selling manufacturing equipment, Mike was ready for a new challenge. The next career objective would encompass all of his previous business experience in the fields of retail management, analysis, wholesale, commercial development, sales, manufacturing, industrial distribution, and business ownership of an industrial sales agency. Following extensive study and comprehensive education, Mike formed Province Group LC to offer business consulting services.

Mike Jansen is a member of and holds professional designations with:
Institute of Certified Business Counselors as a:
CBC - Certified Business Counselor
Institute of Business Appraisers as an:
AIBA - Accredited by the Institute of Business Appraisers
International Society of Business Analysts as a:
CSBA - Certified Senior Business Analyst
Association of Professional Merger & Acquisition Advisors as an:
AMAA - Accredited Merger & Acquisition Advisor
and the International Business Brokers Association

The purpose of a Professional Designation is to convey to a prospective client, and also their advisors, the qualifications of the consulting intermediary. A designation, by a national organization of professionals, documents that the intermediary assents to the Code of Ethics of the organization, and has achieved a specific level of expertise in the discipline.

Professional organizations are just one resource for Mike's personal commitment to continuing education; to maintain the highest possible degree of competence as a consulting intermediary.