Todd Herst

Technology-Focused Private Equity M&A

• Calabrio, a portfolio company of KKR, in its acquisition of Teleopti
• CC Capital, in its $6.9 billion acquisition of Dun & Bradstreet
• Thoma Bravo in numerous transactions, including: its $3.5 billion acquisition of Riverbed Technology, acquisition of data security provider LogRhythm, acquisition of risk management software provider Riskonnect, and acquisition of Canadian digital automotive marketplace Trader Corporation
• GTCR in its carve-out acquisition, and subsequent sale, of Beeline vendor management system
• ParkerGale Capital in its dual acquisitions of CultureIQ and Workforce Surveys & Analytics (as a carve-out from Gartner)

Strategic M&A

• Celanese Corporation in its $1.15 billion acquisition of ExxonMobil’s Santoprene TPV elastomers business
• Verizon (NYSE: VZ) on the sale of Verizon Media to funds managed by Apollo Global Management, Inc. (NYSE: APO) for $5 billion. The carve-out allows Verizon Media to pursue growth areas of Internet and digital media while Verizon maintains a minority stake 
• Accenture in its acquisition of Symantec’s Cyber Security Services business from Broadcom, Inc.
• Alight Solutions in its acquisition of Wipro's Workday and Cornerstone OnDemand business
• Boeing, in its $4.3 billion acquisition of KLX Inc., an aviation parts and services provider
• Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. in its acquisition of various business divisions from Custom Sensors & Technologies
• Micro Focus International, in its acquisition of Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s software business

Outsourcing

• SSM Health on its groundbreaking multibillion-dollar strategic alliance with UnitedHealth Group, which includes a full suite of outsourced services relating to revenue cycle management, care transformation and digital health innovation
• Laboratory instrument company in a build-operate-transfer outsourcing transaction
• CNA Insurance, in connection with various long-term outsourcing arrangements for IT services
• Health Care Service Corporation, in connection with various long-term outsourcing arrangements for IT services
• R1 RCM, Inc., in connection with various long-term outsourcing arrangements with Ascension Health for revenue cycle management services

Restructuring / Bankruptcy

• Toys “R” Us, Inc. and certain of its direct and indirect subsidiaries, in their pending chapter 11 cases
• iHeartMedia Inc., in its pending chapter 11 case

PILI Fellow, Center for Economic Progress, 2014

Summer Associate, Golden Flag International Law Firm LLP, 2013

Business Systems Consultant, IBM Global Services, 2008–2012