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My name is Greg Kielstrom,

and I'm the host of the Agile World Podcast.

One of the goals of merging with or acquiring a company is to buy more quickly what could otherwise be built.

Thus, speed to productivity, including sales enablement, is key, as is retaining as many key

employees as possible.

To do this, there needs to be a seamless transition for both the acquiring company as well as

the company being acquired.

While there are many aspects of a successful M&A, we're going to focus on the relationship

between culture, technology, and employee experience.

To help me discuss this topic, I'd like to welcome Josh Olson,

head of experience solutions, sales, America's, VMware.

First, Josh, why don't you tell me a little bit about what you do at VMware?

You back, Greg, and thanks for having me.

So at VMware, what we're focused on is helping our customers and their employees to have a wonderful experience.

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