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Why Integrations Break: TSAs, Carve-Outs, and the Hidden Dependencies That Derail M&A Deals with Donara Jaghinyan

Donara Jaghinyan – Transformation and Integration Leader

"Usually what happens with TSAs is lots of extensions where companies lose time and money." Donara Jaghinyan has run carve-outs, TSA exits, and integration management offices across healthcare, SaaS, and financial services. Her rule: treat every TSA as a project with a start, a scope, and a hard end date.

She walks through a deal where one buyer carved out two business units at once, with HR, finance, and technology TSAs that depended on each other. She also covers why you can't just promote a PM into an IMO role, why integration…

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