DealRoom's CEO and Founder Is on the Move

DealRoom's CEO, Kison Patel, receives professional recognition

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Jan 09, 2019, 08:41 ET

CHICAGO, Jan. 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- DealRoom's CEO and Founder, Kison Patel, is now listed in People on the Move, a section of the Chicago Business Journal reserved for professionals and industry leaders making an impact.

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Kison Patel
Kison Patel

Kison Patel founded DealRoom, a Chicago-based project management software and virtual data room, in 2012 after seeing first-hand the many challenges presented in the M&A lifecycle. Kison, with the help of other industry professionals, created a software based on Agile project management principles in the hopes of modernizing and innovating the ways in which the finance industry approaches dealmaking and everyday internal operations.

The listing says, "As a former M&A advisor with over a decade of experience, Kison developed DealRoom after seeing first-hand a number of deep-seated industry-wide structural issues. Kison aims to use technology and Agile principles to launch the industry, along with its processes, into the 21st century."

About Agile M&A:
DealRoom is the world's first and only Agile M&A platform. Built on the principles of lean-Agile systems thinking, Agile M&A provides foundational improvements to how corporations plan and execute complex projects by building a mindset of collaboration, continuous improvement and adaptation. These five core principles represent the essence of Agile M&A, and are intended to empower professionals to change the way they collaborate and achieve common goals:

  1. Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
  2. Meaningful progress over comprehensive documentation
  3. Real-time collaboration over batch work
  4. Responding to change over following a plan
  5. Transparency over implicit assumptions

About DealRoom:
DealRoom, founded by a team of former M&A professionals, is a project management and virtual data room software which uses Agile principles to solve common inefficiencies within complex financial transactions. DealRoom has seen incredible growth since opening its doors in downtown Chicago. DealRoom has created strategic partnerships, gained respected clients such as J.P. Morgan and Pfizer, and now ensures a 40 percent faster due diligence process.

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SOURCE DealRoom