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Washington D.C. Metro Area

Certified Agile M&A Practicioner

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  • Integration

  • Acquisitions

  • Strategy

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Jeff Desroches

Greater Los Angeles Area

Certified Agile M&A Practicioner

M&A and Divestiture Advisory
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A high-impact Corporate Development executive adept at identifying, developing and executing strategic growth opportunities. Resourceful problem solver with proven ability to manage large, cross-functional teams to drive complex commercial and technical programs. Extensive experience in international dealmaking.

Specialties:
M&A,
Strategy Development,
Valuation Modeling,
International Dealmaking,
Negotiation,
Due Diligence,
Post-Closing Integration,
Program/Project Management,
Strategic Alliances,
Technical Collaborations,
Product Marketing,
Licensing,
Partnering,
Business Planning

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