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Crosslake: Your Private Equity Tech Due Diligence Advisor

Crosslake: Your Private Equity Tech Due Diligence Advisor

Crosslake is a global advisory providing technical due diligence and value creation services for private equity investors and portfolio companies.

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crosslaketech.com

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Data scientist, engineer, startup person.

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Trusted by Fortune 100 execs, PE firms, and high-growth founders to drive product strategy, scale execution, and unlock 9-figure enterprise value. Built and led AI, SaaS, and M&A platforms used across industries—fusing strategy with hands-on delivery. Creator of frameworks used by operators to go from vision to velocity. At Evergence, we help executives and boards solve the toughest scaling challenges through acquisition and innovation. Our work focuses on productizing AI and optimizing customer experiences to drive growth, streamline operations, and create competitive advantages. https://evergence.team With decades of experience building high-growth companies, I’ve led product and tech strategies for private equity, Fortune 500 companies, and startups. The products I’ve built and commercialized have scaled to billions of users, received acquisition interest from Apple and Box, and driven 15–90% monthly growth in critical metrics. Key Highlights • Private Equity: Deep expertise in SaaS due diligence and post-acquisition value creation, optimizing growth strategies for portfolio companies • AI Productization: Delivering AI-powered solutions across SaaS, eCommerce, health care, finance, real estate, energy, and enterprise operations • Scaling Success: Leading SaaS and AI initiatives that have powered Inc. 5000 growth, driven 30% of global OTT bandwidth via Akamai, and supported mergers like AT&T/Bellsouth/Cingular/SBC Expertise in SaaS & AI Across Industries • SaaS Domains: Video, Streaming Media, AdTech, FinTech, PropTech, Learning Management, Marketplaces, EHRs, and more • AI Applications: Video analysis, sound processing, enterprise AI, robotics, trading algorithms, and multimodal foundational models I work with executives, investors, and innovators who want to transform technology into scalable, high-impact solutions. If you’re looking to accelerate your business growth, invest in pioneering technology, or join a team that’s redefining what’s possible, let’s connect.

Sheila Beladinejad 🇨🇦

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With over 20 years of experience in technology management, I specialize in technical due diligence for Mergers and Acquisitions, primarily aiding Private Equity firms and Venture Capitalists. I have a proven track record of leading successful acquisitions valued over $500 million across Europe, Canada, and the United States, completing more than 60 Technical Due Diligence projects in recent years. My expertise involves in-depth assessment of AI, software architecture, infrastructure, and scalability, leading to significant efficiency gains and cost reductions. My experience also extends to specialized areas like carve-outs and tech advisory, contributing to thought leadership in the tech M&A space. My approach blends deep technical knowledge with strategic business acumen, ensuring acquisitions are financially sound and technologically robust. 𝗔𝗜 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 ▪️ Specializing in leveraging AI and ML for predictive analysis, driving innovation, and enabling companies to harness data for market trend prediction and disruptive strategy development. 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝘂𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 & 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 ▪️ Conducting thorough Technical Due Diligence, ensuring companies are prepared for investment opportunities, and effectively mitigating Open Source licensing risks. ▪️ Evaluating algorithm effectiveness, scalability, and production readiness to ensure technological soundness of investments. ▪️ I offer strategic advisory and implementation services tailored to operational efficiency, reduce costs, and keep organizations at the forefront of technological advancement, blending deep technical expertise with a keen understanding of market dynamics to ensure investments are technologically sound, market-relevant, and scalable. 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 ▪️ Offering tailored strategic advisory and implementation services to enhance operational efficiency and reduce costs. ▪️ Keeping organizations at the forefront of technological advancement, combining deep technical expertise with a nuanced understanding of market dynamics. 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿. 𝗧𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲: ▪️ 5 Key Factors that Attract Investors to AI Startups ▪️ Foundations of Technical Due Diligence ▪️ Sustainable AI ▪️ Careers in AI ▪️ Diversity Fuels Innovation Organizations: Technical University of Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, University of Bonn, CDMA, Automatica, AmerikaHaus, University of Concordia, University of Waterloo, Hannover Messe, NVIDIA

Tomasz Skowronek

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Digital Transformation, Enterprise Architecture, Data Strategy

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Co-Founder, Partner @ Intium Tech

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Assessment • Value Creation • Innovation • Transformation • Integration • Carve-Out • Enterprise Architecture • Strategic Planning • Change Management 🎯 Positioning ➞ Transversal SaaS executive with 27 years of experience. Directly involved in 3 start-ups, 3 M&As, and 3 exits, with proven value created. ➞ IT Advisory for Private Equity Firms. Vigorous activity on transactional projects (Technology Due Diligence, Sell-Side Diligence, M&A, Carve-Out, Integration, TSA, Recommendations/Roadmapping). ➞ Day-0 employee of NTT Cloud Communications, built from the ground up with the founders over 18 years, forming #3 global player in UCaaS, valued at a half billion dollars. ✅ Highlights ∙ 2022 Affiliation with Crosslake Technologies as Lead Practitioner ∙ 2019 Consulting independently ∙ 2018 Acclaimed global Digital Transformation @ NTT Cloud Communications ∙ 2015 Homegrown ERP lays the foundation for Global Operational Excellence in Digital Events ∙ 2012 $42M M&A: Technology Diligence and Integration of Conference Plus 🙌🏻 Differentiators ▪︎ Ultra-collaboration ▪︎ Results mindset ▪︎ Business and growth acumen ▪︎ Proven innovation approach and value created ▪︎ 360° enterprise perspective ▪︎ Highly technical & procedural ▪︎ Data & business intelligence instincts ▪︎ Influence in matrix organizations ▪︎ Ingenuity & creativity ▪︎ Global experience ▪︎ Communication ⚖️ Values ▪︎ Humanity ▪︎ Vision ▪︎ Curiosity ▪︎ Ethics 📱 Contact Chat with me here on LinkedIn. I am not procuring services or recruiting. Thank you.

Bill Genovese CISSP ITIL

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CIO Advisory Partner | Kyndryl Global Quantum Services & Consulting Leader | CTO | Technology Strategy | Corporate Strategy Innovation Selection Committee Member |AI & ML

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👋 I'm Paul, and here's my story in a nutshell: - 17 years of experience in engineering leadership and product development - Scaled 20 struggling companies by untangling legacy code and exterminating bugs - Helped 10+ companies launch products from scratch 📈 Reached $1M/year revenue with JetThoughts bootstrapped 💼 Hired and mentored over 100 developers 🏆 Proud to be recognized as a Top 50 Ruby on Rails in 2012 Partner with me for: 🚀 Building and launching MVPs 💼 Leading and scaling technical teams 🔧 Integrating Continuous Delivery processes As a fractional CTO, I recruit, motivate, and scale R&D teams, equipping them to become top performers who consistently add value and exceed aggressive goals.

Donell Peters, PMP, CSM

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Donell has over 30 years of experience working with software development teams in a variety of functions. While working with world class development teams at Autodesk and Adobe, she gained hands-on experience with the systems, methods and processes that enabled these teams to achieve top performance and was a major contributor to the Management and Leadership organizations that helped these teams thrive. She has experience managing large globally distributed teams as well as small start-ups in a variety of technologies including Desktop, Enterprise, Mobile, Payments, and BI. Before joining the team at Crosslake, Donell was the Head of Quality Engineering at Ripple, and Vice President/ Program Director for Digital Channels at First Republic Bank.

Silvio Di Stefano

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Freelance Software Developer