<p>There was a big splash in the Enterprise Architecture tool market a few weeks ago - <a href="https://bizzdesign.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">BizzDesign</a> announced that they will merge with <a href="https://www.mega.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Mega</a> and an unnamed third party (which we will learn about in Q4 soon, but cannot name here at this time). But why these two (three) players and why now?</p> <p>Since we know some people in the industry, I reached out to Luca de Risi from Mega and we quickly came up with the idea of doing a show about Mergers &amp; Acquisitions and not only talk about the current example, but also more generally about ownership models, how M&amp;A comes together, and what that means for the involved organizations.</p> <p>Our first guest doesn't need an introduction since he has been on the show already: Luca de Risi. Luca is Mega’s Chief Executive Officer and he held various leadership positions at the firm before that, like, being the country manager for the APAC business while being located in Singapore, or as Business Development Executive in the United States. He started his career as an internal auditor for a major French car maker before joining Mega.</p> <p>Our second guest is Nick Reed, the Chief Strategy Officer of BizzDesign. He is a senior software and services leader with a successful track record of building and leading teams in high growth software technology companies. Strategy development and execution, M&amp;A, value proposition development, strategic partnerships and analyst relations. Nick builds long term relationships with customers, with a relentless focus on business value and customer success and is a strong cross-functional team player, connecting the dots across sales, marketing, product, services and customer success for strategic initiatives. </p> <p>In this episode of the <a href="https://www.whatsyourbaseline.com/podcast/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">podcast</a> we are talking about:</p> <ul> <li>Luca’s and Nick’s backgrounds</li> <li>Forms of ownership and the impact on an organization’s strategy</li> <li>What are the reasons (and timing) to acquire another organization</li> <li>Criteria to check if you are a match</li> <li>Impact of a merger on customers and products</li> <li>What is the process of mergers and acquisitions</li> <li>What is the impact on the organization(s)?</li> <li>How is the product strategy affected?</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/luca-de-risi-21279433/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Luca</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickreed/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Nick</a> can be reached on LinkedIn. More detailed information about the merger is available here: <a href="https://bizzdesign.com/bizzdesign-merger-enterprise-transformation/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bizzdesign.com/bizzdesign-merger-enterprise-transformation/</a>.</p> <p>Please reach out to us by either sending an email to <a href="https://hello@whatsyourbaseline.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">hello@whatsyourbaseline.com</a> or leaving us a voice message by clicking <a href="https://anchor.fm/whatsyourbaseline/message" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whatsyourbaseline/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whatsyourbaseline/support</a>

What's Your Baseline? Enterprise Architecture & Business Process Management Demystified

Roland Woldt / J-M Erlendson

Ep. 77 - Mergers & Acquisitions: Luca de Risi and Nick Reed

OCT 21, 202454 MIN
What's Your Baseline? Enterprise Architecture & Business Process Management Demystified

Ep. 77 - Mergers & Acquisitions: Luca de Risi and Nick Reed

OCT 21, 202454 MIN

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<p>There was a big splash in the Enterprise Architecture tool market a few weeks ago - <a href="https://bizzdesign.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">BizzDesign</a> announced that they will merge with <a href="https://www.mega.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Mega</a> and an unnamed third party (which we will learn about in Q4 soon, but cannot name here at this time). But why these two (three) players and why now?</p> <p>Since we know some people in the industry, I reached out to Luca de Risi from Mega and we quickly came up with the idea of doing a show about Mergers &amp; Acquisitions and not only talk about the current example, but also more generally about ownership models, how M&amp;A comes together, and what that means for the involved organizations.</p> <p>Our first guest doesn't need an introduction since he has been on the show already: Luca de Risi. Luca is Mega’s Chief Executive Officer and he held various leadership positions at the firm before that, like, being the country manager for the APAC business while being located in Singapore, or as Business Development Executive in the United States. He started his career as an internal auditor for a major French car maker before joining Mega.</p> <p>Our second guest is Nick Reed, the Chief Strategy Officer of BizzDesign. He is a senior software and services leader with a successful track record of building and leading teams in high growth software technology companies. Strategy development and execution, M&amp;A, value proposition development, strategic partnerships and analyst relations. Nick builds long term relationships with customers, with a relentless focus on business value and customer success and is a strong cross-functional team player, connecting the dots across sales, marketing, product, services and customer success for strategic initiatives. </p> <p>In this episode of the <a href="https://www.whatsyourbaseline.com/podcast/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">podcast</a> we are talking about:</p> <ul> <li>Luca’s and Nick’s backgrounds</li> <li>Forms of ownership and the impact on an organization’s strategy</li> <li>What are the reasons (and timing) to acquire another organization</li> <li>Criteria to check if you are a match</li> <li>Impact of a merger on customers and products</li> <li>What is the process of mergers and acquisitions</li> <li>What is the impact on the organization(s)?</li> <li>How is the product strategy affected?</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/luca-de-risi-21279433/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Luca</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickreed/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Nick</a> can be reached on LinkedIn. More detailed information about the merger is available here: <a href="https://bizzdesign.com/bizzdesign-merger-enterprise-transformation/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bizzdesign.com/bizzdesign-merger-enterprise-transformation/</a>.</p> <p>Please reach out to us by either sending an email to <a href="https://[email protected]/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[email protected]</a> or leaving us a voice message by clicking <a href="https://anchor.fm/whatsyourbaseline/message" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whatsyourbaseline/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whatsyourbaseline/support</a>