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RSM US Acquires Salesforce Cloud Consulting Partner MondayCall

RSM US LLP has acquired Salesforce Gold partner and cloud CRM (customer relationship management) specialist MondayCall, the companies have announced. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

This is M&A deal number five that ChannelE2E has covered so far in 2021. See all technology M&A deals for 2021 and 2020 listed here.

RSM US LLP is part of RSM International, a global network of independent audit, tax and consulting firms with more than 43,000 people in more than 120 countries.

RSM US and MondayCall: Salesforce Cloud Consulting and More

The RSM US business offers technology consulting services across ERP (enterprise resource planning), CRM, data analytics, infrastructure, cloud and managed services, application development and e-commerce. RSM US's Key CRM practice areas include Microsoft Dynamics 365, iMIS Software, Netsuite and Salesforce.

MondayCall, founded in 2010, has managed near 2,000 Salesforce projects for roughly 675 customers. MondayCall's team will tuck into RSM US's San Francisco office -- though employees are currently working remotely amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Key MondayCall leaders -- including managing directors and co-founders Chris Zak and Andy Yang, co-founder and vice president of strategy Erik Lekas, and the MondayCall team of professionals -- are joining RSM US.

RSM US Acquires MondayCall: Executive Perspectives

Chris Zak, managing director, MondayCall
Brian Becker, consulting leader, RSM US

In a prepared statement about the deal, Brian Becker, consulting leader for RSM US LLP said:

“We continue to focus our growth strategy on meeting the evolving needs of middle market businesses and we are pleased to end 2020 by joining forces with an exciting and dynamic group that will help our clients advance their customer relationship management objectives. This is a strategic step that leverages the solid foundation our RSM Salesforce team has built and sets the stage for the additional investment we are eager to make in this service line.”

Added MondayCall Managing Director and co-founder Chris Zak:

“RSM is an exciting and culturally aligned fit for MondayCall as our firm takes this next step to provide new opportunities for our clients and our people. RSM’s investment in our team is an investment in the services we can help provide its clients. At the same time, we are pleased to continue serving our MondayCall clients, but now with the added world-class services and resources RSM offers, including a full spectrum of consulting services, as well as audit and tax services.”

The deal closed on December 31, 2020.

IT Services M&A Advisor; More Salesforce Partner Buyouts

RSM was represented in the deal by martinwolf’s LMM Group, an M&A advisory firm serving the middle market IT industry.

M&A activity among Salesforce cloud partners has beens strong -- including nearly 20 deals in 2020 alone. Here's a complete list of Salesforce cloud partner mergers and acquisitions.

Joe Panettieri

Joe Panettieri is co-founder & editorial director of MSSP Alert and ChannelE2E, the two leading news & analysis sites for managed service providers in the cybersecurity market.