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The Art of Executing Programmatic M&A
“The success of a deal comes down to the execution post-acquisition and it requires initial analysis, expectation and goal setting, due diligence, and creating a thorough integration and execution plan before the deal closes. It’s a lot of preparation, but the more you do it, the better you get.”
Yogesh Gupta
President and CEO of Progress Softwar
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“As an entrepreneur, focus on the fundamentals because that's what really lasts. Trends come and go, but as a business, you need to focus on running a cash-generating, growing company year after year. That resilience is what makes a business strong, no matter what’s happening in the macro environment.”
Tianyi Jiang
CEO at AvePoint
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Chief of Staff and Head of Corporate Development at Carta
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M&A Science Summit Videos
Mar 15, 2021
Kimberly Baird
Principal and Founder, Maximize M&A LLC
Ashley Rice
Sr. Consultant HR M&A / M&A Integration and Data Team Leader at Cisco
Strategy
M&A Science Summit Videos
Mar 15, 2021
This episode of the M&A Science podcast features our friends over at Cisco. In this interview, we talked about evolving to Agile M&A at scale, with Ashley Rice, Sr. Consultant HR M&A at Cisco, and Kimberly Baird, Corporate Development Integration Lead at Cisco.
Live Podcast
Feb 22, 2021
Carlos Cesta
Vice President Corporate Development at Presidio
Integration
Live Podcast
Feb 22, 2021
This episode of M&A Science is a session from the M&A Science Holiday Summit last year. The interview featured Carlos Cesta, Vice President of Corp Dev at Presidio discussed the best practices to capture value from initial deal prospecting to integration.
Live Podcast
Feb 10, 2021
John Orbe
Associate General Counsel - M&A at Emerson
Strategy
Live Podcast
Feb 10, 2021
Kison sits down with John Orbe, Associate General Counsel - M&A at Emerson to talk about corporate VC deals, what the process looks like, and how to navigate challenges you may encounter.
Live Podcast
Jan 22, 2021
Jerry Will
Vice President, Corporate Development at 3M
Strategy
Live Podcast
Jan 22, 2021
Join Kison on this interview with Jerry Will, former Vice President of Corporate Development at 3M. We'll be learning about managing a multi-vertical M&A strategy through continuous improvement and leadership development.
Live Podcast
Dec 23, 2020
Elena Sidelnikova
Alum at JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank and the former Head of Finance and Corporate Development/M&A, CFO at Always Compassionate Home Care
Strategy
Live Podcast
Dec 23, 2020
Join Kison and Elena Sidelnikova, former Head of Finance and Corporate Development/M&A, CFO at Always Compassionate Home Care, for an interview about how to identify risks in software M&A.
Podcast
Dec 17, 2020
Michael Palumbo
Director of Corporate Development at Halo Branded Solutions
Strategy
Podcast
Dec 17, 2020
How do you start building your corp dev function from scratch? Where would you start when you are the very first person in your department?
Live Podcast
Dec 4, 2020
Gina Sandon
Director, Corporate Development, Merger & Acquisitions Synergy & Integration at IBM
Strategy
Live Podcast
Dec 4, 2020
Kison interviews Gina Sandon, Director, Corporate Development, Merger & Acquisitions Synergy, Integration and Transition at IBM, about how to evolve your M&A workflow using Agile principles.
Live Podcast
Nov 11, 2020
Sean Alford
SVP, Corporate Development at J2 Global
Live Podcast
Nov 11, 2020
The partnership between the investment sponsor and the operating sponsor needs to be symbiotic to fully align both sides and help each other make the right decisions on deals. Learn how do these sponsors support each other through a transaction in this episode.
Podcast
Nov 5, 2020
Johanna Tseng
Corporate Development, M&A Integration at Coinbase
Integration
Podcast
Nov 5, 2020
In this episode of M&A Science, Kison speaks with Johanna Tseng, former M&A Integration Leader at Coinbase. Learn how early your integration team should get involved in a transaction and how you can optimize integration planning.
Podcast
Oct 16, 2020
Philip Pratt
Director, Acquisition Integration at Corning Incorporated
General
Podcast
Oct 16, 2020
Building an M&A center of excellence comes with both challenges and benefits. Hear from an industry professional at Corning what steps you should take to build one, challenges you may encounter, and how to gain buy-in from leadership.
Podcast
Oct 12, 2020
Jeremy Segal
Executive Vice President Corporate Development at Progress
Strategy
Podcast
Oct 12, 2020
Building a corporate development team is hard. Building one to include joint ventures and strategic partnerships is even harder. Learn from an industry professional how you can align your team with multiple mandates to ensure success.
Live Podcast
Sep 21, 2020
Isaac Lund
VP Corporate Development and M&A at National Express LLC
Divestiture
Live Podcast
Sep 21, 2020
On this episode on M&A Science, Kison speaks with Isaac Lund, VP Corporate Development and M&A at National Express LLC. The topic is all about learning how to work with a private seller to get the best outcome.
Podcast
Sep 15, 2020
Klint Kendrick
Chair of the HR M&A Roundtable and Former HR M&A Leader at Oracle & Boeing
Diligence
Podcast
Sep 15, 2020
On this episode of M&A Science, Kison Patel speaks with Dr. Klint Kendrick, Chair of HR, M&A roundtable. Together they discuss the HR practitioner's guide to M&A and due diligence, covering topics such as when to bring HR in, major HR risks, and how to weigh risks.
Podcast
Aug 31, 2020
Ajit Sane
Director IT M&A at Agilent Technologies
Divestiture
Podcast
Aug 31, 2020
This episode of M&A Science is an interview with Ajit Sane, Director IT M&A at Agilent Technologies. The topic of discussion is how to wind a business down with minimal customer and people disruption.
M&A Science Summit Videos
Aug 27, 2020
Jonathan Shiery
Director at Guidehouse
Bill Clarkin
VP, Head of Data & Analytics at Fiserv
Integration
M&A Science Summit Videos
Aug 27, 2020
Teams are trying to figure out how to modernize IMO, and how to build a synergy plan that actually delivers. In this session, Jonathan and Bill discuss bench strength, creating the right IMO team, tips for modernizing, and more.
Podcast
Aug 25, 2020
Neal McNamara
Co-Founder, Virtas Partners
Divestiture
Podcast
Aug 25, 2020
Joining Kison in this interview is Neal McNamara, Co-founder of Virtas Partners, an advisory firm specializing in preparing companies financially and operationally for M&A.
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