Leading Through Multiple M&As - Kevin Jones, CEO, Celero Commerce

25/04/2021 21 min Temporada 2 Episodio 22
Leading Through Multiple M&As - Kevin Jones, CEO, Celero Commerce

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In this fascinating interview, Kevin Jones, the CEO of Celero Commerce, which provides payment processing services, business management software, and data intelligence on a single holistic platform, discusses the leadership challenges and solutions for leading high growth through Mergers and Acquisitions.Celero’s leadership team has completed 6 acquisitions since its inception. That's untypical for a young company. Among Kevin's insights:The need to have a strong core leadership team Culture fit as a prerequisite for an acquisitionHow culture evolves as the company absorbs new culturesThe shift from culture-fit to culture-blendTransparent communication as a key leadership styleHow to run business-as-usual concurrently with M&A activityThe importance of leveraging efficiencies to scale up quicklyKevin founded Celero in 2018, and 2.5 years later, it’s the 16th largest non-bank payment processor in the United States, serving more than 25,000 businesses.He began his fin-tech career at Chase Paymentech. He is the former President of SignaPay, and former CEO of Anovia Payments, which he led to a successful exit.Learn more about Celero Commerce at https://www.celerocommerce.com/Learn more about Kevin Jones at   / kevingjones