How to Score Culture Fit in M&A
Sharon Van Zeeland, Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development at Rockwell Automation, brings a refreshing engineer's perspective to the often…
What you’ll learn
Who is this course for
This course is for corporate development leaders and integration practitioners at mid-to-large companies who are tired of treating culture as a gut-feel checkbox and want a repeatable, data-driven way to assess it. It is especially relevant for teams acquiring smaller, fast-moving companies where the speed and decision-making mismatch with a larger acquirer creates real post-close risk. If you own any part of the deal life cycle, from diligence through integration, and you have ever watched a promising acquisition slow to a crawl after close, this episode gives you a concrete framework for diagnosing why and preventing it next time.
Instructor
Sharon Van Zeeland is Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development at Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK), where she leads the full deal life cycle across M&A, integration, strategy, and venture investing. She began her career as an electrical engineer at General Motors and Aptiv before moving through business development at Fairmont Minerals and into corp dev leadership, bringing an engineer's analytical framework to every stage of the deal process.
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The Intelligence Hub is where M&A practitioners access Buyer-Led M&A™ playbooks, frameworks, templates, and real-world insights from experienced deal leaders. Courses are taught by practitioners who've run deals — not academics or advisors. Topics include integration planning, due diligence, deal sourcing, valuation, and more.
The Intelligence Hub is available 24/7 through your M&A Science membership. Access them on-demand at your pace, on any device.
It depends on where you are in your M&A journey. If you're building foundational knowledge, start with the M&A Fundamentals Track — five courses covering the full deal lifecycle from sourcing through integration. If you're already running deals and want to build a repeatable, scalable process, explore the Buyer-Led M&A™ Certification. New courses are added regularly as we deepen the curriculum.
