Jacob Berger

CEO

San Francisco, California, United States11 yrs 6 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 10 years of experience in corporate development.
Led strategic investments and M&A at Google.
Proven track record in value creation initiatives.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Corporate Development and Value Creation expert in the SaaS and Technology sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Corporate DevelopmentBusiness StrategyBusiness TransformationGo-to-market StrategyValue Creation

Other Skills

Investment DiligenceGTM StrategyCustomer SegmentationCustomer Churn AnalysisPlanningExecutionOperational Model DesignCost AnalysisCorporate Venture CapitalOperational Due DiligenceM&A Due DiligenceData AnalysisMicrosoft ExcelEconomicsManagement Consulting

About

Corporate Development and Value Creation leader with 10+ years of experience at Google, Vista Equity Partners, and Alvarez & Marsal. Proven track record of leading strategic investments, M&A, and Value Creation initiatives across Technology, SW, and AI industries.

Experience

Google

3 roles

Corporate Development Sr. Manager

Promoted

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 2 mos

Lead Strategy + Investments, M&A , and JVs for Google's central Corporate Development team; focus areas include Google Cloud (AI, Security, SaaS) & AI Infrastructure (Silicon, Datacenters and Energy)

Corporate DevelopmentBusiness Strategy

Corporate Development Manager

Promoted

Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 · 2 yrs

Corporate Development Associate

Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 · 2 yrs

Vista equity partners

2 roles

Associate Director, Go-To-Market

Promoted

Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 · 1 yr

Led investment diligence and GTM focused value creation engagements for Flagship / Foundation fund investments
Diligence: led ~15 diligences focused on identifying GTM value creation opportunities, influencing $7.6Bn of capital investment; investments include Gainsight, Smartbear, Menlo Security, Vena, Alertmedia, Pipedrive
FinOps Company: Led 12 month GTM value creation engagement focused on pricing strategy, segmentation, sales org design, and customer health program, driving 20% revenue growth
SMB-Focused CRM: Partnered with executive leadership on engagements focused on customer segmentation / improving customer churn profile, leading to rollout of new customer health program
Launched executive forum with 60+ Marketing leaders to facilitate best practice sharing on marketing ops
Co-wrote two firm strategy whitepapers on value creation process and leading successful GTM transformations

Business TransformationGo-to-Market Strategy

Consultant, Value Creation Team

Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 · 2 yrs

Go-to-Market StrategyValue Creation

Alvarez & marsal

Consultant

Sep 2015 – Aug 2018 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Advise clients on transformation and performance improvement initiatives across industries
Industrial Co: Managed successful day 1 planning and execution activities during a $5B asset divestiture
Professional Services Co: Achieved $7M in EBITDA improvement through an org design and spend analysis effort
Fortune 50 retailer: Revamped an in-store grocery labor operating model, capturing $600M in savings improvement over 18 months
Payments Co: Built synergy model identifying $12M in EBITDA improvement for a $200M acquisition; led integration management activities and 90 day plan execution

Business TransformationGo-to-Market Strategy