Mani Venkat
M&A Integration ~ Due Diligence ~ Corporate Development
Phone:
408-594-5498
Email:
Address:
942 Silver Birch Lane
Hayward, CA 94544
Hello! I'm Mani
I am a global M&A Integration leader with a blend of finance, product and engineering background, experienced in leading, managing and executing due diligence and post-merger integration plans.
I have led several global integrations and divestitures with cross-functional leads and program managers at firms such as Cisco, Fitbit, Indeed, Brocade Communications, Facebook and Yahoo.
$26M
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Drove GTM efforts and brought two integrated products to market within a quarter after close at Cisco, leading to kick-start realizing sales synergies earlier by one quarter.
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Process Improvement: Value Risk Framework, Strategy Alignment for Executives and Onboarding team members during the start of Diligence and Integration programs, all contributing to saving 10-25% of the number of executive meetings.
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Created M&A playbooks, set governance process and team structure at FB, Brocade & Indeed. Authored Divestiture playbook and structured process to develop Transition Services Agreement at Yahoo!
40+ Acquisitions
2 Joint Ventures
6 Divestitures
3 Investments
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
EXPERTISE
M&A Integration
Due Diligence & Research
Business Strategy
Program Management
Process Improvement
Financial Analysis
Cross-functional Leadership
Executive Communication
Divestitures
Analytics
Influencing Skills
Change Management
EXPERIENCE
Oct 2019-Present
Sr. Manager, M&A Integration
CISCO SYSTEMS
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Lead due diligence process, strategy definition and execution of integration plans. Influence and drive integration approach and plans incorporating value drivers and risks mitigation.
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Integration lead for CloudCherry, Broadsoft, BabbleLabs, Slido, Socio and Involvio deals ranging from $25MM to $1.9B. Led a team of cross-functional leaders and program managers.
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Managed the overall integrations of CloudCherry and BabbleLabs in 2020, bringing the integrated product offers to market on time to achieve deal synergies.
Apr 2019-Oct 2019
Consultant, M&A Integration
FITBIT
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Advised corporate development and cross-functional leads to manage due diligence and integration process by creating function specific playbooks and templates for future integrations.
2017-2018
Director, M&A Integration
INDEED
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Built a small high performing team of three integration leaders, to drive strategic initiatives and executions of the acquired businesses to achieve business objectives. Created integration plans by aligning cross-functional teams to attain deal objectives.
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Created M&A Integration framework and playbook to effectively scale and manage multiple acquisitions in the future. Coordinated functional leads to create function specific playbooks.
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Assisted Indeed Corporate development leads in due diligence coordination and deal execution process. Provided due diligence and integration guidance and training to cross-functional teams.
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Acted as a trusted partner with executive sponsor and acquired business leaders, building strong relationships across the board to educate, influence and execute to achieve desired results.
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Successfully led the operational and technology integrations for Interviewed.com (July 2017), Workopolis (2018) and Resume.com (2018).
2014-2017
BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS
Sr. Manager, M&A Integration
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Led Brocade-Broadcom Integration, a $5B acquisition, and divestiture of 3 business units.
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Defined and drove preliminary Day-1 and post-close plans with Broadcom leads. Coordinated with cross-functional teams to develop detailed project plans based on business processes. Buyers include Broadcom, AT&T, Extreme Networks.
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Managed the overall integration strategy, plan and execution of Ruckus Wireless, a $1.5B acquisition in 2016. Drove plans with clear metrics and updates to stakeholders and executives.
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Employed robust planning and program management process customized based on culture, deal size and intent to provide the best employee experiences. Led the integration of VistaPointe, SteelApp (carve-out), Connectem, Ruckus Wireless.
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Developed M&A Integration framework by partnering with Corporate Development and Business Leadership. Performed an assessment of current vs. future state, made recommendations to fill the gaps in critical areas and helped implement M&A Playbook by working with functional leads.
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Partnered across many functions such as HR, product, engineering, communications, marketing, finance, sales, legal, IT, etc. to conduct analysis, make recommendations and drive projects.
2014-2014
Consultant, M&A Integration
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Created requirements for M&A tool by interviewing cross-functional leaders and integration managers, recommended best practices and features to implement.
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Led the integration for acquisitions (Oculus) for IT organization including due diligence, day-1 planning and execution, office build, data center migrations and business integration.
2006-2013
Sr. Manager, M&A Integration
YAHOO
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Planned and executed Right Media, Blue Lithium, Zimbra, HotJobs, Maktoob (Middle East), Rivals, IndexTools & Actionality (Europe), MyBlogLog, Wretch & Monday (Taiwan), Koprol (Indonesia) and several acquisition integrations for deals ranging from $10mm to 800+mm.
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Executed three divestitures (HotJobs, Zimbra and Kelkoo) by assisting corporate development team in Transition Services Agreement and planning people and technology separation processes.
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Led cross-functional teams within Yahoo and Microsoft to plan and migrate search back-end, which included search gateway products, ads operations, data center and network operations.
2004-2006
Product Manager, Strategy
iPASS
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Advised and assisted executives on increasing broadband adoption strategies by providing market research and financial projections, valuation analysis for acquisitions and market validation.
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Led cross-functional teams for post-merger integration of GoRemote (acquired in 2005), Mobile Automation (2005) and Safe3w (2004).
1998-2001
Product Manager
SYBASE
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Led $250 million revenue product launch and reduced the product development cycle time by 30% for the Sybase database products including authoring MRDs and managing beta programs.
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Reduced product support cycle time by 30% and improved customer satisfaction metrics by 50% through streamlining customer support model.
EDUCATION
Master of Business Administration in Finance and Strategy
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
BOOTH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Master of Science in Information and Computer Science
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, Honolulu, Hawaii
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Tiruchy, India,