John R. Harris
Master Certified Equipment Appraiser
John Harris holds a Master of Business Administration degree and has owned several successful businesses. He has operated both nationally and internationally in appraisal and brokerage. He has been a member of the World Trade Center, having performed appraisal and consulting services for the Mexican and Venezuelan governments in Central and South America.
He has also served as a consultant for large U.S. entities including Ford Motor Company, General Motors, General Electric, International Dairy Queen, Pizza Hut Corporation, Boeing, Cessna Aircraft, and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
Currently, Mr. Harris teaches appraisal technique in Business, Real Estate, and Machinery and Equipment Appraisal for several national organizations. He serves nationally as an arbitrator in business disputes for the American Arbitration Association, New York City. He is a member and contributing guest speaker to the International Business Brokers Association (IBBA), the California Association of Business Brokers (CABB), the Institute of Certified Business Counselors (ICBC). As a member of ICBC, he is one of only a few individuals to hold the MCBC designation indicating Master Certified Business Counselor.
John Harris served as the Director of the NEBB Institute from inception until 2014. As the Director, he has trained well over 1000 appraisers in 45 states, Canada, Puerto Rico, Australia, Ireland, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, and Africa.
He has been awarded the professional designation of CM&AA by the Alliance of Mergers & Acquisition Advisors, which means he is certified in Mergers and Acquisitions. This organization involves CPAs and other financial professionals specializing in business transfers.
John Harris credentials list:
- Business Certified Appraiser certified by US Small Business Administration, State Banks, and National Banks.
- Holds the BAE Professional designation indicating Business Appraisal Expert, as endorsed by Northern Michigan University.
- Has been approved as an instructor for the Kansas Real Estate Commission to teach continuing education courses on the subject of Business Sales and Evaluation.
- Frequent guest speaker to CPAs, attorneys and other business groups.
- Regular contributing author to various industry trade journals and newsletters in the brokerage and appraisal industries.
- Graduate of Loyola University School of Business Administration Executive Education Programs for Certified Merger & Acquisition Advisors.
- Personally sold in a brokerage capacity over 400 businesses.
- Provides expert court testimony at the District and Federal Court levels when called upon to do so.
- Approved and Registered by: Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, General Services Administration, U.S. Government, Internal Revenue Service.
Partial List of Institutions that John Harris has done appraisal assignments for:
- Andover State Bank – Andover
- Andover State Bank – Andover
- Arkansas Valley State Bank
- Banc One Leasing - Columbus, Ohio
- Bankers Bank of Kansas- Wichita
- Bank of America – Derby
- Bank of America – El Dorado
- Bank of America – Garden City
- Bank of America – Liberal
- Bank of America – McPherson
- Bank of America – Newton
- Bank of America – Wichita
- Brothers Bank – Kansas City
- Business Bank of America – Wichita
- Business Loan Center – Wichita
- Central Bank & Trust – Wichita
- Central National Bank – Wichita
- Chisholm Trail State Bank – Wichita
- Citizens Bank & Trust – Wichita
- Citizens State Bank & Trust – Hiawatha
- Commerce Bank
- Commercial Federal Bank
- Community National Bank – El Dorado
- Emprise Bank – Wichita
- Farmers & Merchants State Bank – Derby
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- Fidelity Bank - Wichita
- First National Bank – Anthony
- First National Bank – Conway Springs
- First National Bank – Derby
- First National Bank – Harper
- First National Bank – Winfield
- Freedom Bank – Kansas City
- Garden Plain State Bank
- GE Capital – Overland Park, Kansas
- Gold Bank – Kansas City
- Haysville State Bank
- Heller Financial Group – Kansas City
- Hillcrest Bank – Wichita
- International City Bank – Long Beach, CA
- Intrust Bank – Wichita, Haysville
- Jackson County – Missouri Asses. Dept.
- Johnson County – Kansas City, Kansas
- Legacy Bank – Kansas
- Legacy Bank – Oklahoma
- Midland National Bank – Newton
- Client Business
- Peoples Bank & Trust – McPherson
- Prairie State Bank
- Relianzbank
- Resolution Trust Corp.
- Rose Hill State Bank
- Sedgwick State Bank
- SBA – Wichita
- South Central Kansas Economic
- Development District (SKEDD)
- Southwest National Bank – Wichita
- Suburban West State Bank - Wichita
- The Tescott Bank
- The Mission Bank – Mission, Kansas
- The State Bank – Winfield
- The Valley State Bank – Wichita, Kansas
- Transamerica Small Business Capital
- Twin Lakes National Bank – Wichita
- Union State Bank – Kansas City
- UPS Capital Business Credit – Hartford, CT
- Zions Bank
