Developing International Joint Ventures
On this episode, Kison and Ritch Schaafsma, VP of Corporate Development, Global Mergers and Acquisitions at General Motors, discuss the ins and outs of international joint ventures. Ritch is an accomp...
15 Jul 202053min
Building an Effective Internal Communication Plan for M&A
On this episode Kison speaks with Briana Elkington, Program Manager at VSP Global. Previously she was a Lead Project Manager at Oracle where she assembled a project management office responsible for t...
1 Jul 202045min
Building a Corporate Development Function From Scratch
On this episode, Kison Patel speaks with Russ Hartz, VP of Corporate Development at ANSYS, Inc. / former VP of Corporate Development at SAP. He's an experienced Corporate Development professional with...
17 Jun 20201h 14min
Sneak-Peek: Making Integration Successful from Both Sides of the Deal
Kison Patel gives a sneak-peek into a panel discussion of the highly anticipated M&A Science Virtual Summit, featuring over 40 industry-leading practitioners. This panel discussion features Christina ...
4 Jun 202022min
The Virtualization of M&A
On this episode, Kison speaks with Kimberly Baird, Corporate Development Integration Lead at Cisco. She's responsible for driving the successful integration of acquired organizations into Cisco by imp...
27 Mai 202049min
How to Best Protect a Business Case in an Acquisition
On this episode, Kison speaks with Ben Sutton, a senior manager of corporate development at NCR Corporation, about executing transactions and what a senior manager's role looks like. Together they dis...
13 Mai 202055min
How to Plan a Divestiture from HR's Perspective
On this episode, Kison speaks with Sallie Cunningham about how to plan a divestiture from HR's perspective. Together they discuss the process of moving employees, how to approach ringfencing, and what...
29 Apr 202057min
Bringing M&A and Business Agility Together
On this episode, Toby Tester interviews Kison Patel about his newly published book, Agile M&A, and how Agile can transform the traditional M&A deal process. They discuss topics such as how companies ...
15 Apr 202043min
