Jayanthi Selvaraj

I'm a Director with PwC's M&A Advisory, where I've been for around five years. I specialize in large deals advisory, specifically advising companies on what they do with their technology systems when they go through mergers, acquisitions, or divestitures. I work with C-suite executives and top leadership, helping them think about separations, integrations, and what to do on day one when two companies merge or when they divest a business unit. My work involves conducting deep dives into clients' technology landscapes through workshops and meetings at all levels of the organization, from informing the CTO and CIO on a weekly basis to daily conversations with VPs and individual application owners. Every day is different and every deal is unique - it's a very fast-paced environment with back-to-back calls, and I also lead a team, providing direction, reviewing their work, and coaching them. Before joining PwC, I was with Deloitte Consulting doing systems integration consulting in the public sector, where I was on a team building the integrated eligibility system for the state of Connecticut's Department of Social Services, which would be used by one in four citizens. I took a couple of years off when I had my son, and when I decided to join back, the PwC opportunity came along. I joined as a manager, moved to senior manager, and then to director. Before Deloitte, I did my MBA, and before that I was a computer science engineer who worked with Infosys for around three years.