Helping companies that acquire small or mid-size businesses integrate the people, technology, operations, processes and culture - both domestically or cross-border. Skills include- Setting up and running an acquisition integration- Validating and improving the way that you currently integrate your acquisitions- Executing the integration, delivering the reasons for the business being acquired- Teaching your staff to set up and run acquisition integrationsFor companies that are unable to commit to a consultant, we offer a low-cost subscription that guides you through how to small acquisition integrations.All of our processes our unique SSIM™ approach (the Small business Simple Integration Method)

Led the IT integration of a medical device company in 2 countries (China and USA) that acquired a similar business in 5 countries (Germany, Ireland, UK, Italy, USA, & France). Significant complexities in the acquired business operations being very decentralized and the acquirer being centralized.

HealthKOS is a disruptive patient health management system. It includes - a phone app that provides connected health maintenance- a physician's portal for managing patient data and compliance- telehealth to connect with patients- an operations center that monitors patients' health in real time

A preferred business consulting partner for biotech, life sciences, and healthcare companies.

Integrating the acquisition of HealthFair of Orlando, a specialist in medical assessments hosted on mobile clinics. The role demanded a focus upon the IT integration of the two businesses, operational management and mentoring.

Director of mergers and acquisition integration on the Boral USA integration of Headwaters Inc.

Undergraduate professor in the College of Business, with a focus on expertise in Microsoft Office and presentation skills.

Contract to PMO the IT integration of Medical Staffing Network (MSN) into Cross Country Healthcare, reporting to the CIO. Managing, guiding and coordinating more than 20 merger integration projects across the verticals of IT Infrastructure, Corporate Systems, Business Intelligence, and Recruiting Applications.Significant cross functional coordination between most departments.

Contract to advise and managing the integration of Healthcare IT, following the Sheridan alliance with Greater Florida Anesthesiologists (GFA) in February 2014.

Contract to Project Manage the integration of the Marketing departments, following the merger of OfficeMax with Office Depot in November 2013. Focused on consolidation of marketing inserts (circulars) that are distributed with millions of newspapers across North America.

Program Managed the successful integration of acquired companies. Coordinated interdependent projects’ activities by functional groups on both the acquiring and target side of the acquisition. Served as liaison between both groups, leveraging the human side of Post Merger Integration to meet corporate objectives.• Led the integration of 21 acquired companies, in 9 countries, across 22 functional groups. Brought 600 new staff on board, over five years.• Expanded projects’ scope and streamlined processes for integrating acquired companies. Reduced 300 tasks/projects across 20 teams and 40 points of contact, to custom task lists through 8 points of contact.• Assumed additional responsibilities for integration projects, including contract renewal campaigns, collaboration tool implementation, health & safety guidelines’ compliance and disaster recovery preparedness. Delivered positive results in all areas. • Seized unplanned synergies by understanding the business and colleagues’ skills, and promoted sharing of knowledge and experience among groups. • Advanced the acceptance of change by improved communications using social media and regular updates.• SharePoint, Visio, MS Office, SAP, Blackboard, ProjectWise (Document Management)

Program Managed the creation of training material, produced in locations around the globe. Project Managed the schedule, content creation and delivery of training courses at large international user conferences.• Devised and launched global content creation standards, moving from ad-hoc creation by individuals in 8 countries, to teams working on coordinated programs with consistent standards.• Delivered 250 hours of training over 4 days, at conferences in Orlando, Baltimore, Charlotte, Prague, London, and Los Angeles.• Lead contributor to the implementation of a new Learning Management System (LMS) for internal and external self-paced Distance Learning, launched services covering 3,000+hours of self-paced training.• MS Office, Visio, Camtasia, Blackboard, SAP, ProjectWise (Document Management)

Managed the implementation and configuration of applications for companies and government departments across North America.• Planned, executed and monitored services projects, including application configuration, installation, customization, consultancy and/or training. Managed budget forecasts and generated invoice requests for completed work.• Directed and mentored a virtual team of six on-site consultants providing training and software configuration under long-term contracts with state/province governments from California to Québec.• Composed contract proposals for custom services, effectively negotiating terms and conditions.• MS Project, SAP, SharePoint, MS Office, ProjectWise, MX, Visual Basic

Progressed from Software Developer, through Consultant, Manager of Professional Services, to Director of Post Sales for the North American division of an international software company.• MS Office, ACT, Camtasia, Visual Basic, Document Management, MX

Software design, Quality Assurance, and Technical Support. Team leader of new product design and development, seeing it through to multiple releases in 5 countries.

Developed CAD applications and supporting documentation for the Building Services industry