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CEOs & Entrepreneurs in the IT Services sector... What are you worth? How do you get it?


The Growth & Exit Strategies is our premier conference for CEOs, founders and investors of software and IT companies, centered around Tech M&A key topics: investment, growth strategy, buyouts, sales, divestitures, mergers, and recapitalization.


Join us and hear the most up to date advice and trends on the IT Services sector from venture capital, emerging growth capital, private equity, strategic buyers, M&A experts, and CEOs who've built and sold their own tech companies.


Online Event Agenda:

- Top 10 Disruptive Tech Trends in 2025

- Investors Panel: Where are IT Services investors interested in putting their money?

- Tech Valuation Metrics: What is your company worth? How do you get it?

- IT Services M&A Market Update

- Buyers Panel: What is important to Buyers acquiring in the IT Services sector?

- Sale or Recapitalization? What’s right for you?

- Sellers Panel: Insider tips from CEOs who’ve successfully sold their IT Services company


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Growth & Exit Strategies: IT Services

Jul 17, 2025

Agenda

11:00 - 11:05

Welcome & Opening Remarks

Ana Victoria Conejo, Director | WFS

Rob Griggs, Conference Chair & President | Corum Group (Platinum Sponsor)


11:05 – 11:20

2025 Top 10 Disruptive Tech Trends

How trends drive strategic imperatives and lead to successful exits

Tim Goddard, EVP, Corporate Strategies | Corum Group


11:20 – 12:10

Investors Panel: Where are IT Services investors interested in putting their money?


Moderator: Rob Wellman, Vice President | Corum Group


12:10 – 12:30

Tech Valuation Metrics: What is your company worth & how do you get it?

Alden Mendoza, Vice President | Corum Group


12:30 – 12:50

IT Services M&A Market Update

Deal highlights, emerging trends and valuation insights


12:50 – 13:00

Short Break


13:00– 13:50

Buyers Panel: What is important to Buyers acquiring in the IT Services sector?


  • Kevin Cook, Chief Strategy Officer | Ntiva 

  • Utkarsh Bahadur, Global Head of Go-To-Market Strategy | SAP

  • Chris Deitrick, Founder | Small Bear


Moderator: Brendan O’Brien, Senior Vice President | Corum Group


13:50 – 13:55

Sale or Recapitalization? What’s right for you?

Bruce Milne, CEO and Founder | Corum Group


13:55 – 14:45

Sellers Panel: Insider tips from CEOs who’ve successfully sold their IT Services company


  • Jim Falkanger, Founder & Former Managing Partner | CCG/EleVia

  • Jarosław Łukasiewicz, Former CEO | Vetasi

 

Moderator: Mike Donnell, Senior Vice President | Corum Group


14:45 - 15:00

Celebration After the Deal & Closing Remarks

Speakers

SAP

Utkarsh Bahadur

Global Head of Go-To-Market Strategy

Vetasi

Jarosław Łukasiewicz

Former CEO

Corum Group

Mike Donnell

Senior Vice President

Corum Group

Brendan O’Brien

Senior Vice President

Corum Group

Bruce Milne

Founder & CEO

Corum Group

Rob Griggs

President

Corum Group

Rob Wellman

Vice President

Corum Group

Timothy Goddard

Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategies

Sponsors

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