M&A Science Alumni Network

Learn more about the backgrounds and experiences of the M&A Science podcast speakers.

Jeremie Bacon

CEO, and co-founder of Chicago-based Synap Software Labs

Aaron Whiting

M&A and Strategic Programs at ContinuumCloud

Adam Coffey

CEO at CoolSys - Refrigeration and HVAC Systems

Ajit Sane

Director IT M&A at Agilent Technologies

Allen Gilmer

Founder, Advisor, and former CEO/Chairman of Enverus (formerly Drillinginfo) and CoFounder of Vecta Oil & Gas, Ltd

Amy Gannaway

Vice President, Global Compensation, Benefits and HRIS at VMware

Andrew Gratz

Assoicate General Counsel

Bani Bedi

SVP, Head of Corporate Development, Strategy and Monetization at Smartsheet

Ben Sutton

Senior Manager - Corporate Development at NCR Corporation

Ben de Haldevang

Partner at The Agile Gorilla

Bill Clarkin

VP, Head of Data & Analytics at Fiserv

Brett Shawn

Senior Vice President, Assistant General Counsel at Warburg Pincus LLC

Brian Buchert

Vice President, Corporate Strategy and M&A at Church & Dwight

Briana Elkington

Sr. Manager, M&A Integration Management Office at Community Psychiatry

Caleb Shafer

Corporate Development Associate at RS Group plc

Cameron Weiner

Vice President of Strategic Development and Head of M&A at Shopko Optical

Carlos Cesta

Vice President Corporate Development at Presidio

Charles Breed

VP Corporate Development at Corel Corporation (NASDAQ: CREL)

Christian von Bogdandy

Practice Director at Slalom

Christina Amiry

Head of M&A Strategic Operations at Atlassian

Christina Ungaro

Head of Corporate Development, JLL Americas

Clayton Stanley

Vice President and Head of Corporate Development at AmeriVet Veterinary Partners

Cole Breidenbach

Head of M&A Integration, Corporate Development and Director, Business Value Consulting at Okta

Dan Menge

Sr Director/Head of M&A Integration at Xilinx

Daniel Burseth

Vice President at Eckhart, Inc.

Darren Lampert

CEO at GrowGeneration Corp

Darshan Mehta

President and CEO at Reliance Brands Limited

David Boyd

Partner at The Agile Gorilla, Director of Boyd + Associates

Dawn White

Manager of M&A Center of Excellence - Corporate Development, Program Manager / Change Management Lead (Temporary Special Assignment) at Corning Incorporated

Dev Sirur

Director, M&A Integration, Mergers and Acquisitions at Intel

Devorah Bertucci

Director Corporate Development at Microsoft

Dr. Karl-Michael Popp

Senior Director Corporate Strategy and Corporate Development at SAP

Duncan Painter

Chief Executive at Ascential Plc

Erik Levy

DMGT Group Head Corporate Development and M&A

Galina Wolinetz

Managing Director at Virtas Partners

Gwen Pope

Head of Global Product M&A, Strategic Partnerships at Ebay

Hannah Leung

Senior Manager, M&A at Salesforce

Hazem Abolrous

Henry Schuck

CEO and Founder at ZoomInfo

Henry Schuck

Howard Rosen

Senior Vice President & Chief Accounting Officer at Open Text

Ian Burk

EVP of Integration at Upland Software

Ivan Golubic

Executive director at Gamma Corporate Development

Jai Sundararaman

Vice President - Business Transformation at IPG - Intertape Polymer Group

James Harris

Principal, Corporate Development Integration at Google

James Payne

Principal Consultant at Merger Integration Consulting LLC

Jason Lippert

CEO of LCI Industries (NYSE: LCII)

Javid Moosaji

M&A Sales Integration Strategy at PayPal

Jay Dettling

Chief Executive Officer at Ansira

Jeff Baker

EVP Mergers & Acquisitions, at Incomm

Jeff Desroches

Vice President, Strategy & Corporate Development at VAT GROUP

Jeff Hennig

Sr. Director, Corporate Development at Xilinx

Jeremy Segal

Senior Vice President Corporate Development at Progress

Jerry Will

Vice President, Corporate Development at 3M

Jessica Zhivotovsky

Sales Manager at DealRoom

Jillian Kaebel-Sisk

HR - Global Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures Manager at Caterpillar Inc

Jim Ackerman

VP of Corporate Development at Flex

Jim Buckley

Vice President, Mergers, Acquisitions Integration at VMware

Joachim Heel

Chief Revenue Officer at Zebra Technologies

Johanna Tseng

Corporate Development, M&A Integration at Coinbase

John DeRusso

Director of Acquisition Integration at Cisco

John Morada

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AT M&A SCIENCE

John Orbe

Associate General Counsel - M&A at Emerson

Jonathan Shiery

Director at Guidehouse

Jordan Lampos

Director specializing in healthcare M&A at Duff & Phelps

Josh Beggs

Field CTO at Dell Technologies

Josh Olson

Head of Experience Solutions Sales - Americas at VMware

Judah Karkowsky

SVP Corporate & Business Development at Cengage

Justin Goldman

VP Finance at Place Exchange

Karen Isely

Merger & Acquisition Expert I M&A Leadership and Culture Integration Advisor I Researcher I Author I Speaker

Kash Ahuja

Senior Program Manager, M&A Integration at Google

Keith Dunbar

Founder & CEO at FedLearn, Managing Partner at JKD Talent Solutions

Kelly Haggerty

Founder of Nearco Transaction Advisors, LLC

Kerry Perez

Head of Diligence and Integration Management Office (M&A)

Kevin Robbins

Serial entrepreneur and federal market SME

Kim Jones

SR. HR M&A Manager and SR. HR Manager XBOX at Microsoft

Kimberly Baird

Corporate Development Integration Lead at Cisco

Kison Patel

CEO and Founder of DealRoom, CEO and Founder Agile M&A, Executive Producer of M&A Science

Klint Kendrick

Former HR M&A Leader at Oracle & Boeing and Chair of the HR M&A Roundtable

Kunal Jain

Director, William Blair Health Care Investment Banking

Kyra Amundson

Larry Forman

Senior Manager at Deloitte

Mark Khavkin

CFO at Pantheon Platform

Marsha Lewis

Matt Gambs

Senior Vice President at Wintrust Financial

Michael DeVita

Success Strategy Lead at Salesforce

Michael Frankel

SVP, Managing Director at Deloitte

Michael Palumbo

Director of Corporate Development at Halo Branded Solutions

Mike Moyer

Naomi O’Brien

Head of M&A Integration at Toast

Neal McNamara

Co-Founder, Virtas Partners

Nichelle Maynard-Elliott

Corporate M&A Executive, Board Member at Element Solutions Inc.

Nitin Kumar

Former CEO of Appnomic, Board Member at FortifID, Inc, and SmartBeings Inc

Noah Waisberg

Co-Founder & CEO - Zuva; Author of "AI for Lawyers"

PJ Patel

Co-CEO & Senior Managing Director at Valuation Research Corporation (VRC)

Paul Tennola

Paul Weiskopf

Board Director and Independent Business Advisor for Public and Private Companies

Peter Linas

CPO and EVP of Corporate Development at Bullhorn

Philip Pratt

Director, Acquisition Integration at Corning Incorporated

Pragnya Kashinath

Director of M&A at Cognizant