Grant Olsen has over 20 years experience in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), strategy, investments, entrepreneurship, and management consulting. He holds a holds a Bachelors of Science from USC and an MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. Grant currently leads business development/corporate development and venture activities for ResMed. He has recently worked on projects in Machine Learning (ML), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), autonomous systems (vehicles, drones, etc.), augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), connected health, high-tech healthcare, healthcare IT (HCIT including SaaS and adherence management), sensors and health/wellness monitoring, and bioinformatics, among other areas. Prior to ResMed, he led M&A for Qualcomm’s emerging businesses, and previously, he held corporate development and strategy roles at Life Technologies (acquired by Thermo Fisher), Zynga, and EMC.He has led the development of numerous M&A and venture investment strategies; successfully completed acquisitions, divestitures, investments, and integrations of public, private, international, and domestic companies; advised numerous startups; helped raise nearly $500 million in capital; and founded, and subsequently sold, an enterprise SaaS company.Specialties: Corporate Development, Venture Capital, Private Equity, Management Consulting, Mergers and Acquisitions, Integration, Strategic Investments/Alliances, Start-ups, Financial Modeling, Valuation, Competitive Analysis, Strategy Development, Team Leadership and Mentoring.
Listed skills include Strategy, Start Ups, Mergers And Acquisitions, Corporate Development, and 15 others.