National Equipment & Business Brokers (NEBB) Institute is the only nationally recognized institute offering training and support in machinery/equipment brokerage/appraisal. Industry veterans with more than 25 years of technical experience conduct all training seminars.

After completing the machinery/equipment training each broker/appraiser receives the Professional designation of CMEA, CERTIFIED MACHINERY/EQUIPMENT APPRAISER. The Haley Group has two professionals with this designation in house.

The National Equipment and Business Broker Institute was founded by John R. Harris who holds a Master of Business Administration Degree and has over 25 years of counseling experience. His offices are in the Hillcrest Financial Center, 7701 E. Kellogg, Wichita, Kansas. He has owned several successful businesses.

Mr. Harris has operated both nationally and internationally in appraisal and brokerage with offices in Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Ohio, North Carolina, California, Colorado and Canada under his direction. He had 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. companies including Ford Motor Company, General Motors, General Electric, Pizza Hut Corporation, U.S. Air Force, Boeing, Cessna Aircraft, and U.S. Navy.

Currently, Mr. Harris teaches appraisal technique in business and machinery/equipment for several national firms. He serves nationally as an arbitrator in business disputes for the American Arbitration Association.

Mr. Harris is a member of the Institute of Certified Business Counselors and the Institute of Business Appraisers. Mr. Harris is a tested and certified Senior Member of the American Society of Appraisers in the field of Machinery/Equipment & Technical Specialties and is authorized to use the professional designation A.S.A., indicating Accredited Senior Appraiser. He holds a general appraiser's license in several states.

John Harris is a licensed real estate broker in various states. In Kansas, he 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. He is a frequent guest speaker to C.P.A., attorney, and other business groups. He provides expert court testimony at the District and Federal Court levels when called upon to do so. He has personally sold in a brokerage capacity over 350 businesses and thousands of machinery/equipment items.