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Jul 2021
46m 7s

Managing M&A on a High Scale

KISON PATEL
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Jeff Bender, CEO at Harris Computer Systems

What does it take to manage M&A on a large scale? We're going to find out as Jeff Bender, CEO at Harris, shares what their entire process looks like and how they manage massive volumes of M&A investments in their organization. In this episode you'll learn about:

- Platform vs. tuck in transactions

- The centralized structure of services at Harris

- Business development at a high scale

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