Sharon Heaton talks with M&A advisor and software expert Shaunna Balady – a woman who has completed over 100 transactions totaling over $20 billion in enterprise value across 5 continents. Shaunna also helped grow and recently sell a GovCon software services firm. She donates most of her earnings to favorite charities, doing good by doing well. Hear what this amazing software and SaaS expert has to say about the future of GovCon M&A. Topics covered: DOGE how government acquisition of software is changing; SecDevOp vs COTS Why is the government making this pivot? What makes a software company sellable? What are large strategic buyers seeking when they look for smaller software companies as targets?