ACG San Diego | BrownBag: Navigating Human Capital Challenges in M&A

Emily is Managing Director, Private Capital Markets for Insperity, a national provider of HR solutions. Emily helps optimize Insperity processes and service offerings and leads marketing strategy and business development specific to venture capital, private equity and family office relationships.  Emily joined Insperity in 2014 as a business performance advisor and later served on the sales leadership team as district manager of the Carolinas.  Prior to Insperity, Emily held production management and creative services positions at Lions Gate Films, Blink Digital and Sony Pictures.  Emily also serves on the board for BraveWorks https://www.braveworks.org/, a nonprofit organization that supports women overcoming trauma & injustice in Charlotte NC, Africa and South/Central America.

Scott Syverson is a corporate attorney in Holland & Knight's Los Angeles and Newport Beach offices. Mr. Syverson represents private equity firms and their portfolio companies in all aspects of their businesses, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions (M&A).  Mr. Syverson is experienced in representing strategic and private equity buyers and sellers in domestic and cross-border business transactions, complex M&A, entity formation and corporate governance, executive employment and compensation arrangements, and day-to-day operations. Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Mr. Syverson was a partner at an international law firm in its Los Angeles and San Francisco offices, where he focused on M&A and private equity transactions.  During law school, Mr. Syverson served as a judicial extern for the Honorable George W. Lindberg of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and he was the executive editor of the Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property.

Linda Villalobos is a Human Resource Consultant at Insperity PEO Services with over 25 years of Human Resource experience. As an Insperity HR Consultant, Linda works with all types of small and medium sized businesses by offering dedicated support and best practice guidance regarding HR matters. Prior to Insperity, Linda was a Human Resource Director in the hospitality industry. She is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources and as a Senior Certified Professional.