--- title: PMI & Separation description: Satyaprakash Pandey, Post-Merger-Integration, Carve-out/Separation, Transformation Director, IT Due Diligence, IT PMI & Separation, Digital Transformation --- [Skip to content](https://www.cidekconsulting.com/pmi-separation#main-content) [Contact us](https://www.cidekconsulting.com/en/contact) ![cover](https://www.cidekconsulting.com/hs-fs/hubfs/cover.png?width=243&height=100&name=cover.png) - [HOME](https://www.cidekconsulting.com/en/) - [ABOUT](https://www.cidekconsulting.com/about) - [CAPABILITIES](https://www.cidekconsulting.com/pmiseparation) Show submenu for CAPABILITIES - [1. PMI & SEPARATION](https://www.cidekconsulting.com/pmiseparation) - [2. IT M&A](https://www.cidekconsulting.com/itma) - [3. 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PMI & Separation Programs Delivered:  #### **Post-Merger-Integration (PMI)** #### **(10+ Programs)**    - **Scanmarket integration to unit 4** - **CCH integration Viatris products & manufacturing sites** - **Excelitas integration of Haraeus Noblelight ** - ****Infogain acquisition** of Silicus Technologies ** - **Infogain acquisition of Revel & Motiv  ** .. #### **Carve-out/Separation** #### **(20+ Programs)**    - **EverFi carveout from Blackbaud  ** - **Thesis carveout from Unit4  ** - **LRQA carveout from Lloyds Register** - **Uber Boat carveout** **from AEG ** - **Bock carveout** **from GEA ** .. ## EverFi (US Ed Tech) carveout from Blackbaud (US headquartered Cloud Computing) ## Role: Carveout Program Director Dec 2024 - Dec 2025 - Buy side carveout program director reporting directly to PE and working alongside buy side Operating Partners, and Blackbaud's management team - Buy side pre-deal operational due diligence covering operational and IT carveout risks, and one-off and standalone cost for the business - Identified carveout business, process, functional, system, people and contract entanglements; and provided the carveout planning for TSA exit execution - Exited a TSA planned for 6 months in 4 months time, resulting in program time and cost savings - Total team size at the peak of program was 100+ including PE, Operating Partners, EverFi Senior Leadership and functional workstream leads, Blackbaud's management and functional leadership, around 10+ key vendors doing various System, IT, Technology, HR function set up, Finance function set up, Marketing agencies, Brand strategy and refresh providers, Legal amongst others - PMO size was around 10 including 3 CIDEK team, and PMO team from EverFi and Blackbaud - Whilst during the carveout, supported restructuring of the business from a sales operation and geographical spread, and reduction of overall workforce to suit the new need of the business. Worked closely with PE and Operating Partners towards this restructuring - Vendor landscape reduction whilst during the carveout, resulting in savings of around $5mn on various Services and System procurement - Led a 8 months post TSA exit business process optimisation following the carveout, identifying further areas of cost savings for the business - Clear visibility provided to PE, Operating Partners, and management across buy and sell side providing weekly status reports indicating clear status of the program, risks, dependencies, decisions, and capex/opex cost to date - Initially contracted for 4 months, continued supporting EverFi, PE and Operating Partners towards full standalone set up for around 12 months ## Thesis (Silver Tree PE PortCo) carveout from Unit4 (TA Associates PE PortCo) ## Role: Carve Out Program Director  July 2021 - May 2022 - Leading a combined team of 100+ carved out entity(US/UK), seller (UK/ Europe/US), IT Managed Services & R&D (India) for an end-to-end pre & post deal execution - Liaising with NewCo CEO, CFO, CHRO, CTO ; sellers CIO, head of transformation, HR & Finance leads, Shared Service, Cloud Infra & Ops - Supplier selection for IT & cloud transition, IT managed services, Finance system, HR system, service management system (Service Now) - Running confidential RFP process, supporting business on selection of vendors, leading best and final offer, commercial negotiations & MSA - Ops and IT diligence, carve out blueprint, TSA management, one off separation and running costs - Setting up IT op model & IT service management principles with selected vendor - Supporting HR op model, system set up, payroll, benefits - Finance op model, system & process - IT & cloud transition, setting up carve out entities Azure, migration of Azure VMs hosting SaaS products, Azure DevOps Deployment support . CI/CD pipelines through Octopus and TeamCity; end user device migration including Intune, MAM, M365 set up and migration; IT service management, help desk, end user workspace, enterprise & network services, security management, procurement and application support - Migrating EdTech clients SaaS application hosted on around 500 Azure Virtual Machines - Benefits to business - quick execution of multi-million £ vendor deals, savings to extent of 5mn£ leading commercial negotiations with multiple vendors including IT managed service provider, Microsoft CSP, Service Now, HR & Payroll providers, Finance system provider ## Unit4 (TA Associates PortCo) acquisition of Scanmarket (Verdane PortCo) ## Role: HR Integration Lead Feb 2022 - Sep 2022 Unit4 acquired Scanmarket, a Denmark headquartered global e-procurement provider Scanmarket had around 100 FTE spread across 10 countries in Europe, USA and Middle East Supported full HR and People integration including - providing Sign to Close due diligence support - checking any significant HR matters, any legal claims - preparing pre-closing Day 1 checklist - Day 1 preparation from a HR and People standpoint, closely co-ordinating with adjacent functions like IT, Finance, Marketing, Legal and others - Day 100 and full HR integration planning - identification of various HR integration activities for 10 countries - Worked with CHRO, and led around 10+ HR Business Partner in various countries through the engagement, and other HR sub-functions like Comp & Reward, Benefits, Commissions etc - Culture integration planning for Scanmarket employees to be culturally aligned to Unit4 - Dependency mapping with other workstreams towards planning new HR contract transfer, provision of new email ids for Scanmarket employees etc - Synergy identification and execution - identify People, Process, Systems, Contracts to be terminated and fully integrate to Unit4 ## LRQA (Goldman Sachs PE PortCo) carveout from Lloyds Register ## Role: Interim Carve Out Program Manager  May 2022 - Aug 2022 - Future state legal entity structures for carved out entity - Ensure Parent company make deadline for a legal separation - Transition Services Agreement and Share Purchase Agreement mapped and delivered across all workstreams - Project Plan creation of Separation activities related to Business/Revenue generating workstreams including Assurance, Quality, Procurement, Insurance, Property, Legal - Delivering the carved out entities Finance Separation – including SSC, Payroll, S&C, Tax, Treasury, Accounting, Reporting and Operational Finance - Delivering the carved out entities HR Separation – including HR, Pensions, Benefits and HSES - Delivering the carved out entities Marketing Separation – including Marketing, Brand, Comms - Delivering the carved out entities IT Separation - Ensure business cases are developed for each programme by the business owner, to agreed format and quality criteria – including scope, benefits & costs, outcomes, timeline, metrics and risk schedule - Ensure delivery plans are developed by all workstream owners to agreed format and quality criteria: including interdependencies, milestones, resource requirements, capabilities, risks & issues - Develop governance framework and reporting timetable – including risk & issue escalation process - Responsible for the creation and maintenance of detailed programme plans at appropriate levels - Establish PMO(s) including assurance, tracking and reporting responsibilities. - Identify the key roles on the programmes - reviewing internal resource capability and availability, and where necessary and agreed - source external resource. - Ensure change management & communications plans are developed for all Programmes - Responsibility for producing programme updates for the monthly Exco and Board. - Lead the programme delivery – including PMO, delivery teams, change management - Lead and manage all programme governance, tracking and reporting (progress & cost) [![cover](https://www.cidekconsulting.com/hs-fs/hubfs/cover.png?width=243&height=100&name=cover.png "cover")](https://cidekconsulting.com) **Satyaprakash Pandey** Founder's Linkedin [Follow us on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/satyaprakash-pandey-79318323) **CIDEK Consulting** Linkedin [Follow us on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/cidek-consulting-limited/) - [HOME](https://www.cidekconsulting.com/en/) - [ABOUT](https://www.cidekconsulting.com/about) - [CAPABILITIES](https://www.cidekconsulting.com/pmiseparation) - [1. 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