M&A Science Team

Kison aims to bring better process solutions to an industry with growing market pressures, transaction values and competition.

Kison Patel is the Founder and CEO of DealRoom, a project management software for complex financial transactions. Kison has over a decade of experience as an M&A advisor and developed DealRoom after experiencing first-hand a number of deep-seated, industry-wide inefficiencies and challenges. Through developing technology, educational content and industry trainings, Kison aims to bring better process solutions to an industry with growing market pressures, transaction values and competition.

Michael is Founding Partner of Trajectory Capital, a private equity fund focused on small ‘diamond in the rough’ enterprise technology and data businesses.  Trajectory Capital works closely with large corporates on sub-scale and off-strategy divestitures as well as with founders. Michael brings over 30 years of experience in dealmaking, over which he has executed more than 100 M&A, equity and debt transactions.  Prior to Trajectory Michael was SVP of the Deloitte New-venture Accelerator and a member of the firm’s Operating Committee. Michael has also served as corporate development and strategy officer at a number of technology and information services companies including VeriSign, GE Capital, IRI and LexisNexis. Michael has also served on the boards and advisory boards of both public and private companies in the technology and data sector.

Michael earned his BA, MA, JD and MBA from the University of Chicago. He is a frequent speaker on M&A, corporate development, and innovation; and has written three books and numerous articles on those subjects.

Michael lives in the suburbs of New York City with his wife, daughter, and large dog. In his free time Michael loves to cook, read and travel.

As Executive Vice President of Corporate Development at Progress, Jeremy Segal is responsible for sourcing, executing and integrating Mergers and Acquisitions, which are essential elements of Progress’ Total Growth Strategy. With a strong track record of successfully acquiring and integrating companies, Jeremy’s expertise and experience better positions Progress to achieve its long-term goal of doubling the size of the company through M&A in five years. 

Since joining Progress, Jeremy has been the driving force behind building the company’s acquisition pipeline and simultaneously leading the close and integration of three deals: Chef, Kemp and MarkLogic. Each added complementary technologies and strategic recurring revenue to the Progress portfolio.  

Jeremy spent over 20 years leading M&A functions in publicly traded technology companies with inorganic growth strategies. Prior to joining Progress, he was Global Head of Corporate Development at LogMeIn, and previously he served as Vice President of Corporate Development at Akamai Technologies. During his corporate development career, Jeremy has completed more than 35 acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures resulting in an aggregate value of over $8 billion. 

A thought leader with frequent speaking and podcast appearances, Jeremy holds an MBA in Strategy and Corporate Finance from Cornell University’s Johnson School of Management and a BA in Government and Economics from Bowdoin College, where he also sits on the Alumni Council.

Michael Wang is a proven marketing leader with 12+ years at high-growth technology companies in Silicon Valley. Currently, he is leading demand generation, marketing operations, and sales development at Robust Intelligence. Previously, he spearheaded growth marketing for Redis Cloud and drove 16x ARR growth from Series C to H as an early demand generation hire at Databricks.