Hands-on business advisors, backed by a bench of independent professionals — so owners get the expertise they need without assembling the team themselves.
Based in Wichita, Sunland brings decades of enterprise-value experience from companies and private equity to business owners across Kansas and the Midwest. We work in your business, across the 7 key areas that determine its worth — to make it stronger today, worth more tomorrow, and ready to sell on your terms.
Shane has spent 20+ years as a senior operating executive inside private-equity-backed and founder-led companies — leading five M&A transactions, scaling a PE-backed platform to three times its output ahead of a successful exit, and turning around a struggling global business with $15M in cost savings on the way to its sale. He's also been the owner: he founded Sun Mountain Food Works, grew it into Costco, Whole Foods, Kroger, and other national accounts, and sold it.
That combination — the executive who's built the systems and the owner who's made payroll — is what he brings to every Sunland engagement: in your business, across 7 key areas, until it runs without you.
Nick has spent years inside small businesses, where he saw the same constraints surface regardless of industry — and learned what separates a company that's merely profitable from one a buyer will pay a premium for. He works with owners on operating performance, ownership transitions, and the questions that come before a sale.
A Wichita native building for the long term in the Heartland, Nick brings the buyer's perspective to Sunland's strategy and client roadmaps — what diligence will find, what drives a premium, and a conviction that good businesses deserve stewards, not just buyers.
Independent professionals, matched to your business and coordinated by Sunland around your roadmap — one point of contact, and the expertise you need.
Prepares your books and tax position for a sale so a buyer's diligence finds nothing to argue with.
Structures the deal, protects you in the purchase agreement, and keeps the transaction moving to close.
Helps buyers finance your business — and helps you fund growth or a partner buyout before you sell.
Runs a competitive sale process so you see multiple qualified buyers, not the first one who calls.
Plans what the proceeds need to do for you and your family — before the sale, when you still have options.
Advises on whether to sell, lease, or keep your building — often the second-largest asset in the deal.
Professional Advisors are independent firms, not employees of Sunland Advisory LLC. If you already work with a CPA, attorney, or advisor you trust, we're glad to work alongside them. Sunland coordinates the work on your behalf; each advisor engages with you directly for their professional services.
Thirty minutes, no obligation — we'll talk through where your business stands and what would move it.
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