GOLDEN GATE CONSULTANTS - Key Persons
Eric Fleischman Eric Fleischman, President of Golden Gate consultants, is an internationally recognized expert in M&A best practices with over 15 years experience transforming M&A processes of world-class acquirers to highly successful value driver based methodologies. He has held leadership positions in IBM's Global Business Services M&A practice, directed a two-year alliance with Ernst & Young's Transaction Integration Practice, and served as Vice President of Valchemy's M&A Professional Services team. Eric is the founder of IBM M&A Accelerator (formerly Valchemy), the leading application for M&A execution that is deployed globally by many of the world's leading acquirers and credited as a critical enabler of IBM's inorganic growth strategy. Eric has worked on over 100 successful deals ranging in size from $5m to $28b deal value and has advised a wide range of Fortune 500 companies including two Fortune 10 world class acquirers. His M&A experience spans the agribusiness, banking, ecommerce, healthcare, internet security, PC, software, technology, and telecommunications sectors.