Marilyn Adan

Marilyn Adan is a Senior Director with Alvarez & Marsal's Corporate Transactions Group based in San Francisco.1 She specializes in merger and acquisition integration, bringing over 35 years of experience to her role.1

Professional Experience

Marilyn's expertise lies in leveraging change management skills to mobilize organizations behind strategic business, operational, and technical initiatives.1 She has extensive experience in enterprise software product management and a deep understanding of the semiconductor and integrated circuit markets.1

Recent Achievements::

• Created Transaction Service Agreements for a $6.75 billion B2C carve-out
• Established an integration management office for a $5.4 billion pharmaceutical company's $576 million cross-border acquisition
• Conducted operational diligence for a $576 billion international pension fund investment in a SaaS clean energy company1

Prior Roles::

• Head of M&A Integration at Citrix Systems, where she integrated a $2 billion acquisition
• 19 years at Synopsys in Mountain View, California, where she led various transformations and integrations
• Manufacturing development engineer at Hewlett-Packard's Optoelectronics Division1

Education and Personal Development

Marilyn holds both a bachelor's and master's degree in electrical engineering from San Jose State University.1 She is actively involved in professional development and diversity initiatives:

• Leader in A&M's Asian American Pacific Islander diversity and inclusion group
• Accepted into Cohort 2024 of the Women of Ascend Learning and Development Series1
• Alumna of a program at San Jose State University3

Marilyn is known for her impeccable business knowledge and experience in change management.2 She has recently discussed her path to securing three public board positions using a "PIE" strategy.4