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, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 2013

Business Systems Consultant, IBM Global Services, 2008–2012