Brent Brackle

Senior Managing Director

About Brent

Brent Brackle specializes in merger integration & carve-outs. Mr. Brackle has nearly 20 years of professional transactions experience, including operational due diligence, business plan review, synergy assessment, separation assessment and deal perimeter, pre-close integration planning, integration/separation management office, Day 1 readiness, clean room services, sales effectiveness, functional team oversight, organizational design, process mapping, customer experience, synergy validation and delivery, back-office integration & optimization and TSA development.

Mr. Brackle has led numerous integration, separation and transformation related engagements during his tenure at FTI Consulting.

Mr. Brackle has worked on dozens of transaction engagements, largely in the telecom, media and technology sector, during his 16 years with FTI Consulting. He also develops and conducts numerous training courses within the firm.

In addition to merger integration & carve-out engagements, Mr. Brackle leads complex transformations and has creditor side restructuring experience.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Mr. Brackle worked for Accenture’s Communications & High-Tech practice.

Relevant Experience:

  • Mid-Market Telecommunications Diligence, Integration & Carve-Out: Led multiple transaction engagements for a mid-market telecommunications provider, including the integration of the predecessor companies, commercial and residential business separation assessment and the operational due diligence and integration of another small telecommunications provider. In addition, led the carve-out perimeter definition, coordination of transaction documents, creation of the separation plan by function and identification of dis-synergies and one-time separation costs.
  • Mid Market Software Provider Transformation: Co-led the transformation management office to reduce the overall cost structure of the business by over 15%; this included managing a cross-functional team to identify initiatives, prioritize and then execute the overall delivery.
  • Large-Market Telecommunications Integration: Co-led the sales team integration of a large telecom integration (combined company with over $8 billion in annual revenue). The sales workstream included a redesign of the coverage model, interim processes to support Day 1 cross-selling, sales compensation and extensive clean room analysis around overlap markets, customer overlap, customer segmentation and channel analysis.
  • Mid-Market Technology Integration: Led the integration management office to integrate two technology resellers with over $1 billion in annual revenue; this included driving the day-to-day integration activities across all functions and supporting the back-office teams with integration planning & execution.

Certifications

FINRA Series 7 and 63

Education

B.S., Business Administration and Finance, Nebraska Wesleyan University

M.B.A., University of Denver

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