ABOUT BRANDON
Most of what I know,
I learned the hard way.
I've hired and fired, opened locations and closed them, managed family dynamics and bank relationships, and made more hard calls than I can count. This is the story behind the perspective I bring.
BRANDON BONHAM
I’m Brandon Bonham. I’ve spent 25 years inside a family equipment business—growing it, fixing it, almost breaking it, and building it back stronger.
That’s what I bring to every conversation: not a formula, but a perspective earned through experience. I work with owners, investors, and peer groups who value candor over polish.
THE EARLY FOUNDATION
I grew up around a family business.
My grandfather started an equipment distribution company in Utah, and I spent my early years watching what it meant to build something from the ground up—the long hours, the risks, the pride in doing work that mattered.
Before I ever came back to the family business full time, I earned my CPA and spent two years at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Salt Lake City, working on tax preparation and consulting for multinational corporations, publicly traded REITs, and high-net-worth individuals. That experience gave me financial discipline and analytical rigor that I still use every day.
But I knew I wasn’t built for a career inside a Big Four firm. I wanted to operate. I wanted to build.
TAKING THE REINS
I came back to the family business and worked my way through every department.
Yard operations, parts, service, sales, accounting, and financing. By 2004, I assumed full operational leadership and majority ownership of what is now RMT Equipment.
At that point, the company was doing $7.6 million in annual revenue with a single location. Over the next fourteen years, I grew it to over $50 million across eight locations in Utah, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Nevada. We built partnerships with brands like EZGO, KIOTI, Jacobsen, Cushman, Kubota, and New Holland, and served commercial, municipal, and agricultural customers across the Intermountain West.
That growth was real, but it wasn't clean. Scaling from one location to eight taught me things that no MBA program or consulting framework ever could.
WHAT GROWTH ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE
Opening a second location doesn't double your business - it triples your complexity.
I learned that the systems that work at $10 million break at $25 million. I learned that the hardest personnel decisions aren’t about strangers—they’re about people you care about, and sometimes family members you love.
I managed a full P&L across all locations, handled capital expenditures and floor plan financing, led a workforce of 50+ people, and navigated the kind of ownership and succession dynamics that only exist in family businesses. Some of those conversations went well. Some of them were the hardest things I’ve ever done.
Through all of it, I developed a belief that has shaped everything I do now: the best business advice comes from people who've actually run something. Not people who've studied it from the outside, but people who've sat in the chair, felt the weight of payroll, and had to make a call when there wasn't a right answer.
WHERE I AM NOW
Today I bring everything I've built and learned to a broader set of conversations.
I work with business owners who are navigating growth, transition, or the hard internal questions that come with running something they’ve poured their life into. I work with investors and family offices who want an operator’s eye on deals, businesses, and execution risk. And I speak with leadership groups like YPO on the real challenges of ownership, accountability, and building companies that outlast their founders.
I’m still an operator at heart. But the most rewarding part of my work now is helping other people see what I’ve learned to see—the opportunities hiding in operational complexity, the value buried under owner dependency, and the conversations that need to happen before they become crises.
THE PERSONAL SIDE
Beyond the business
Home
Based in Herriman, Utah — the same state where my father started the business that would become mine.
Community
Active member of the Young Presidents' Organization. Deeply committed to church, coaching, and mentorship.
Education
BYU graduate with a Master of Accountancy and a licensed CPA.
Language
Fluent Spanish, thanks to two years living in Antofagasta, Chile.
If any of this resonates — if you're building something, leading something, or working through something that matters — I'd welcome the conversation.
Brandon@BrandonBonham.com - 801-633-2590