Program-manage large and small M&A integrations and divestitures for Fortune 500 and other clients (see examples below by client) utilizing a highly collaborative leadership style. Strong focus on capturing synergies and effective integration of operational processes and ERP systems (e.g. Oracle, SAP, SFDC, Zuora, Sage]. Teach value capture segment in international M&A integration workshops at Pritchett LLC, leading M&A integration consulting boutique.
▪[Cisco] Integration PM of $2.8B acquisition managing 10+ work streams and completing acquisition on schedule and under budget. Trusted advisor to Integration Lead. Key participant in communications and change management. Captured lessons learned across all work streams and fed back to improve company-wide integration methodology.
▪[Cisco] Integrated new sales organization into support infrastructure of existing sales organization, addressed customer satisfaction issues by forming task force and hotline to solve problems.
▪[VMWare] As

At this spin out from Nortel Networks, Inc., managed finance and administrative functions including accounting policy, corporate and business development, strategy, and all legal functions.
▪Drafted, negotiated, and executed divestiture TSAs.
▪Planned and executed finance and operational separation activities to ensure orderly transition to become a fully functional stand-alone entity.
▪Built new finance/administrational function from scratch and completed transition of finance function from Nortel to Blade far ahead of schedule.
▪Analyzed new market segments, determined entry strategy, researched M&A targets, and led negotiations and due diligence.

Sourced and analyzed investments for this hedge fund covering various high tech sectors with a special focus on semiconductor industry. Performed in-depth analysis on publicly-traded companies to understand key metrics, industry dynamics, products, competition, and timing of stock valuation changes.

Assembled and led cross-functional teams relating to all aspects of more than three dozen M&A, divestiture and equity investment projects. This included due diligence, negotiations, deal closing, and integration or separation activities.
▪Proposed and negotiated divestitures of non-core businesses in Canada and US.
▪Program-managed post-merger integration for $150m acquisition spanning hardware, software, and services business segments.
▪As chairman of Agilent's due diligence practice, developed and continuously improved due diligence process for M&A activities.

Founded AP Technologies as a company to commercialize innovative technologies in the U.S. and Europe. Led management consulting projects with focus on operations, business process reengineering, and information systems.

Primary corporate finance liaison for U.S. and international ARCO divisions (Middle East and Asia). Led cross-functional teams and worked on multiple projects simultaneously to resolve finance and treasury issues in on-going operations, for new projects, and M&A.

Evaluated numerous capital projects ranging from $1 million to $10+ billion in capital investment, using DCF, option pricing, and Monte Carlo simulation.

Consolidated and analyzed quarterly financial and operating performance of divisions, and acquired companies. Prepared detailed quarterly financial reports for Board of Directors' meetings.

In post-merger integration project, performed market and competitor analyses relating to product lines of a multinational electric switchgear manufacturer.