M&A Science Podcast
1) Integration-Led Diligence: Cisco's M&A Approach with Johanna Jaakola & Tesia Hostetle
Johanna Jaakola – Integration Lead, Corporate Development Integration Team, Cisco Tesia Hostetler – Leader, Acquisition Integration Practice, Cisco Johanna Jaakola, Integration Lead on Cisco's Corpor...Show More
2) Buyer-Led M&A™ Strategy at Snowflake with Stefan WIlliams
Stefan Williams - Vice President of Corporate Development and Snowflake Ventures at Snowflake Stefan Williams, Vice President of Corporate Development and Snowflake Ventures at Snowflake, leads the co...Show More
3) Corporate Development Strategy: Notion's M&A Approach with Hilary Shirazi
Hilary Shirazi - Head of Corporate Development at Notion Hilary Shirazi, Head of Corporate Development at Notion, brings over a decade of M&A experience from LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Zendesk to discus...Show More
Corporate Development Strategy: Notion's M&A Approach with Hilary Shirazi
1:02:21 | Sep 30th, 2025
4) How Corporate Venture Capital 2.0 is Reshaping M&A with Jennifer Miller
Jennifer Miller - Senior Director of Corporate Development, Oshkosh Corporation Jennifer Miller, Senior Director of Corporate Development at Oshkosh Corporation, brings over 24 years of M&A experience...Show More
5) M&A Integration Reality: Deal Economics vs Human Dynamics with Nicole Markowski
Nicole Markowski - Former Director of Business Integration and Operations, Wipfli Join Nicole as she shares unvarnished truths from managing 30+ transactions. Nicole reveals how integration-led dilige...Show More
M&A Integration Reality: Deal Economics vs Human Dynamics with Nicole Markowski
58:02 | Sep 16th, 2025
6) Strategic M&A at Scale: Insight Partners' Buyer-Led Approach with Byron Lichtenstein
Byron Lichtenstein, Managing Director at Insight Partners Byron brings over a decade of experience scaling M&A operations across one of the world's leading software investors. In this episode, Byron ...Show More
7) Think Like a Buyer: Valuation & Deal Structuring with Javier Enrile
Javier Enrile, Managing Director of M&A at TIAA In this episode, he breaks down the art and science of thinking like a strategic buyer—from building proprietary deal pipelines through relationship-fir...Show More
8) Founder Exit Strategy: Xavier Gury on M&A Deal Terms vs Valuation
Xavier Gury, Founding Partner at Wind Xavier Gury, founding partner at Wind venture capital firm, brings a unique triple perspective to M&A: serial entrepreneur, acquisition target, and now investor. ...Show More
9) Cross-Border M&A Strategy: Navigating Complex International Deals with Arash Attar-Rezvani
Arash Attar-Rezvani - M&A Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Arash Attar-Rezvani, M&A Partner at Skadden based in Paris, brings over two decades of cross-border M&A strategy experience...Show More
10) Building Successful Buy-and-Build Platforms: Alpine's Blueprint for Strategic M&A with Haley Van Cleve
Haley Van Cleve, Partner at Apline Investors Haley joins us to decode the art of building successful buy-and-build platforms from the ground up. In this episode, Haley walks through Alpine's proven m...Show More