In this fascinating interview, Kevin Jones, the CEO of Celero Commerce, which provides payment processing services, business management software, and data intelligence on a single holistic platform, discusses the leadership challenges and solutions for leading high growth through Mergers and Acquisitions.

Celero’s leadership team has completed 6 acquisitions since its inception. That's untypical for a young company. 

Among Kevin's insights:

• The need to have a strong core leadership team 
  
  
• Culture fit as a prerequisite for an acquisition
  
  
• How culture evolves as the company absorbs new cultures
  
  
• The shift from culture-fit to culture-blend
  
  
• Transparent communication as a key leadership style
  
  
• How to run business-as-usual concurrently with M&A activity
  
  
• The importance of leveraging efficiencies to scale up quickly
  
  

Kevin founded Celero in 2018, and 2.5 years later, it’s the 16th largest non-bank payment processor in the United States, serving more than 25,000 businesses.

He began his fin-tech career at Chase Paymentech. He is the former President of SignaPay, and former CEO of Anovia Payments, which he led to a successful exit.

Learn more about Celero Commerce at https://www.celerocommerce.com/

Learn more about Kevin Jones at   / kevingjones