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Al Ansari

San Francisco Bay Area

Certified Agile M&A Practicioner

M&A and Divestiture Advisory
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Distinguished executive management career spearheading the development, communication, and implementation of emerging technologies across key industry sectors including Technology, the Internet, Green Technologies, Bio-technology, and Real Estate.

Successfully executed over 74 M&A/Divestiture and Integration deals worth $24 billion resulting in cost saving of $260 million for companies such as Cisco, VMware, eBay, VeriSign, SanDisk, Rambus, Gilead Sciences, Private Equity, and more. Merger, Acquisition/Divestiture, and Integration expert with robust strategic, methodology and tactical operation experience. High profile strategist with multinational and general management qualifications.

Established Go-to-Market, IT and Engineering M&A and Divestiture strategy, plan and execution. Identification, development, and management of product/professional services opportunities within seven industry verticals, including Virtualization, Internet Infrastructure, Security, Semiconductors, Bio-tech, Payment Service, Wireless, Wire line/SS7, Content wireless, Green technology focusing in Water, Polymer and Glass.

09.2019
AkzoNobel — Coca-Cola

Led multi-million euro, high-impact, multi-functional and cross-border CFO sponsored transformations on business process and organization optimization. Specializations include process-centric M&A integration, back-office optimization, shared services and digitalization. Focus functions include Finance, IT and HR. Worked with flagship companies like GE, AkzoNobel, Coca Cola and Stryker, as well as several SMEs. I’m a LEAN Six-Sigma Master Blackbelt.

08.2019
Stryker — GE

Unique approach to managing IT operations as a business to dramatically cut costs and align IT with the vision and goals of the organization.

Gilead Sciences — M&A Consultant
2018-2019

Led multi-million euro, high-impact, multi-functional and cross-border CFO sponsored transformations on business process and organization optimization. Specializations include process-centric M&A integration, back-office optimization, shared services and digitalization. Focus functions include Finance, IT and HR. Worked with flagship companies like GE, AkzoNobel, Coca Cola and Stryker, as well as several SMEs. I’m a LEAN Six-Sigma Master Blackbelt.

VMWare — Head of Business Development
2017-2018

Established Go-to-Market, IT and Engineering M&A and Divestiture strategy, plan and execution. Identification, development, and management of product/professional services opportunities within seven industry verticals

Gilead Sciences — M&A Consultant
2018-2019

Led multi-million euro, high-impact, multi-functional and cross-border CFO sponsored transformations on business process and organization optimization. Specializations include process-centric M&A integration, back-office optimization, shared services and digitalization. Focus functions include Finance, IT and HR. Worked with flagship companies like GE, AkzoNobel, Coca Cola and Stryker, as well as several SMEs. I’m a LEAN Six-Sigma Master Blackbelt.

VMWare — Head of Business Development
2017-2018

Established Go-to-Market, IT and Engineering M&A and Divestiture strategy, plan and execution. Identification, development, and management of product/professional services opportunities within seven industry verticals