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M&A Integration Reality: Deal Economics vs Human Dynamics with Nicole Markowski
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Nicole Markowski - Former Director of Business Integration and Operations, Wipfli
Most integration failures are decided before integration starts: in the synergy model, the earnout structure, and the diligence questions nobody asked. Nicole Markowski has led integration on 30+ transactions at two top-25 accounting firms. She explains where deal economics collide with people, and how integration-led diligence keeps value from walking out the door.
Nicole Markowski is Director of Business Integration and Operations at Wipfli. She has led integration across 30+ transactions, from IT due diligence to full corporate integrations. She built Wipfli's M&A processes from the ground up and, as a senior manager at Aprio, worked on 5–16 simultaneous acquisitions. Nicole holds a BS in biomedical engineering from Marquette University and an MBA, and she started her career at Accenture.
Nicole's point is simple: integration can't plan for what it never heard in diligence. DealRoom M&A Operating System is the AI-powered operating system for Buyer-Led M&A™. Diligence findings feed directly into the integration plan, so your team is ready on Day 1 instead of re-diligencing after close. More than 275 organizations run their deals on DealRoom.
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