Thomas Kessler

ABOUT ME: https://bookme.name/Blackboardma

This is who I am:

✔ A highly motivated Business Executive with 23 years of U.S., European, and Asian experience in the field of Merger Integration and Investment Banking.

✔ A professional who truly enjoys assisting businesses in managing the integration of a company. M&A integration has been my passion since the mid 90’s.

This is whom I help:

✔ Senior Management Teams

✔ Member(s) of the Board of Directors

✔ Teams leading corporate M&A or merger integration activities

✔ Corporations seeking training and advice on how to accelerate an integration and create significant value as a result of a merger

My approach has helped over 32 large and mid-sized; national and international; public, private, and family-owned businesses. A different perspective changes the way you and your firm approach M&A integration.

This is how I help:

✔ Identify criteria for integration success

✔ Separate integration hurdles from deal breakers during due diligence

✔ Identify, analyze, quantify, & prioritize synergies

✔ Select “DayOne Tasks” that focus your organization & avoid overburdening

✔ Communicate the right message & address specific urgent concerns

✔ Provide focus to the organization on key priorities

✔ Balance day-to-day integration work & tasks

✔ Re-distribute positions based on merit, skills, and responsibility, thereby avoiding pecking order

fights & misguided distribution attempts

✔ Communicate value creation in order to prolong momentum for the firm

✔ Identify the behavior sets that foster cultural integration.

Please send an email to thomas.kessler@blackboardma.com to request a free consultation to answer any of your questions.

✔ Post Merger Integration

✔ Mergers & Acquisition Integration

✔ M&A Target Selection

✔ Integration Due Diligence

✔ M&A Clean Team

✔ Integration Project Program Office Management

✔ Synergy Analysis

✔ Stakeholder Analysis & Communication

✔ Organizational Development

✔ Role & Responsibility Clarification Post Merger

✔ Carve-Outs