About Triaz International

About Us

The Triaz International business transfer system has been developed through accumulated professional experience over the course of the last 30 years.

Triaz International is an experienced group of businessmen who have a single mission make the buying and selling of a small business a positive and rewarding experience.

Triaz International brings buyers and sellers together through an organized and efficient system that has been time-tested from years of experience working with business sellers and buyers. The process of buying and selling a business is both relationship based and, leverages education, tools, and processes. We take a unique approach and place a distinct emphasis on the processes.

The founders of Triaz International experienced the deep frustration of acquiring or attempting to acquire a business. Collectively and individually, we all realized the process was seriously flawed. Its no wonder 90% of prospective buyers never buy anything! For business owners, it’s possibly worse. Once a business is listed, few sellers find qualified buyers. The process feels almost random, and definitely, is not proactive or organized.

It’s abundantly clear that neither buyers nor sellers are properly represented in the market today nor do they have organized access to the tools or knowledge resources to buy or sell a business.

Our Mission

Offer a system at reasonable cost that ensures that qualified buyers and sellers -- attain their goal of buying the business that fits their skills and economic needs -- and for business owners, to sell their business discreetly and efficiently to qualified buyers!

Our Team

John Sliney, President
Mr. Sliney has served as a business development, marketing and sales executive for numerous Fortune 100 and startup companies for over 20 years. Most recently he has consulted in the business and financial planning, fundraising, executive hiring, product strategy, and sales development of early stage, small companies.

His academic training was in computer science and mathematics at UC Berkeley followed by 20 years of employment as a general management, marketing, and sales executive. His career has included foreign residence in the Far East and Europe. Mr. Sliney has worked for American, Japanese, British, Australian, and Israeli corporations. Most recently he has helped Australian companies to develop their sales and marketing reach into the US market.

Gerald Barney, Vice President
Gerald Barney, a director and Vice President of Triaz International. Mr. Barney is the corporation’s designated broker- officer. He began his career as a financial professional in 1971 as a NYSE, ASE, and NASD licensed securities broker/dealer dealing in mid-sized mergers and acquisitions and commercial real estate syndications. For the past 25 years he has been active in providing financial services to small business, including business development, business appraisals, consulting, and business brokerage and financing. He is currently a principal shareholder of American ValueMetrics Corp, Inc., a firm operating nation-wide in the areas of business and machinery/equipment appraisals.

Mr. Barney is the principal architect of the Triaz International system. It reflects the experience of a long career in the business transfer industry, and his expert knowledge of what is required to successfully complete a sale.

Mr. Barney holds an M.S. degree in quantitative analysis and systems theory from San Jose State University.

Hao Wu
Mr. Wu has more than 18 years of entrepreneurial and international business experience. In the early 1990’s, Hao Wu co-founded Hi-Tech Soft, now Patchlink Corporation. He was instrumental in developing the overall business plan and strategy that lead to the first round funding for Patchlink in 1999, and a second round of funding of $35 million, lead by Bank of America Venture Partners in 2004. In addition, Mr. Wu has worked as a consultant for The Boston Consulting Group where he focused on business strategies and operational management for different companies operating in Asia. Some of the major clients Hao Wu has consulted for include Palm, Sun, VeriSign, Seagram, Herman Miller, SC Johnson, and Vsource. Mr. Wu has extensive experience in business evaluation, process re-engineering, and capital financing. Mr. Wu graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Computer Engineering from University of California, San Diego and holds an MBA from the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley.

Brett Barney
Mr. Barney has a unique background of more than 20 years of global business experience in both large corporations and small enterprises. His responsibilities have included extensive work with global 500 businesses in Asia, Europe, and Australia. He has a long track record of successful business start ups and acquisitions. He currently owns and operates several small businesses and focuses on bringing the discipline and business processes learned in large organizations to small companies. In the large enterprise arena he has held sales, marketing, operations, business development, and consulting positions for companies such as Dell Computer, Silicon Graphics, and National Semiconductor. Mr. Barney holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration.

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