GREGG B. ALBERT

*** ***** **** **** • Mount Laurel, NJ 08054

M: 215-***-**** • acg2c4@r.postjobfree.com

SENIOR LEVEL CORPORATE STRATEGY, PLANNING AND M&A EXECUTIVE

Executive with deep experience designing and implementing corporate strategies with focus on full cycle inorganic

growth transactions to fuel and accelerate growth.

Proven ability to be highly analytical, practical and pragmatic in the face of conflicting data and multiple stakeholders while

building long term business relationships at all levels. Thought Leader and Engagement Lead for strategy development

efforts – plan, organize, and drive project execution, while guiding and directing large team.

Proven performance in the areas of:

• Market assessments for multiple industries, geographies, products and ecosystems for organic and inorganic growth

• Pre deal evaluation and analysis covering financial/asset valuations, due diligence, synergy capture, Post merger

integration.

• Working collaboratively with people from varied personal and professional backgrounds to achieve common goals.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & ACHIEVEMENTS

ACCENTURE, Philadelphia, PA / Florham Park, NJ 2010 Present

Principal, Senior Manager, Mergers & Acquisitions

Thought Leader in Global M&A Strategy Group. Expertise in growth strategy design, initiative development, new

market entry and program management. Deep experience across the entire M&A lifecycle, with focus on developing

hypothesis driven “buy, build or partner” business cases for growth.

Project Lead and Deal Team Member for Global Oil Field Services firm to target, screen and value a

series of tuck in acquisitions to create a global platform in an emerging technology and go to market.

Project Lead and Deal Team Member for Global Retail F10 client aiming to stem revenue decline by

targeting, structuring, negotiating, closing and operating a series of complex Joint Ventures in the US.

Project Lead for a Retail Divestiture Program for Global O&G company on 3 concurrent transactions:

Energy Marketing, Terminals and Retail with combined $25B in revenue. Led a 75 person cross functional team to

plan and execute the business separation, transition activities and TSAs.

Project Lead and Deal Team Member for F25 client divesting two giant assets to different buyers. As the

overall Deal Team PMO Lead, successfully developed and executed the carve out, valuation, pre and post signing

critical path on a $10B West Coast business including 25 cross functional TSAs.

Lead Author of proprietary M&A playbook. Full pre deal, close window and synergy capture modeling

included for use across industries to customize to any client’s need.

M&A Project Lead for F100 pre deal M&A Strategy redesign for internal VC group and overall Corp

Dev/M&A Strategy. SaaS target area with valuation, timeline and presentation to Board.

Developed go to market strategies for several new product/service categories, supported by strategic

rationale, market assessment, competitive landscape, market entry options (build, buy, partner) and financial

analysis.

Led business case for ‘string of pearls’ acquisition strategy in new global markets. Included detailed

bottom up financial forecasts based on strategic vision, growth and shared service operations (IT/HR)..

“Why One and Done M&A is a Stale Technique” & “Inorganic Growth in the Chemical Industry”

STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT GROUP, Philadelphia, PA 2006 2010

Engagement Manager (Contractor: 2009 – Accenture)

Joint Venture between The Wharton School and McKinsey & Co. Accountable for managing multiple corporate

strategy, M&A and Strategic Alignment engagements.

Project Leader responsible for business intelligence studies supporting growth in emerging markets.

Project Leader responsible for creating an analytical Go To Market strategy in multiple industries.

Team Leader in developing and facilitating multiple custom ‘War Game’ exercises to test and implement

global strategy plans for senior executive off site sessions.

E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & COMPANY, Wilmington, DE 2003 2006

Senior Analyst, Mergers & Acquisitions Finance (consultant/contractor)

Functioned as deal team member and global due diligence lead on buy and sell side transactional pursuits.

Performed multiple business and asset valuations, resulting in $200 million in new acquisition and divestiture

activities.

Due Diligence team member for separation and transition of INVISTA ($4.4B carve out and divestiture)

Modeled and drafted financial terms and conditions for six IP related technology partnerships totaling

$43 million, increasing US market share by 13%.

Negotiate strategic commercial partnership agreements and IP / Technology license agreements obtaining

value capture mechanisms (i.e., performance based warrants, notification rights and other M&A provisions to

include preferential commercial terms and ongoing royalty revenue streams.

Created a base case and business case financial model for a 13 year, $1.3 billion global HRO/BPO

transaction, including the implementation of a global SAP upgrade.

ROXIO, INC., Santa Clara, CA 2000 2003

Senior Business Analyst, Corporate Development

Employee #12. Managed cross functional legal and business development tasks for numerous transactions, including

global M&A due diligence, external consulting, outside legal, and IT system integrations .

Crafted innovative internal planning activities for an MGI Soft $35 million acquisition, a $5 million

acquisition by Napster.com, and an IPO liquidity event.

Designed and implemented a business plan to grow s adapt to organizational and geographical challenges

due to rapid expansion (50 to 1,000 employees; $27 million to $500 million revenue growth).

KLEINER, PERKINS, CAUFIELD & BYERS (KPCB), Palo Alto, CA 1999 2000

Venture Capital Group

Analyzed investments in the biotechnology and software industries (IPO / liquidity events)

ACADEMIC TEACHING

DREXEL UNIVERSITY, LeBow Graduate School of Business, Philadelphia, PA (2006 present)

Senior Adjunct Professor, Transactional Finance (FIN 794) & Mergers and Acquisitions (FIN 640)

Has taught 15 MBA courses to date in live lecture and online formats

EDUCATION

HAAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY, Berkeley, CA

Master of Business Administration, Strategy & Finance

Also took classes at Santa Clara University

OXFORD UNIVERSITY, Oxford, UK

M.Phil., Philosophy (dissertation: Economic Approaches to Jurisprudential Issues)

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY, Berkeley, CA

Bachelor of Science in Physics, Minor in Philosophy

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