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M&A Science, hosted by Kison Patel (Founder & CEO of DealRoom), is your go-to podcast for mastering the art of mergers and acquisitions. Each week, Kison and his expert guests from leading brands like Xerox, FastLap, and Cisco dig deep into real-world M&A strategies, offering actionable insights to optimize your M&A practice. Whether you're an experienced practitioner or new to the field, M&A Science provides practical advice on key topics like sourcing, due diligence, integration, divestitures, and more. With over 300 episodes, this podcast is the premier thought leadership resource designed to streamline your deal-making process. Start listening today and visit mascience.com/podcast to access over 300 episodes. Brought to you by DealRoom, the leading M&A optimization platform used by the best M&A teams around the world
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Feb 28, 2022

Naomi O'Brien, Head of M&A Integration at Honeywell (NASDAQ: HON)

Is your company's M&A process out of date? M&A has dramatically changed over the past few years, and practitioners have realized that there are better ways to go about acquisitions. 

In this episode of the M&A Science Podcast, Naomi O'Brien, Head of M&A Integration at Honeywell, talks about modernizing a process-based company.

- Things you will learn in this episode:

- The biggest challenge in a process-based company

- How to train people for M&A

- Ensuring integration success

- Selecting integration leaders

- The effect of the great resignation to M&A

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Feb 21, 2022
Kerry Perez, Head of Diligence and Integration Management Office (M&A) at AMN Healthcare Corporate development typically involves their integration team a couple of weeks before closing a deal. And while this is good practice, we are here to take things further.

In this episode of the M&A Science Podcast, Kerry Perez, Head of Diligence and Integration Management Office (M&A) at AMN Healthcare, talks about the benefits of involving integration earlier and how to stand up a diligence and integration management office. 

Things you will learn in this episode:

-The difference between DIMO and IMO

-How they pick the integration lead

-What their diligence team looks like

-Kerry's role in every deal

-How to build a steering committee 

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Feb 14, 2022

Henry Schuck, CEO & Founder at Zoominfo (NASDAQ: ZI)

Acquiring capabilities is one of the most effective ways to do M&A. Not only will acquiring capabilities improve your existing offerings but it can also expand your market.  In this episode of the M&A Science Podcast, Henry Schuck, co-founder and CEO of Zoominfo, shares his experience on how to acquire capabilities. 

Things you will learn in this episode:

-What it means to acquire capabilities

-Zoominfo’s M&A process from start to finish

-His role as CEO during acquisitions

-How to effectively drive change management 

-Lessons learned on failed acquisitions

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Feb 7, 2022

Tomer Stavitsky, Corporate Development, Partnerships and M&A Lead, Digital & Data Business Unit at Intuitive Surgical.

In this episode of the M&A Science podcast, Tomer Stavitsky, Corporate Development, M&A Lead at Intuitive Surgical, talks about creating the proper governance structure in M&A deals. 

Things you will learn in this episode:

-How to solidify your corporate strategy

-Creating the right deal team

-Keeping your deal team aligned

-How to lead an M&A deal from diligence to integration

-Setting up your governance structure

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