How To Keep Your M&A Integration Simple

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Why You Should Update Your M&A Management Approach

M&A practitioners love to go into details. And while that could be beneficial, it doesn’t often help with team alignment. According to Jim Buckley, former Vice President, Mergers and Acquisitions Integration at VMware, keeping integration simple is the real key to success.

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Jim Buckley, former Vice President, Mergers and Acquisitions Integration at VMware

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M&A deals are bound to get complicated. The key to success is keeping it as simple as possible, for as long as possible. In this continuation of last week’s interview, Jim Buckley, former Vice President, Mergers and Acquisitions Integration at VMware talks about how to update your M&A Management Approach.

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the 5x5 framework that you can use to keep your process simple
what to focus on during change management
how to ensure team alignment

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Jim Buckley

Jim Buckley is VP of Strategy, Planning, and Operations at Omnissa, with deep M&A integration experience across enterprise technology. He previously served as VP of M&A Integration at VMware, where he led major integrations including Pivotal and Carbon Black, and has also held roles at Microsoft, PayPal, and Mentor Graphics. He has appeared on M&A Science to discuss integration-led diligence, keeping integration plans simple, and measuring success after close.

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