Experience

Independent M&A / Divestiture Consultant Management Consulting

M&A, Divestiture, and Corp Dev Consulting

6/2019 - Present

Senior Advisor, SME, IMO/PMO Executive Leader for various pre- and post-Close M&A and Divestiture transactions.

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Deloitte Consulting Management Consulting

M&A, Divestiture, and Corp Dev Consulting

2/2015 - 6/2019

Senior Advisor, SME, IMO/PMO Executive Leader for various pre- and post-Close M&A and Divestiture transactions.

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Independent M&A / Divestiture Consultant Corporate Strategy & Development

M&A, Divestiture, and Corp Dev Consulting

2/2014 - 2/2015

Engage with clients to two primary domains:
1) Pre-deal transactional work: due diligence, strategic fit analysis, modeling, integration (or carve-out) planning, negotiations, etc.
2) Post-Closing integration (or divestiture carve-out) management: PMO/IMO team formulation, governance structure and cadence process management, functional team advising, risk management, problem resolution, etc.

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Life Technologies / Thermo Fisher Scientific Corporate Strategy & Development

M&A and Corporate Development

12/2010 - 2/2014

Worked directly with Executive Leadership to formulate inorganic growth strategies and execute M&A transactions. Was Deal Leader on several global transactions, working hand-in-hand with Executive Management on deal strategy, driving negotiations, valuations, due diligence, integration planning, etc. Also was Executive Leader of large global integration of two firms ($4B total revenue) to form Life Technologies.

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Independent M&A / Divestiture Consultant Corporate Strategy & Development

Executive & Project Management

5/2007 - 12/2010

Engaged with clients to two primary domains:
1) Pre-deal transactional work: due diligence, strategic fit analysis, modeling, integration (or carve-out) planning, negotiations, etc.
2) Post-Closing integration (or divestiture carve-out) management: PMO/IMO team formulation, governance structure and cadence process management, functional team advising, risk management, problem resolution, etc.

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IBM Corporate Strategy & Development

Strategy and M&A / Divestitures

7/2004 - 5/2007

Led several internal strategic initiatives focused on: organic and inorganic growth initiatives, strategic assessment of critical business issues, general strategic assessments. PMO / IMO Lead for a few software acquisitions and hardware carve-out divestitures and joint venture formulations.

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Scient, eBusiness Strategy Consulting Management Consulting

Director, Corporate Strategy

3/1999 - 5/2002

Worked with both Fortune 500 and start-up clients to formulate and refine their business strategies / models, and prepare for launch on on-line businesses in the eCommerce, portal, on-line communities domains. Also functioned as Business Unit Leader, growing a new practice area from $0 to $2M in revenue in first 12 months.

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Netscape Communications Product Management / Strategy

Senior Manager

6/1997 - 3/1999

Business Consulting and Strategy Lead, responsible for building out a team of business consultants for internal acquisition integration and client-facing projects.

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Andersen Consulting Management Consulting

Consulting Manager

6/1995 - 6/1997

Manager on various emerging technology client projects, focused primarily on Internet-based technologies and business models.

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IBM Information Technology

Co-Op Intern - multiple sessions

6/1991 - 8/1994

Worked at IBM for for individual co-op sessions, within the Telecommunications Software Group, focused on Product Management and Technical Development roles.