RKON Sits Down With Our Valued Customers to Talk Cybersecurity, Digital Transformation, and IT Strategy
In the first segment of this 13-part series, the CEO of RKON, Jeff Mullarkey, sits down with the CIO of Wrench Group, Robert Sheesley, to discuss the value of building an IT platform. Robert dives into the deal thesis behind Wrench Group when acquiring businesses, and the importance of a shared services IT model that enables acquisitions to monetize Wrench Group’s learned experiences in the industry.
In the second segment of this 13-part series, the CIO of Wrench Group, Robert Sheesley, discusses the successful growth and deal thesis behind Wrench Group. RKON CEO, Jeff Mullarkey, and Robert go on to discuss the importance of partnership between IT and the CMO office when it comes to Wrench’s digital transformation strategy.
Artificial intelligence and machine learning have become paramount when creating insights from data. Continuing on in the third segment of this 13-part series, RKON CEO, Jeff Mullarkey, and Wrench Group CIO, Robert Sheesley, discuss the evolution of data and it’s growing importance in driving middle market decisions as part of a digital transformation strategy.
In this next segment, CIO of Wrench Group, Robert Sheesley reflects back on his career journey beginning with building a foundation in technology at Electronic Data Systems, to focusing on merger & acquisition consulting, and the experiences that led him to his current position as CIO of Wrench Group.
In the next segment of this 13-part series, Robert Sheesley, CIO of Wrench Group & RKON CEO, Jeff Mullarkey, discuss the significance of executing mergers & acquisitions in the middle market. Robert explains the importance of private equity firms understanding the lack of IT maturity within certain acquired businesses, and his four-phase methodology when migrating companies onto new operating platforms.
“Think globally, act locally” is an ideology that has brought Wrench Group much success in post-acquisition consolidation. CIO of Wrench Group, Robert Sheesley, and RKON CEO, Jeff Mullarkey, speak on the value of cultural assimilation between the acquired companies and the larger organization, and the requirements of creating a scalable platform.
Wrench Group’s success in creating best practices that are advantageous to new acquisitions has become an essential tool to leverage. CIO of Wrench Group, Robert Sheesley, and RKON CEO, Jeff Mullarkey, speak on the benefits & strategy of process harmonization, the importance of IT, and how it can be often underestimated by companies.
Continuing on in this 13-part series, CIO of Wrench Group, Robert Sheesley, identifies early challenges encountered when migrating new acquisitions to computing platforms. Robert discusses the benefits that come from investing in enterprise information management and reaching a level of data normalization.
Delaying consolidation during the M&A lifecycle is a common mistake that IT leaders tend to make – as a result they are left with missing consolidated data and face multiple setbacks. RKON CEO, Jeff Mullarkey, and CIO of Wrench Group, Robert Sheesley, go on to discuss how fragmentation, disparate systems and heterogenous environments can make data normalization and best practices difficult to achieve.
RKON CEO, Jeff Mullarkey, and Wrench Group CIO, Robert Sheesley, speak on the significance of having an IT leader who understands the deal thesis and the need for a scalable platform. Robert goes on to explain the importance of partnership between the CMO office & IT, along with how utilizing data analytics can aide in executing strategic business decisions.
In this next segment, Wrench Group CIO, Robert Sheesley, speaks on the organizational change management philosophy and approach that has brought Wrench success with mergers & acquisitions. Robert goes on to discuss the keys to gaining buy-in from the leadership of acquired companies, and valuing the voice of the customer.
The use of benefit realization models is crucial to measuring and understanding business strategies and the value they bring. CIO of Wrench Group, Robert Sheesley, discusses how benefit realization models have become an essential tool to Wrench Group during the merger and acquisition process. Robert and RKON CEO, Jeff Mullarkey, also speak on the advantages of taking a consultative approach to potential acquisitions & the career growth advantages that lay ahead for employees whose company has been acquired into a larger organization.
In the final segment of this series, RKON CEO, Jeff Mullarkey, and Wrench Group CIO, Robert Sheesley, close out their interview by discussing the future of Wrench Group and discovering what’s possible with predictive modeling.
