Gower Idrees, CM&AA(R), CFP(TM), CEPA(TM) CEO of Oregon-based M&A firm RareBrain and nationally recognized author and merger & acquisition expert, Gower has advised some of America's fastest growing companies featured in Inc. 500, Fast 50 and others and has been involved in a myriad of client transactions worth hundreds of millions of dollars. He has started, built, acquired and divested many businesses personally and has deployed thousands of people in his various companies. His many media appearances include The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Television, SUCCESS magazine and Yahoo Finance. Gower spent over a decade in the Entrepreneur Organization (EO) and is the past president of EO-Houston