Thank you to our 2024 Steering Committee
Dr. Elouise Epstein
Partner
Kearney
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Adam Brown
Director, Global Procurement Strategy, Digital Transformation
A.P. Moller - Maersk
Rosanna Yang
Senior Director, Procurement Technology
Walgreens Boots Alliance
Richard Hesse
Manager of Technology Sourcing & Procurement
Inspire Brands
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Tracy Ring
CDO and Global Generative AI lead - Life Sciences
Accenture
2023 Speakers
Tracy Ring
CDO and Global Generative AI lead - Life Sciences
Accenture
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Benjamin Front
Technology Sourcing & Partnerships Leader
Alliant Credit Union
Jeff Miller
VP, Head of Enterprise Technology
Sumitovant Biopharma
Dr. Elouise Epstein
Partner
Kearney
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Brad Veech
Sr. Director, IT Sourcing & Author
Walmart
Kimberly Master
Manager, Technology Sourcing
Netflix
Kristine Miechowicki
VP US Technology Finance
Walgreens Boots Alliance
Lisa Nicholas
Principal, Cloud & SaaS - Global Procurement
TransUnion
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Grace Tan
Sr. Director - Sourcing & Procurement
Northwestern Mutual
Avis Yates Rivers
CEO/Founder
Technology Concepts Group International
Mike Morsch
VP Global Procurement & Supply Chain
CDK Global
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Mark Raffan
Host & Founder
Negotiations Ninja
Rosanna Yang
Sr. Director, Procurement Technology
Walgreens Boots Alliance
Eric Edwards
IT Category Manager
(former) Trane Technologies
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Paul Nilsen
Director of Procurement
Douglas Elliman Real Estate
Richard Giuliani
Director of Procurement
Cedar Fair Entertainment
Alan Poulin
Manager, Procurement & Third Party Management
Transamerica
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Paula Varner
Senior Director of Indirect Procurement
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Adrian Snow
Tech Procurement Specialist
Jeremy Parkin
Director of Procurement
Entrata
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CJ Anderson-Johnson
Indirect Team Leader, Sr Sourcing Manager
Sleep Number
David Tollen
Founder
Tech Contracts Academy
Mark Elgersma
Director of Strategic Sourcing
Target
Jay Sklar
Chief Procurement Officer & Real Estate Officer
HUB International
Ninad Joshi
Global Head of Procurement
GEHA Health
Jamie Martino
Global Head of Procurement
Aryaka Networks
Trace Lewis
Lead, Procurement & Third Party Management
Transamerica
Luke Abbott
Co-founder
Equipoise
Cheryl Katz
Director Strategic Sourcing
Synovus
Nils Brauckmann
Procurement Lead
Personio
Joanna Marks
IT Category Manager
The Co-operators
Jeanette Nyden
Contracts Expert
J. Nyden & Co.
Chris Talbot
SVP, Technology Sourcing
Impendi Analytics
Sanjay Chadha
Head of Procurement, IT Services
IHG
Mike Owens
CPO
NetApp
Matt Anders
SVP, Strategic Sourcing
Citi
Nathan LeBlanc
Head of Technology Sourcing & Procurement
Live Nation
Michael Shields
Head of Procurement Strategy
Tropic
Derinda Gaumond
VP Strategic Sourcing & Procurement
Achieve
Yatzibet Villa
Director Procurement for HW/SW & Telco
Fannie Mae
Anders Lillevik
Founder & CEO
Focal Point
Melissa Drew
Associate Partner, Finance & Supply Chain Transformation
IBM
Jim Boldrey
President
AltaLINK Group
Aashish Chandarana
CIO
Productiv
Manish Khadiya
Head of IT Strategy and Architecture
DIRECTV
Michele Thompson
Global Sourcing & Procurement Leader, Senior Director, IT Procurement
Resolvit
Danielle Moss
Enterprise Procurement Specialist
Vendr
Seb Butt
Head of Global Business Development & GM
Craft.co
Scott Carter
Head of Strategic Sourcing
Upstart
Eric Helmer
CTO
Rimini Street
Sven Lackinger
Co-founder
Sastrify
Jennifer Birnie
Head of Procurement
Ricky Tan
Director, Global Procurement
Abbott
Mike Rossi
Director, Procurement
HUB International
Aashish Patel
Global Technology Procurement Director
Grant Thornton
Brian Johnson
Category Manager – IT
ADM
Germaine Reece
Manager, Business Diversity - Central
CDW
Cory Wheeler
Co-founder & Chief Customer Success Officer
Zylo
Eric Cunningham
Founder & CEO
Green Cabbage
Sammeli Sammalkorpi
Co-founder & CEO
Sievo
John Belden
Chief of Strategy & Research
UpperEdge
Len Riley
Chief Advisory Officer
UpperEdge
Sheena Smith
Chief Strategy Officer
Spend Matters
Andrea Veech
Executive Coach, Founder & CEO
Leadership Beach
Oliver Nouwens
Senior Sales Director (USA)
Tecex
Juadit Rodrigues
Sales Director - USA and Europe
Tecex
Mark Berlin
VP
Global Indirect
Craig Smith
Sr Director of Procurement
DHI Group
Freya Hurwitz
Director of Procurement
Tripadvisor
Paul Martyn
Head of Product Marketing
HICX
Branden Card
CEO
Terzo
Ross Sharp
Pre-sales
ZIP
Jason Busch
Founder and CEO
Spend Matters
Todd Smithline
CEO
Bonterms
Katie Smith
Head of Procurement
Clark Pacific
Christopher Benners
Vice President of Strategy and Client Solutions
DATAMOB
Mona Aossey
VP of Finance
CFO
Mark Shirman
CEO
BizAnalytica
Sanyam Khurana
Director of Global IT Procurement
McCain Foods
Syed Naqvi
Sr. Manager, Procurement Data/Digital Transformation
Mars
Kevin Mars
Account Director
Extreme Networks
Isaiah Weiner
Head of Cloud Strategy and Architecture
DATAMOB
Loren Williams
Account Executive
PCs for People
MEET OUR KEYNOTE
Michael Pülmanns, Managing Director, SmartRiskSolutions
Michael worked for 18 years for a German federal security agency with operations in ranging from Latin America, Eastern Europe, and high-risk countries in the Middle East. Since 2012, Michael provides risk, security, and crisis management consultancy services and trainings to national and international clients. He specializes in crisis negotiations, crisis management and kidnap response. As part of a global team of kidnap response consultants, Michael provides advisory and operational support to corporations or organizations facing threats or crises from criminals or terrorist groups. As board member Michael supported the EU project for virtual crisis management of terror attacks against critical infrastructure. Michael globally delivered numerous bespoke crisis negotiation workshops and negotiation coaching sessions to procurement teams and C-Level executives of different industries, regions, and cultures. Michael currently leads a team supporting clients in the Ukraine.
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GET INVOLVED
If you would like to get involved in this event, please contact us.
Speaking opportunities:
Claire Barnes
cbarnes@procurementfoundry.com
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Sponsorship opportunities:
Sukhvir Hayre
shayre@procurementfoundry.com
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