Lee Thompson · CEO & Founder
An Auburn man who
built something.
Then helped others do it.
Over twenty years across Fortune 50 companies, private equity, and home service operations. Auburn University. Auburn, Alabama. The same zip code his whole career.
Lee Thompson isn't a paper broker. He's an operator who spent twenty years building, running, and acquiring home service businesses before he started selling them for other people.
He knows what it costs to make payroll on a slow month. He knows the pride in a route run right. He knows what it feels like to hire someone's first real employee, and what it means to hand over something you built with your own hands to someone you trust will carry it forward.
That experience doesn't make him better at paperwork. It makes him better at the thing that actually matters: understanding what you've built, what it's worth, and what it would take to get you everything you deserve for it.
The record
Twenty years of operating the businesses
he now helps other people sell.
2014 – 2016
District Manager
Aramark Uniform Services · North Alabama
Managed 300+ commercial accounts across North Alabama, exceeding $5.3 million in annual revenue. Monthly P&L ownership, contract negotiations, and a team built from the ground up.
$5.3M / yr2016 – 2020
Area Manager
Terminix · Northwest Georgia
Directed a 70-vehicle service fleet across Northwest Georgia, responsible for $14 million in annual revenue. Fleet management, route optimization, technician training, and full P&L ownership. The years that showed him what scale in home service actually looks like.
$14M / yr · 70 vehicles2020 – 2023
Co-Founder & President
Prewett Pest Control · Auburn, AL
This is the chapter that changes everything. Lee co-founded Prewett Pest Control in Auburn and built it from a two-person operation into a 25-person company operating across three regions. He wrote the SOPs, hired the team, built the routes, and ran every dollar of it. He built a home service business. Which means when he sits across from an owner, he's not reading from a brokerage playbook. He's reading from twenty years of being you.
2 → 25 people · 3 regions2023 – 2025
VP, Mergers & Acquisitions
CERTUS · Private-Equity-Backed Pest Control Platform
Led buy-side M&A for CERTUS, a PE-backed platform expanding its footprint across the Eastern United States. Evaluated targets, built relationships with ownership teams, structured deals, and managed the full acquisition process from initial contact through transition. This is where he learned what buyers are paying for, what kills a deal in due diligence, and how to protect a seller's interests at the table, from the buy side.
Buy-side M&A · PE platform2025 – Present
CEO & Founder
Trivie Business Brokers · Auburn, AL
Founded Trivie to do for other home service owners what he wishes someone had done for him. A brokerage built on operator credibility, not broker credentials. The mission: help the people who built something unlock the full value of what they've built, with integrity, expertise, and the kind of understanding that only comes from having been in the chair you're sitting in.
Est. 2025 · Auburn, AlabamaThe mission
"Help home service business owners unlock the full value of what they've built. With integrity, expertise, and a deep understanding of the industry, guide owners through the M&A process, ensuring a smooth transition, a strong legacy, and a future filled with possibility. We don't just close deals. We make dreams a reality."
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