Acquisitions have been be a potent tool to enhancing organic growth throughout the digital services industry.  These acquisitions have allowed companies to enhance their domain expertise, obtain potent intellectual properties, build new and exciting technical capabilities and open new geographies.  In the past decade, accelerated acquisition strategies have led to massive increases in shareholder value for many IT companies.  However, this strategy is not without its risks and potential for organizational disruption. This session will help IT leaders understand valuable strategies and tactics to plan the a successful acquisition strategy and avoid potential pitfalls in the process.

Discussion Leader:

Douglas Land, Founder & Managing Director: The Chesapeake Group, Co-Founder: Kalzoom Advisors

Doug has been a financial and economic consultant since 1981. For the past 19 years, he has assisted both public and private firms in all phases of business start-up and growth including feasibility studies, business-plan preparation, equity funding, debt funding, private placements structuring, and initial public offerings. A member of the Board of Directors of several client companies, he is also the founder of Economic Analysis Group  based out of Washington, DC. Doug was formerly an executive of Hambro Resource Development Incorporated, an affiliate of Hambros Bank of London, UK. He has BA in Economics, and an MBA and MA in International Relations from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.