Technology Carve-Out Consulting

Technology Carve-Out and Divestiture Leadership for Retail

I lead the technology separation side of retail M&A — TSA closeout, vendor and contract renegotiation, and governance under a strict contractual deadline — so the business being carved out isn't put at risk by the technology work underneath it.

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A technology carve-out is not a normal program. It runs on a legal timeline, not a delivery timeline; every shared system and vendor contract has to be separated without disrupting either side of the business; and the real risk usually isn't technical — it's political and contractual. I led the technology separation for a $50M+ divestiture — roughly 100 TSAs and 50+ systems — closing on a strict contractual deadline while protecting the business unit being carved out, with zero EBITDA impact from the separation.

Technology carve-out leadership is worth bringing in when...

You're separating from a parent company or divesting a business unit, and shared systems need to be untangled under a legal deadline

Transition Services Agreements (TSAs) need to be tracked, negotiated and closed out one by one, each with real commercial stakes

Vendor and contract relationships need to be renegotiated as the business moves to standalone operation

Governance spans two organizations with different priorities, risk tolerances and timelines — and needs someone with standing to negotiate across both

Leadership needs confidence that the separation will protect EBITDA, not just hit the legal deadline

What carve-out leadership covers

TSA governance and closeout

Tracking, negotiating and closing every Transition Services Agreement as the commercial event it actually is — not just a technical migration.

Vendor and contract renegotiation

Standing up right-sized replacement services for the standalone business, with negotiated economies of scale rather than default terms.

Cross-organization governance

Reporting and decision-making that keeps the deadline credible with both sides of the separation, from the boardroom to the delivery team.

Trusted by teams at

$50M+

Largest program value led

~50

Engagements delivered

1,000+

Vendors & installers coordinated

100%

EBITDA protected through a $50M+ divestiture

Selected Engagements

Here's what that's looked like in practice

RONA

Multi-Vendor Technology Divestiture

Led the technology separation for a $50M+ divestiture — roughly 100 TSAs and 50+ systems — closing on a strict contractual deadline while protecting the business unit being carved out.

100%

EBITDA protected

Groupe Dynamite

E-Commerce & OMS Modernization

Delivered a new Salesforce e-commerce platform in under 6 months with no major incidents, then rolled out a Manhattan OMS that turned closed stores into mini distribution centers during COVID.

320

stores enabled for ship-from-store

Cegid

~50 Luxury & Retail Engagements

Deployed Cegid's ERP/POS suite across dozens of luxury, fashion and hardware brands — including Hermès, Chanel and Longchamp — spanning ERP, digital and in-store transformation.

10–200

people per engagement team

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Heading into a technology carve-out or divestiture?

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