In this episode of the M&A Science Podcast, Pranjal Gambhir and Doretta Mistras, both Managing Directors, Global Investment Banking, Healthcare at Citi, talk about how to buy public companies.

On this episode, Kison speaks with Jeremy Segal, Senior Vice President of Corporate Development at Progress, about building and aligning a corporate development team with multiple mandates. Jeremy is a corporate development executive with 20+ years of experience in the technology industry focused on M&A, Strategic Planning, Joint Ventures, Divestitures, International Expansion, and Strategic Partnerships. He has led all aspects of 35+ acquisitions, divestitures, and strategic investments with aggregate value exceeding $8B.

On this episode, Kison speaks with Carlos Cesta, Vice President of Corporate Development at Presidio, about aligning leadership for greater deal success. Together they discuss leveraging employees to ensure deal success, when to start thinking about integration, and developing a joint integration plan.

Had a great interview last week with Ajit Sane, Director IT M&A at Agilent Technologies. Ajit is an M&A professional with multiple years of experience in leading acquisitions, integrations and divestitures. Our topic of discussion is how to wind a business down with minimal customer and people disruption.

On this episode, Kison Patel interviews Ritch Schaafsma, VP of Corporate Development, Global Mergers and Acquisitions at General Motors. They discuss the ins and outs of international joint ventures, and Ritch shares his experiences from working overseas.

On this episode, Toby Tester interviews Kison Patel about his newly published book, Agile M&A, and how Agile can transform the traditional M&A deal process. They discuss topics such as how companies can apply Agile techniques to the antiquated M&A process and take a deep dive into how Agile is a unique project framework that increases efficiency and closes deals faster.

In this podcast, Kison Patel discusses the groundbreaking research done by Dr. Keith Dunbar. As a Managing Partner at JKD Talent Solutions, his team delivers actionable leadership intelligence.

In this podcast, Kison and Nichelle Maynard-Elliot discuss how to build a corporate development function start to finish. Nichelle gives advice based on her decades of experience on what to expect when creating such a function. Learn best practices for hiring an effective team, how to start building out a corporate development team, and when to promote internally versus sourcing externally.

In this podcast, Kison and Richard discuss ESOPs, how ESOPs can harvest equity, enhance liquidity, and create tax advantages.

Kison speaks with Jillian Kaebel-Sisk, an HR Global Mergers, Acquisitions, and Divestitures Manager at Caterpillar. This podcast covers how HR practitioners plan for and executive divestitures.

An M&A Science Interview with Toby Tester about how to deliver maximum value from a divestiture, as well as how divestitures, like acquisitions, can become a positive and transformational process.

Jordan Lampos, a director in investment banking at Duff & Phelps, discusses how to prepare a company for an acquisition while using project management.

Scott Kaeser, an Executive VP of Corporate Development at GardaWorld, discusses the tips and strategies for sourcing, negotiating, and closing successful deals.

Jill Harrison and Steve Siler discuss their perspectives on technology trends in the M&A industry and how this technology is innovating deal practices.

Paul Koenig, Founder and CEO of SRS Acquiom, discusses developing meaningful solutions for the challenges faced by M&A attorneys and shareholder representatives.

Richard Kasperowski, a Harvard instructor and author, explores the characteristics and patterns of high-performing teams.

Nitin Kumar, a seasoned C-level operating executive and management consultant in the TMT sector, discusses how to create integration strategies better suited to modern business environments.

Al Ansari, a veteran divestiture and integration advisor currently assisting Cisco with the development of their divestiture methodology, discusses the strategies, decisions and planning behind divestitures.

Google's Principle of Corporate Development Integration discusses the company's modern approach to M&A, from due diligence to integration.

In this episode, Kison interviews business consultant Joseph Feldman, who works with middle companies on acquisitions.

In this episode, Kison interviews corporate and business development consultant Judah Karkowsky. They discuss best ways to approach cultural integration, handling ownership issues, due diligence surprises, confidential data protection, and more.

In this episode, Kison interviews mergers and acquisitions attorney Luke Fedlam, who shares his knowledge on working with outside counsel.

Biondi shares his personal experience on the AdEspresso and Hootsuite merger.

Advising Buyers, Business Strategies, and Setting Clear Objectives

In this podcast, Jain walks through the differences between M&A in private equity and investment banking, proprietary and auction deals, and integration planning.

Scott Hile, an experienced M&A professional, shares his experiences from both sides of M&A, including common transaction concerns and challenges.

“This is the first time I’ve been acquired by a company that felt like it had a soul.”

Paul Tennola, CFO of Paynet and M&A corporate development professional of 29 years, share his knowledge on bolt-on transactions as compared to new platforms.

In this podcast, Maddipatla discusses his sell side experience, how to wisely choose investments, and post-deal integration.

Andrew Jordan is a Principal at Riveron Consulting where he provides transaction advisory services. He’s had his hand in mergers and acquisitions for the last 8 years and has incredible insight regarding quality of earnings (Q of E) and M&A deals.