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Is your company's M&A process out of date?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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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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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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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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