Episode 50

September 21, 2023

The Impact of Mergers and Acquisitions on Technology Investments w/ Niels Haagsman

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Welcome back, to another exciting episode of the Professional Services Pursuit podcast! On this episode business transformation expert Niels Haagsman joins us to talk about current trends in mergers and acquisitions and how service organizations can mitigate common headwinds when accessing and adopting new technology.

Other topics included in this podcast include:

  • The 4 biggest post-acquisition challenges and how to solve for them
  • How to rationalize and standardize your tech stack
  • Decision factors that go into selecting new technology after a merger
  • Beyond ROI, assessing the impact technology selection has on retention, adoption and overall business performance
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Host

Banoo Behboodi

Vice President, Success Engineering

Banoo Behboodi is a 20+ year software and services leader with extensive experience executing change initiatives with oversight of Customer Success, Professional Services and Delivery and Consulting functions. Banoo’s earlier experiences with AT&T Mobility, Coca-Cola Company and Ernst & Young leading key transformational and compliance projects, provided the foundation needed to be an effective leader and a change agent with a customer first mindset. Banoo is passionate about driving continuous improvement through sharing best practices and empowering resources through technology and analytics to optimize performance and job satisfaction while driving business outcomes.

Host

Brent Trimble

Vice President, Value Engineering

Brent Trimble is a 15+ year agency leadership veteran who has led agency growth and operation initiatives. As Kantata's VP of Value Engineering and the Managing Director of Marketing Service & Agency Vertical, he specializes in mapping and improving agency workflows. Deploying market understanding and best practices, Brent helps agencies refine processes and staffing dynamics. He isolates key metric improvements resulting in faster revenue recognition and ultimately models performance impact. Before joining Kantata Brent held positions at Interpublic Group, Accenture, WPP, independent agencies and consulting firms.