The deal closes Friday. Monday morning, your leadership team faces a business that runs two different ways, operates on two different systems, and has two different cultures. You have 90 days to turn it into one thing. That's where value gets realized or lost. DBC becomes your integration team for those 90 days. We work directly with your organization, own execution end-to-end, and ensure the strategic rationale stays on track. No strategy work. No consulting frameworks. Disciplined, structured execution that turns intent into results.
Explore Our ServicesMost acquisitions start with clear intent. The numbers make sense. The strategy is sound. But between close and Day 90, execution determines whether that deal creates value or erodes it.
Here's what we see in real transitions:
Their teams know what to do. Leadership stays in place. Synergies materialize on schedule, because accountability was built in from Day 1.
Priorities shift. Key people leave. Systems conflict, financial visibility disappears, and the deal that was supposed to create value ends up consuming all of leadership's attention.
The difference isn't strategy. It's execution. Structured execution is what turns a closed deal into realized value.
You still have to run your business. You can't add integration execution to the list of things your team owns on top of everything else.
That's where most integrations stall. Priorities are unclear. Workstreams go unowned. The leadership team is running the existing business and trying to integrate a new one simultaneously. Without structure, value is never realized.
DBC provides what's missing: a dedicated Integration Management Office (IMO) that owns integration end-to-end while your leadership team focuses on keeping the business running.
You manage Day 1 risk across multiple portfolio acquisitions. Large consulting firms are priced out. Your portfolio companies lack internal integration bandwidth. DBC stands up the IMO, drives executon, and frees you up to stay at the portfolio level where you belong.
You run operations at a PE-backed company that just closed an acquicition, and integration landed on your plate. You need execution structure you do not have time to build. DBC stands up the IMO, owns the workstreams, and runs the cadence so you stay in control of the platform.
You closed the deal. Now you are facing complexity the due diligence process didn't prepare you for. DBC gives you a structured plan, clear priorities, and the execution support to protect what you paid for.
You close transactions. Operational challenges after close sit outside your scope. DBC is the resource you recommend when your clients need execution support. We extend your work. Your clients succeeding after close is a direct reflection on you.
Fixed Fee. Clear Scope. Realized Value.
DBC provides fixed fee transition services designed for the lower middle market. Each engagement is structured around a specific moment in the deal or ownership transition and addresses the operational gaps that surface when a business changes hands.
Rapid assessment of integration readiness across people, process, and systems. You get an executive summary of integration risk, an Integration Risk Heat Map across operational domains, Day 1 Readiness Checklist with go/no-go criteria, and a prioritized 90-Day Action Plan.
We become your dedicated execution team. We own governance, workstream execution, and stakeholder coordination across people, process, and systems. You retain decision authority. We run the execution. The engagement includes weekly status reporting, executive steering updates, and a structured handoff at Day 90.
You completed the 90-day execution plan. The structure is in place, and the team is running it. Now you want a steady hand during the handoff, someone who already knows the business and stays close as the new operating rhythm sets in. We stay engaged at a lighter cadence, available for the decisions that surface after the dust settles. We make sure the new rhythm holds.
Value Realization
Source: Bain & Company, M&A Integration Playbook (2023). Companies that establish formal governance structures and synergy tracking protocols from Day 1 close achieve significantly higher value capture rates compared to those without structured approaches.
What this means: The difference between realizing your deal thesis and watching synergies slip away is whether someone owns integration from Day 1.
Integration Execution Determines Success
Source: RSM US, Post-Merger Integration: Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail (June 2023). Buyers underestimate the effort required to truly merge two companies and don't spend enough time planning the integration.
What this means: The deal was sound and the strategy was right, but 70% of buyers lack the operational leadership and governance structure required to execute integration in the first 90 days. They are running the business and trying to integrate simultaneously. Without structure execution, uncertainly drives your best people out the door, systems fail to integrate, and value erodes week by week.
Integration Speed
Source: McKinsey & Company, Successful M&A Integration (2022). Analysis of 500+ completed acquisitions shows that organizations with defined roles, clear decision rights, and named accountability for each integration workstream compress timeline significantly compared to organizations relying on ambiguous, distributed ownership.
What this means: Faster integration means less distraction for your leadership team and earlier realization of operational benefits.
Talent Retention
Source: Harvard Business Review, Making the Most of Your Talent in an M&A (2023). Acquisitions with documented pre-close readiness plans and clear Day 1 communication frameworks show substantially higher retention rates for acquired company employees through Year 1 compared to organizations without structured readiness protocols.
What this means: The people who make the acquired business run stay in place. Your deal doesn't lose value through talent attrition.
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Integration timelines do not wait. A 30-minute call is where we figure out what you are dealing with and whether DBC can help. You describe the deal. I tell you what I see and what I would do about it. If an engagement makes sense, I will scope it the same week.
