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Brian Bancroft is the Senior Director of Indirect Procurement at Kellogg Company. Kellogg’s indirect procurement organization functions in a semi-mandated environment with a centralized design. The organization’s maturity level is currently in the medium phase. The focus on Indirect Procurement began five years ago under a project based approach and has since expanded to become an integral part of the organization spanning all spend across the globe.

In the past 12 months Brian has been challenged with change management both within the indirect group and with stakeholders. He’s also working with people to be sure that they understand that while the road will become more difficult, the best is yet to come.

Meanwhile Brian has been successful with the integration of the Latin America Procurement Team into a single Americas organization which included a significant focus on Organizational Design and People Development Planning.

Looking forward, Brian feels his biggest challenges are focusing on the “Procurement Professional of the Future.” Also, keeping the momentum going and pushing forward well beyond sourcing to drive increased value across all areas of the business.

When it comes to procurement Brian says he is most passionate about honest, direct and ethical behavior, always!

Jean-Jacques Beaussart is the global CPO for Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd. In this newly created role, Jean-Jacques consults the entire organization globally to reduce the total cost of ownership from third-party spend, and support a global delivery/business model, while optimizing risk-reward with third-party providers.

He was previously CPO for KeyBank (from October 2009 – March 2012) where he managed a team of 50 professionals, a budget of $10M and spend of $1.2B. Jean-Jacques was responsible for leading the Global Strategic Procurement/Outsourcing organization with a mission to deliver savings that impact the bottom-line, drive significant process improvements, implement expense policies and build stronger relationships with Business Partners and Suppliers globally. His team delivered $150M in savings over two years.

Jean-Jacques joined National City Corporation (NCC) in April 2005, where he laid the foundation for more than $300 million annualized savings from 2006 to 2008. He also implemented an e-procurement system to provide a single portal and “an Amazon.com experience” to more than 35,000 NCC associates. The creation of a world-class procurement organization, along with redesigning positions and reporting lines to better support corporate needs and strategies, has been one of Jean-Jacques’ key successes.

Prior to joining NCC, Jean-Jacques held positions as a sourcing executive with Bank of America in Charlotte and with GE Capital in Stamford. He also spent many years as a management consultant with Booz Allen & Hamilton in New York.

Jean-Jacques earned his MS in Applied Mechanics from the Institut National des Sciences Appliquees in Lyon, France, and his MS in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University. He also completed the MBA Executive Program at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey.

Tom is the founder of ISG and has over 20 years of strategic sourcing and management experience. Early in his career, Tom led the turnaround of a 120-employee construction company, converting substantial losses to profitability in under a year—primarily through cost optimization. This experience contributes heavily to his focus on delivering measurable results and high ROIs for clients.

Tom founded a business in 1994 that resulted in the creation of an early Internet portal. After selling it in 1997, he went on to work with Deloitte Consulting and later was a Director with a 500-person procurement services firm, ICG Commerce.

Tom founded and leads the non-profit Witness to War Foundation (www.WitnessToWar.org) which is dedicated to preserving the oral histories of combat veterans. In that role, he and his team have interviewed over 800 combat veterans, primarily from WWII. His efforts have been featured in Inc. magazine, on CNN, Fox News, on CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, and in cover stories for the Boston Globe and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Tom has been awarded a Top ’40 Under 40′ award from the Atlanta Business Chronicle (2007), and has been named a ‘Pro to Know’ by Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine from 2008-2012. In 2009, he was selected by the Institute of Supply Management to lead a four hour televised session on Negotiations.

Tom received a Bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and later received an M.B.A. with honors from the Goizueta Business School at Emory where he was awarded the Woodruff Fellowship, Emory’s highest honor.

Managing partner of The Edge Negotiation Group, Andrew Boughton has over 7 years of negotiation consultancy, speaking and training experience and 13 years of commercial negotiation experience in the entertainment industry. Andy has a BS in Economics with a concentration in Finance from Wharton School University of Pennslyvania and a Masters in Business Administration from the Anderson School at UCLA. Andrew Boughton has provided a range of capability development services and consulting engagements for Fortune 500 clients including but not limited to: Along with managing The Edge Negotiation Group, Andrew Boughton also runs several online forums and discussion groups devoted to commercial negotiation, for more information email us directly at: andrew.boughton@edgenegotiation.com

• Walmart Store, Inc.
• ConocoPhillips
• The Home Depot, Inc.
• Safeway, Inc.
• Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
• Kimberly-Clark Corporation
• Kohl's Corporation
• The Sports Authority
• Target Corporation
• G4S Secure Solutions
• The Weather Channel
• Alcan Cable
• Oldcastle Precast, Inc.
• American FujiSeal, Inc.
• Smith International, Inc.
• Mattel, Inc.
• International Rectifier, Inc.
• PetSmart, Inc.
• Charming Shoppes, Inc.
• NBC Universal, Inc.
• PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc.
• Mars, Incorporated
• Prologis/AMB Property Corp.
• Skype Techonologies S.A.
• TowerJazz Semiconductor
• Safelite Autoglass, Inc.
• Smith, Gambrell, & Russell, LLP

Jay Brun is the Senior Sourcing Analyst at MISO. The MISO indirect procurement organization functions in a non-mandated environment and is currently at a medium level of maturity. As a company, MISO is 11 years old and is continuing to upgrade both its systems and procedures. The core operating and business support systems are in place and the corporate priority has evolved towards developing internal efficiencies and strategic sourcing. This focus on strategic sourcing has brought about greater visibility to category spend and cost control.

Jay will be moderating a roundtable discussion on IT: New IT delivery models - such as SaaS & Cloud computing and how they affect the relationship between IT and Procurement. We discuss procurement’s role in working with IT to drive forward advanced SRM (Supplier Relationship Management) and business user relationship management practices.

Jay has worked with Telecom, Systems Administration, and Data Network areas within IT. The procurement of server gear, IT maintenance services, and telecommunications services and equipment have been refined through the lens of strategic supplier management. Over the past two years, MISO has implemented a unique single sourcing VAR program in conjunction with IT to facilitate standardized quotations, architectural standards, and reduced order processing times while maintaining corporate policy requirements.

During the past 12 months Jay’s biggest challenge has been aligning internal business units with category strategies. On the other hand he’s had success with establishing sole source, market index based agreements with key IT suppliers that provides faster service to business units, and streamlines procurement operations while ensuring competitive pricing on goods is achieved.

Looking forward Jay feels his biggest challenge will be building critical thinking into internal process design in order to make Supply Management into a more flexible and nimble organization.

Customer service lies at the center of all support services, and it is the lifeblood of all business activity. Making Supply Management an easy entity to do business with is the key driver to our internal and organizational success.

Melissa Burkland is the Global Professional Services Commodity Manager for Cabot Corporation, a global specialty chemicals and performance materials company. Melissa is responsible for the benchmarking, bidding, contracting, and compliance of vendors for HRIS, HR, Marketing, Safety, Health, & Environment, Finance, Treasury, and Real Estate. Melissa collaborates with each of these areas, along with the Benefits, Investment, Audit, and Compensations Committees to develop annual business plans, goals, and/or strategies that exceed corporate objectives. She sits on Cabot’s Data Privacy team to provide companywide oversight for privacy and personal data.

Prior to joining Cabot, Melissa held positions at General Motors, New York Times, and Siemens. She received General Motor’s Chairman Recognition and The New York Times Publisher’s Award for her team’s accomplishments in global sourcing, cost savings, process efficiency, and quality improvements.

Aaron Cleavinger, CPSM, C.P.M., is the Director of Procurement for ULTA Beauty. The procurement organization is in the start-up phase, though with a center-led philosophy for all spend areas, and with tactical aspects of critical commodities (energy management, fixtures, supplies, travel) now directly under the procurement umbrella.

Aaron is currently building a new procurement team at ULTA. He provides strategic sourcing, advanced negotiation and contracting expertise to all indirect categories throughout the enterprise. He previously built the indirect procurement and energy management teams at PetSmart, and his previous experience was in transforming inventory management and replenishment organizations.

When it comes to procurement, Aaron is most passionate about applying optimal negotiation strategies, technology solutions and process improvement methodologies to improve both the influence and the effectiveness of the procurement organization. Aaron enjoys the chaos of specialty retail and the opportunities it offers to identify improvement opportunities and lead change.

LinkedIn Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/aaronc

Sean has worked directly with hundreds of clients to deliver value in strategic supply management. He provides guidance during all phases of the supply management lifecycle, manages the strategic direction of projects, and ensures that clients are getting full value from Emptoris Strategic Supply Management Solutions. Sean advises CPOs and Procurement Professionals on a regular basis and has been featured in a variety of books (Essentials of Supply Chain Management), newspapers (USA Today), and internet media sites (Yahoo! News).

Prior to joining Emptoris, Sean worked as an executive in a “Big 6” consulting firm and served as a Lieutenant in the US Navy.

Sean has a Bachelor of Science Degree from Vanderbilt University and a Masters in Business Administration from San Diego State University.

A supply chain professional with over 28 years of experience in the Tobacco, Plastics, Food and Pharmaceutical Industries.

Responsibility for $1.8 billion in spend across the RAI operating companies, includes direct, indirect and capital procurement.

Directs teams in Memphis TN, Oxford NC, Santa Fe NM, as well as centralized indirect and direct groups in Winston-Salem NC

Chris Duchene is Illinois Tool Works’ (ITW) Vice President of Corporate Strategic Sourcing, reporting directly to ITW’s Vice Chairman, SEVP. Chris leads a lean but effective global group of 25 team members. The Group’s areas of responsibility range across multiple commodities such as chemicals, global travel, IT hardware/software, logistics, mro, oem components, office supplies/equipment, packaging, resins/plastics, telecom, utilities, waste & recycling, and more..... These categories represent over $2.0 billion in annual spend (approx. 20% of ITW’s total spend) from across the various ITW Business Units. Throughout Chris’ tenure at ITW, he has gained an understanding of how to navigate and influence change in ITW’s challenging culture and decentralized business model.

Prior to joining ITW in 2001, Chris spent 8 years as a Supply Chain/Sourcing Consultant across numerous companies, driving operational improvements and bottom-line cost reductions. He consulted for various clients supporting their supply chain and procurement initiatives.

Chris holds an MBA Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University and Accounting and Economics Undergraduate Degree from Eastern Illinois University. Chris is a member of the Board of Directors for the British American Business Council (BABC) and an active member of MAPI (Manufacturing Alliance).

About ITW: With $16 billion in revenues and nearly 100 years of history, ITW is a multinational manufacturer of a diversified range of value-adding and short lead-time industrial products and equipment such as highly engineered fasteners and components, equipment and consumable systems, and specialty products and equipment for customers around the world.

The Company consists of 875 decentralized business units, with over 2,300 locations throughout 57 countries, employing nearly 60,000 people. Average of 65 employees per location and $20million in revenue per business unit – there are some $1billion business units.

Diversity in end-markets (7 major end-markets): Industrial Packaging, Power Systems & Electronics, Transportation, Construction Products, Food Equipment, Polymers & Fluids, then All Other.

ITW’s guiding principles are decentralization, 80/20, Innovation (2007, ITW held nearly 20,000 unexpired patents and pending applications worldwide and ranked 79 of top issuers of U.S. patents) and Growth Through Acquisitions

 Vanessa Elkins-Rogers is Vice President of Vendor Management / Shared Services at Crawford & Company. She is responsible for the development, documentation and execution of a comprehensive sourcing strategy to optimize customer service and profitability for the procurement, project management & real estate groups.

Vanessa’s professional career prior to joining Crawford & Company has included positions with, Johnson Controls, The Coca-Cola Corporation, Home Depot, AT & T / Bellsouth & Suez/ United Water. An alumni of Kennesaw State University she possesses a undergraduate degrees in Accounting & Finance and a Master’s Degree with special emphasis on Executive Leadership. Vanessa also is a professor for Devry University’s Keller Graduate School of Management where she provides instruction in the College of Business Administration.

Vanessa Elkins-Rogers is a firm believer of the concept; “If you can conceive it, you can achieve it”. Over the years she has demonstrated her commitment to community service by working with such organizations as Big Brothers /Big Sisters, American Cancer Society, March of Dimes and The Red Cross. Her leadership skills have afforded her the opportunity to be appointed to the Governance Board’s for Clark – Atlanta University’s Leadership Development Council and Scholars Academy (a State Charter School).

Vanessa has been a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority for 31 years having crossed the burning sands at the University of Toledo June 7, 1980. She is the immediate past President of Iota Eta Zeta graduate chapter, Current State of Georgia Treasurer and an appointee to the National Executive board as a member of the Internal Audit committee for Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.

As a 20 year member of Ben Hill United Methodist Church, she has taught Sunday school, been a faithful member of the Finance Committee and United Methodist Women. She is married to Tony Rogers and they enjoy traveling, sports and boat cruises in their spare time.

Michael Koontz is Senior Vice President and Research Director for HfS' Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) analyst advisory practice. He provides leading-edge and practical research into global outsourcing and shared services strategies in the BFSI sector, which is in high demand from HfS Research’s 120,000-strong readership base and knowledge community, which has a very strong representation from global financial services institutions.

Looking into the past, present and future of the outsourcing and shared services markets, reinforced with HfS data and supported by its global analyst team, Michael supports HfS financial services clients in creating strategies for their businesses. He examines the core financial services industry dynamics driving global sourcing strategy, as the boundaries between IT, Shared Services and Business Process Outsourcing strategy continue to blur.

Prior to joining HFS, Michael spent 4 years working as SVP of BFS on the provider side of the business, working with many of the top financial institutions in North America. Michael supported the creation of new capabilities, account management and new business development. Michael was at Wachovia Bank for 14 years, where he was the SVP of Outsourcing Strategy and Governance; leading over 130 transitions, and managing over 1000 SLAs, over four countries and three providers. Michael played a critical role in the creation of one of the most creative offshore models in existence, the idea of the virtual captive.

Michael held many other roles within Wachovia, including; CFO for Banking Operations, Operations Manager in Check Processing and Research Adjustments, and Process Improvement Leader in Treasury Services.

Michael has been very active in the offshoring world for the past 10+ years, and has spoken at many industry conferences including: the Gartner Offshoring Summit, TPI, The Conference Board, BAI, SIG and many others. He was selected by Finance and Accounting Outsourcing Magazine in 2006 and 2008 as one of their “FAO Superstars”.

Michael has a BS in Finance from the University of Tennessee, and an MBA from Kennesaw State University in Georgia.

His favorite times are those with his family, his wife Renee and two sons, Dylan and Tyler. They spend much of their free time at baseball and soccer games with the kids.

Michael can be reached at Michael.Koontz@hfsresearch.com.

Ernest G. Gabbard has over 25 years of supply management and contract management experience and recently retired as Executive Director of Strategic Sourcing for Allegheny Technologies Incorporated in Pittsburgh. In this position he was the Senior Procurement Executive, with strategic responsibility for ~$4 billion global spend, across 8 diverse divisions.

Ernest Gabbard was previously in senior procurement management positions with Hughes Aircraft and Litton Industries, and was a Contracting Officer with the U.S. Government. He has conducted business transactions in 34 countries, and resided for over 12 years in Europe, Asia, and Middle East.

He is a frequent speaker on these subjects at professional organizations such as Institute for Supply Management (ISM), and National Contract Management Association (NCMA). His articles on procurement and contracting management issues have been published in numerous national publications including the ISM’s ""Inside Supply Management"" and NCMA’s ""Contract Management"" magazines. He has been a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for ISM’s “Inside Supply Management” magazine. He also wrote the chapter on “Contracting and Subcontracting” in the latest edition of The Supply Management Handbook.

Mr. Gabbard holds several college degrees, including a Juris Doctorate (law) degree, and taught Procurement, Contract Management, and Contract Law classes for California State University and University of California. He is currently on the Board of Advisors for Supply Chain Management at Duquesne University.

Elizabeth Galloway is the Senior Manager of Indirect Sourcing at Diebold, Incorporated. Diebold’s indirect Procurement organization functions in a non-mandated environment with a Global focus. The focus on indirect procurement has intensified in the last few years with emphasis on spend management , working capital, category management and updating procurement policies and procedures.

Elizabeth is leading her indirect team to create detailed strategic category plans in the areas of Information Technology, Human Resources, Professional Services, Marketing, Tax, Insurance, Audit, Legal and Facilities. Diebold also initiated a cost savings program identified as ‘Smart Business’ in 2006 to deliver $100 million dollars in savings. Diebold is currently trending to achieve $300 million dollars in cost savings with the ongoing Smart Business program.

One example of those efforts, in 2012 the sourcing manager for Information Technology identified savings of $1.6 million with spend of $9 million. This was achieved by working directly with the IT stakeholders to understand their key initiatives for 2012 and achieved this savings through supplier consolidation and employing demand management techniques.

Elizabeth’s career at Diebold has spanned 32 years, and has included responsibilities for strategic sourcing manager in the area of electro-mechanical components, managing the security sourcing team and her current position of managing the indirect sourcing team.

Elizabeth holds a BA- Business Management from Walsh University in North Canton, OH.

Paul Gartland has over 17 years of experience in staffing, Managed Service Programs and Services Procurement. Paul is currently the Director of Services Procurement for Allegis Group Services. Paul consultants with companies in how they are managing their Services Procurement/SOW business and helps determine if there is a better solution to their current process.

Prior is his role as Director of Services Procurement he was the Program Director for one of AGS' largest financial services clients leading a full service MSP that provides both staff augmentation and Services Procurement management for the client. Paul managed 18 dedicated program office staff members responsible for managing over $500M in spend spanning both staff augmentation and SOW services.

As Director of Global Procurement for The McGraw-Hill Companies, Mr. Giblin manages the indirect categories team, supplier relationships, and contracts. He led the implementation of sourcing automation and contract management technology to drive efficiency across the organization. In 2011, Kevin was the recipient of IACCM’s “Collaborate to Innovate Award” at ProcureCon USA. He received the 2009 CTB Achievement Award for his significant contribution towards reducing supply chain costs. In 2005, he received a Corporate Achievement Award for his innovative approach to sourcing editorial services spend, and was recognized in 2006 for development of strategic offshore supplier relationships.

Since 2007, he has served on the ISM Supplier Management Group, chartered with developing an industry-wide model for supplier capabilities maturity. In 2011, he was elected group Chairman. He has served as curriculum advisor for Folsom College’s Purchasing program, and written numerous articles for Inside Supply Management, Kennedy Consulting Advisory, and MyPurchasingCenter. He was featured in the January 2010 issue of e-Side Supply Management, and the July 2010 SupplyInDemand. His article on best practices for supplier selection appeared in the May 2012 edition of Inside Supply Management.

Ken Hake is Vice President, Global Procurement and Value Chains for Amway. He is responsible for Supply Chain optimization and Strategic Sourcing, including overall spend for direct (ingredients, raw and packaging materials) and indirect (services such as IT software and hardware, telecommunications and travel). He works closely with business operations in all of Amway’s 55 global affiliates located in 43 countries, helping them get the goods and services they need at the best value. The objective of the Procurement organization is to “Leverage global Procurement Mastery to deliver Business Solutions that Maximize Economic Value and provide a Global Competitive Advantage”.

Ken came to Amway in 2010 with considerable CPG experience in beauty, personal care and food products. He spent 25 years at Procter & Gamble, where he first worked four years in manufacturing and then directed procurement functions in numerous business areas. In the 21 years of Procurement, he was responsible for direct and indirect spend, plus the back office operations for the purchase to payment process for $48B in spend.

He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering and applied physics from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. Ken is married to his wife, Carol, and has two daughters.

Kim Harrison-Johnson manages the Strategic Sourcing function for Marketing at SunTrust Banks, Inc. She is responsible for partnering with marketing to develop, validate and implement commodity sourcing strategies and manage risk.

Prior to joining SunTrust, Kim was with The Home Depot as a sourcing manager and single point of contact for the HD.com business. Other areas of responsibility included CRM (customer relationship management), Social Media and Consumer Insights teams.

Kim led the sourcing team to penetrate the hd.com business and greatly enhanced the credibility of the sourcing organization in that space. She is highly regarded as a partner who can deliver total value, significantly reduce costs, negotiate out of contract redundancies and for consistently exceeding savings goals.

Kim has an extensive banking background in marketing. As a VP marketing manager at Bank of America and Chase, she led credit card marketing acquisition and retention programs. Kim was with Citigroup from 2003 to 2008 where she was the VP of Cross Sell Strategy where she was responsible for expanding the basket of banking products and services between Citi and Home Depot. She was also a key contributor in the launch of the Citigroup/Home Depot credit card portfolio.

From 2008-2010, Kim launched and managed a successful marketing consulting firm and had major clients such as UnitedHealthcare and The Home Depot.

Originally from New York, Kim received a Bachelor of Science degree from the State University College at Buffalo and a Masters of Business Administration in marketing and international business from Binghamton University.

Mr. Healey has extensive experience in operational performance enhancement and financial re-engineering. Though he has experience in a wide variety of industries, he has focused the past 12 years in distribution and logistics. He has led more than $600 million in acquisitions and almost a billion dollars in financing activities over his career. He is an expert at identifying unprofitable activities and pricing schemes and developing action plans to improve margins, reduce costs while improving efficacy of activities. With more than 28 years of financial and operational expertise, Jack Healey has extensive experience in financial reporting, internal controls, budgeting and forecasting, activity based costing techniques, distribution value chain analysis, capital structure and design, treasury, banking, investor relations as well as operational expertise in information technology, Business Process Outsourcing and Initial Public Offerings. He has provided testimony in both Federal and State courts as a financial expert. He is an expert in corporate governance and has designed and monitored officer and director compliance with the Sarbanes- Oxley Act.

Mr. Healey most recently was Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary for Industrial Distribution Group, (NASDAQ: IDGR). He was a Partner in Charge of Assurance Services for a regional CPA firm and started his career with Ernst & Young, LLP as a Senior Auditor. His industry expertise includes: Wholesale Distribution, Manufacturing, Property and Casualty Insurance, Hospitality, Restaurants, Retail and Commercial Real Estate. Mr. Healey is a CPA, and Certified Fraud Examiner. He is a graduate of Syracuse University Whitman School of Management, BS Accounting- CPA where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. Additionally, he is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma and Beta Alpha Psi. He has completed five executive courses at Harvard Law Schools' Program on Negotiations focusing on creating value in complex and difficult business scenarios.

Mr. Healey is a member of the Business Advisory Board for the Lubin School of Accounting, Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Association of Certified Fraud examiners; National Association of Corporate Directors. He has held Board positions for Hemophilia of Georgia, Camp Twin Lakes and 21st Century Leaders.

Charlie Killian is an operational excellence leader with over 20 years’ experience throughout all facets of operations. Charlie joined the Prysmian Group in 2012 as a Purchasing Manager for the NRM group with a focus on capital, leases & rentals, and utilities.
Prior to joining Prysmian, Charlie held various positions in operations at WR Grace including CAPEX Manager, Operations, Manager, Project Manager, and Plant Manager.
Charlie is a certified Six-Sigma Black Belt and a graduate of the University of Massachusetts-Lowell.

Chuck Kinnebrew is Sr. Director of Indirect Procurement at The Home Depot Corporation. In this role, he is responsible for leading a team of Sourcing professionals to develop and execute strategic sourcing plans to procure $6.5B of goods and services for internal consumption. This span of control includes professional services, marketing, advertising, store supplies and services, store maintenance/construction/fixtures, logistics, procurement operations, e-Sourcing and travel.

Prior to joining The Home Depot, Kinnebrew worked for the DuPont Company where he acquired extensive experience in manufacturing, planning, marketing and supply chain. He has worked in supply chain for the last twelve years and established an in-depth understanding of strategic sourcing while holding several domestic, regional and global leadership positions with a focus on Strategic Sourcing/Purchasing. Kinnebrew has also been instrumental in transforming tactical/transactional buying organizations to one that would be “World Class” with a “Strategic Focus”.

Kinnebrew received his bachelor of education degree from the University of Georgia. When not spending time with his family, you’ll find Kinnebrew on the tennis court playing ALTA or T2 tennis. He also serves on the School Council at Harrison HS in Acworth, GA. and he’s an avid listener of smooth jazz.

Ed Maino is Vice President, Global Procurement Services for Capital One Financial Corporation, a Fortune 200 company and one of the leading financial services companies in the nation. In this role, he serves as the Divisional Procurement Officer for the banking division. Capital One is one of the top 10 banks in the country, with nearly 1,000 branch locations across New York, New Jersey, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia.

Mr. Maino is responsible for all procurement services necessary to support this division of the company, which, in September 2010, completed the integration of Chevy Chase Bank in the MidAtlantic region. He also has accountability for procurement support systems, process reengineering, project management and purchasing services, and serves as the Accountable Executive for Capital One’s Supplier Diversity Program.

Mr. Maino has held a variety of business development and operational roles since joining Capital One in 1995. Prior to joining Capital One, Mr. Maino served as an Aviator in the United States Navy.

Mr. Maino earned a Bachelors Degree in Math/Computer Science from The Citadel. He is also a graduate of The Executive Program at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, and the Leadership Coaching Program at Georgetown University.

Trupti Marshall joined SunTrust in May 2008 and leads the Supplier Relationship Management team. In this role, Trupti is responsible for enhancing performance management of both internal customers as well as SunTrust suppliers. The Supplier Relationship Management team is responsible for managing critical supplier relationships: performance, risk, and relationship health.

Prior to joining SunTrust, Trupti was a member of HD Supply focusing on strategic sourcing and vendor management. Trupti has an extensive background in process improvement, operational efficiency, and strategic planning.

Trupti has a M.S. in Management of Technology from Vanderbilt University and a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Tech. She lives in Atlanta with her husband, Aaron.

Michael Matherly is the Services Procurement & SOW Practice Director for IQNavigator. Michael is responsible for Services Procurement thought leadership and strategic alignment across IQNavigator’s global sales, marketing, and client services functions, as well as with the company’s strategic alliance partners. Matherly also leads IQNavigator’s Category Business Assessment process which helps clients and prospects sizecategory management and operational opportunities for bringing SOW (Statement of Work) Services under strategic management with the IQNavigator technology.

Mike McHale is the Chief Procurement Officer and Head of Corporate Services for Invesco Ltd. Invesco is a global leader in investment management with $650 billion in assets under management operating in 20 countries. Mike’s areas of responsibilities include; Global Procurement, Global Payroll, Global Properties & Facilities, Corporate Events and Travel.

Prior to Invesco, Mike McHale was the Senior Director of Sourcing and Vendor Management for The Home Depot where he was responsible for building an organization to strategically source approx. $5.5B in annual direct spend on flooring and organizational products. Before The Home Depot, Mike was the Chief Procurement Officer at Mirant, an international energy company. At Mirant, Mike led a team which managed $2 billion in spend and led cross divisional sourcing projects resulting in approximately $150M in total cost of ownership savings to the company.

Additional professional experience includes multiple director level positions within the supply chain management and operations organizations at Delta Air Lines. His scope of Procurement responsibilities included Information Systems, Corporate Operations, Logistics and Technical Operations. His team managed over $2.5 billion in annual expenditures and delivered over $450M in cost reductions and value creation. Mike is an active member of the Supply Chain Executive Board and Procurement Strategy Council and has been profiled in Purchasing Magazine. He has also served on the board of directors for the Georgia Minority Supplier Diversity Council (GMSDC).

Jack Miles is a business operations leader with over 30 years experience successfully transforming corporate services, administration and sourcing organizations in leading North American firms.

Florida Governor Rick Scott appointed Jack as the Secretary of the Department of Management Services (DMS) and he served in that role until April of 2012. Prior to his appointment Jack held senior sourcing executive, shared services and Chief Procurement Officer roles at leading North American firms including CIGNA, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), American International Group (AIG), Computer Associates (CA), Travelers, Ames Department Stores and Prentice-Hall.

Jack is a leader in architecting, resourcing and executing sustainable improvement, accountability, management and process innovation solving highly complex business, technology and transformation challenges for firms ranging from early stage start up to large-cap global corporate companies.

Jack holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Psychology from Ramapo College of New Jersey. He has been a frequent speaker at industry events and conferences, and a citizen of the United States and Canada. Jack and his spouse Nancy reside in Winter Park Florida and have an adult daughter who resides in New York City.

Matt Montgomery is a Global Manager with Lexmark, responsible for Procure to Pay (P2P) global systems, process and policy. Since joining Lexmark in 2006, he has led the global rollout of procurements systems, supplier corporate responsibility, and procurement operational excellence programs. Mr. Montgomery most recently led the Vendor Master Data Management project which was awarded the 2011 Gartner Master Data Management Excellence Award for the Lexmark program (which included Vendor, Customer, Product, Material and Person Master Data Management).
For the 10 years prior to joining Lexmark, Mr. Montgomery worked for Atos as a Business Application Management Consultant to Global 1000 companies. His specialization was in corporate operations, operational excellence, project management and custom solution development.

As a distinguished thought leader and global innovator, Bruce has over three decades of experience within the human capital and workforce management industry. Throughout this time he has seen a massive shift in the way organizations manage their greatest asset; people.

As a sought after and renowned international speaker, Bruce has stimulated audiences across Europe, US and Asia with his fresh and innovative approach to acquiring top talent. Bruce shares his in-depth knowledge on recruitment and retention with new age media on a global scale. He has designed, implemented and managed some of the largest resourcing solutions across many different parts of the globe, saving companies millions of dollars whilst securing the very best talent.

In his current role, Bruce serves as the Chief Marketing Officer for Allegis Group Services. His responsibilities include innovation, marketing and public relations management. Bruce also plays a pivotal role in incorporating and driving the Allegis Talent2 brand, a global alliance between Allegis Group Services and Talent2. Prior to his current position, Bruce owned e3 Unlimited, a talent acquisition and development organization managing a breadth of staffing-related needs for global companies.

Bruce’s latest innovation is that of a dynamic integrated technology platform that, for the first time, integrates top-of-class digital recruitment technologies that create engaged living talent communities; diverging from traditional static methodologies.

Clients Bruce has previously worked with include Microsoft, GE, IBM, Hewlett Packard, BUPA, Barclays Bank, Sprint Telecom, Nortel, O2, Dell, Alstom, Honeywell, United Technologies Corporation and Agilent Technologies. Bruce has been mentioned as an influential thought leader in many best selling publications such as: The Secrets of the CEO - Hacking Work, Get That Job, and The Real Deal.

• 1980 graduate of Penn State University BS Marketing
• MBA Essentials Certificate – University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz School of Business – September 2010
• Married….2 children (Nick & Jeanine) and one grandchild (Addison)
• Began with PPG 8/1/80
  • Distribution Trainee
  • Freight Rate Coordinator II
  • Transportation & Distribution Supervisor – East Point, GA Coatings Plant
  • Field Transportation Supervisor – Coatings & Resins
  • Distribution Center Manager
  • Manager, Sales Administration & Telesales
  • Senior Purchasing Agent
  • Manager, Strategic Sourcing – Packaging & Services
  • Director, General Purchasing

Ian O’Brien is the Vice President of Strategic Sourcing at the American Cancer Society, the largest health related non-profit in the United States. The American Cancer Society’s mission is to eliminate cancer as a major health problem and to save lives by “helping people stay well, get well, find cures, & fight back.” For the past year, Ian has partnered with his internal business partners as they embark on their nationwide procurement transformation efforts across all 12 divisions and the national home office, including more than 900 local offices, which interact with millions of volunteers in more than 5,100 communities nationwide. Transformational efforts include the required elements of strategy, people, process, and technology.

Prior to joining the American Cancer Society, Ian was Senior Vice President, Supply Chain Management, at SunTrust Bank, a top 10 U.S. bank. During his six years at SunTrust, he held leadership roles within strategic sourcing, supplier management and procurement operations.

Previously, Ian was a member of Ernst and Young’s Supply Chain consulting practice for 5 years, where he managed supply chain organizational and strategic sourcing engagements for manufacturing and services client –both domestically and internationally.

Ian holds a BA in Economics from Duke University, and an MBA from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin.

Sarah is a principal in Ernst & Young LLP’s Advisory Services practice with more than 20 years of strategy, procurement and outsourcing experience. She has been a frequent speaker in the procurement industry, and twice recognized as an iSource Pro to Know, quoted in many articles.

Her experience covers all areas of the CPO’s agenda, including helping to set the procurement strategy, assisting with implementing outsourcing programs, helping with complex strategic sourcing programs, delivery models, advising on procurement technologies and assisting with people/process change activities.

Sarah has been highly involved in the outsourcing of many SG&A functions, including procurement (source-to-pay), customer service, IT and finance. Also, as a leader in the eProcurement market, she is deeply knowledgeable on eSourcing technologies, adoption and implementation.

Most recently, Sarah was the Global Procurement Practice lead at EquaTerra (an outsourcing advisory firm acquired by KPMG in early 2011). Prior to EquaTerra, Sarah was a principal with A.T. Kearney, the EVP and CMO at FreeMarkets (leader in eProcurement technologies and services acquired by Ariba), and the founder and head of sales for eBreviate (leading eSourcing company owned
by EDS).

Mike is a strategic thinker and has held leadership positions within the Supply Chain organizations of major corporations in the Aerospace, Defense, and Commercial Industries.

He has a vast knowledge of the interdependency of the Supply Chain. His enthusiastic focus is in Manufacturing Operations, Logistics & Procurement. He has a passion for the development of talent and understands the necessity of organizational design.

Mike’s success is the result of implementing programs and processes to increase the value in the supply chain. His contributions include strategic sourcing and the associative cost savings, analyzing corporate and business segment spend, and implementing programs to enhance supplier performance. He relies on his knowledge of Lean/Six Sigma methodologies as he develops and leads cross functional teams within varied business segments.

On a global scale his leadership has led to increased supplier performance, process rigor for analyzing spend, and the implementation of aggregation and consolidation opportunities. Teams under his leadership create programs to leverage and optimize the supply chain, including demand management governance and discretionary spend controls.

Mike is a US Navy veteran and a product of evening and weekend education opportunities He holds an Executive Master’s degree with a concentration in finance from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Master of Science in industrial technology and Bachelor of Science degree in business from Central Connect State University.

Alan J. Rice has been serving as Southern Wine & Spirits of America‘s Senior Director of Indirect Procurement since early 2010. Prior to Southern, Alan worked for a series of Fortune 500 companies, including Cemex, Unisys, Nokia and Sara Lee. Most recently he worked at Nortel Networks, Inc., managing their global indirect procurement area with over $2 billion in spend under management.

Alan has nearly 20 years of experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, P2P and supply chain management. He has spent half of his career working internationally in Europe, Latin America and Asia. During the last 7 years, Alan has led major transformation initiatives to drive higher value and reduce costs, while focusing on ROI. He has also specialized in the creation of indirect procurement organizations for enterprises that did not previously have them. Alan has a Masters in Supply Chain Management and an undergraduate degree in International Affairs from Florida State University. He is also very active in various procurement organizations and has recently become an Advisory Board member for the Information Technology and Operations Management Department of Florida Atlantic University (FAU).

Former President and CEO of Creative Procurement Strategies, Joseph Sandor was appointed the Hoagland-Metzler Endowed Professor of Practice in Supply Management at Michigan State University’s Broad School in 2006. The endowment was initiated by Broad School alumnus Richard J. Metzler, managing director of Trove Partners LLC, to honor his former teacher, Professor Emeritus John H. Hoagland.

Prior to forming Creative Procurement Strategies, where he advised clients such as Harley-Davidson, Rolls-Royce, John-Deere, Delphi, Electrolux, Whirlpool, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Motorola, ConAgra, the USAF and Sara Lee, Sandor was CPO and director of Corporate Purchasing and Logistics for the Sara Lee Corporation for 15 years, responsible for nearly $12 billion in annual purchases. He had earlier held positions at Beatrice, Schlumberger and General Motors.

Sandor has expertise in the areas of cost prevention/reduction, team building, strategic supplier alliance formation, supplier perception, supplier-driven innovation, holistic alignment, risk mitigation, shared services and consolidated procurement.

He earned a BA from the University of Miami and an MBA from the University of Chicago. He has Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM) and Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) credentials, and was an adjunct professor at The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. He is active in the Institute for Supply Management and also serves on the Board of Directors of the Federal Acquisition Innovation and Reform Institute (FAIR). At MSU, he co-directs the annual Purchasing and Supply Management Executive Seminar and the Broad Executive Summit. He has published articles on supply chain management in SMR, CPO Agenda, IJPR, SCMR, JOM and ISM.

As a distinguished thought leader and product innovator, Ted has extensive experience delivering business solutions through SaaS platforms. He has participated in the evolution of software including the leveraging of social, mobile, cloud, & big data technology.

In his current role, Ted serves as the SVP of Product Development at PRO Unlimited. He is the visionary leader of PRO’s WAND VMS platform, and is responsible for all aspects of product development including engineering & infrastructure. He is designing & delivering contingent workforce planning & analytical solutions leveraging the latest technologies including social graphs, advanced analytics, and embedded business intelligence, all within a SaaS/Cloud platform.

Prior to his current role, Ted spent 10 years leading product development for SaaS/Cloud companies in the PPM, eDiscovery, and HCM domains. Additionally, he spent 15 years building online products for Fortune 100 financial institutions. He has a B.S. in Computer Science and a MBA.

Mithun Sharma has 10 years of international experience in North America (Toronto and New York) and Latin America (Panama) leading various indirect categories for Procter & Gamble and Reckitt Benckiser. During his time within the CPG world, Mithun was responsible for $500M+ in global spend across Marketing Services, Agencies, Media, Professional Services, HR Services, HR Benefits, and Continent Labor. His global exposure and wide range of indirect category experiences have helped him become a very well rounded procurement professional and a transformational leader. In late 2012, Mithun joined Coach Inc, and transitioned into the luxury goods/ retail industry. In his current role, Mithun is responsible for developing the procurement function and the category management approach across Marketing, Corporate/Professional Services, and Human Resources.

In his role as Chief Marketing Officer, Rinus Strydom is responsible for marketing, alliances, and solution strategy for The Business Network suite of solutions which offers companies a smarter way to search, connect, and collaborate.

Rinus has over 15 years of experience using, deploying and marketing supply chain solutions. He is recognized as a thought leader in the B2B e-Commerce industry since its inception. His experience before joining Hubwoo in January of 2008 include Ariba/Procuri where he was Vice President of alliances and sales support, heading global channel sales and presales consulting at Perfect Commerce, and having responsibility for worldwide presales consulting and value engineering for Commerce One during its growth from under $3M annually to over $400M. At SAP America in the late 90′s Rinus was the sales force evangelist for SAP’s first entry in the B2B e-Commerce market, achieving success with the early adopter customers. Prior to entering the software industry, he held procurement and supply chain management roles in the biotech and discrete manufacturing sectors.

Rinus holds degrees in Industrial Engineering and Information Systems from Northeastern University in Boston, MA.

Albert Taras, Managing Partner, is responsible for TCG’s corporate planning, management and direction, as well as the lead executive sponsor for key client partnerships and engagements. Albert has 27 years of dedication to the travel industry and has been an integral part of TCG Consulting from its inception in 1994. He has completed over 200 client engagements across the globe spanning strategy development, program consolidation & globalization, integration of travel, payment & expense as well as leading agency, airlines, policy, car rental and other client projects.

Albert brings his experience from previous work as a Vice President of Business Development and a marketing manager prior to developing the concept for and launching TCG in 1994. Throughout his career, Albert has successfully directed agencies, developed training programs, established global strategies, led new market entries and streamlined business operations.

In addition to vast industry knowledge gained through personal work experience, Albert is involved with industry groups such as: the Association of Corporate Travel Executives, the Global Business Travel Association and the North Carolina Business Travel Association. Albert’s team was recognized by Milliken & Company as the Global Supplier of the Year in 2002.

Albert has traveled to more than 90 countries spanning six continents, and has a universal understanding of global markets, languages, cultures and protocols required to lead TCG and support our client’s requirements across the globe.

Debra Utko is the Director Capability Development and Knowledge Management for Becton Dickinson’s Global Procurement organization. Debra works with the Corporate Human Resources organization to insure the Procurement Associate Development platform and related competencies and talent management activities are aligned with the overall corporate direction on talent management. Debra is also responsible for the development and deployment of programs utilized by the Global Procurement organization including Supplier Risk, Procurement Sustainabilty and a robust Strategic Sourcing Process used to manage all commodities.

Prior to joining BD, Debra held various positions at the Howmedica Division of Pfizer (now Stryker) including strategic procurement, new business development and strategic planning; Strategic Analysis Inc., and Chevron Chemical.

Debra holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from M.I.T and an M.B.A. from Harvard University.

Keith Washington has over 13 years of professional supply chain experience having worked in the following industries: packaging, technology, services, and hospitality. His early commodity assignments included ink, paper, chemicals, rare earths, and fluorides (calcium, lead, etc.). Prior to transitioning to the supply chain function, Keith spent 5 years in manufacturing management. His supply chain career progression included multiple locations and assignments including a materials manager position for a build-to-order business serving the ""Do-It-Yourself"" electrical market and then shortly thereafter he was promoted into a similar role in an engineer-to-order business serving the industrial and commercial markets.

He was later promoted to a divisional supply chain manager position with supply chain responsibility for 30 manufacturing facilities world-wide covering logistics, purchasing, demand/material planning, and inventory management. Keith was later selected to serve as the supply chain lead for a Caribbean Integration Project (Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico plants) involving 3 manufacturing facilities with a combined annual revenue of approximately $500M.

Keith currently serves as the Associate Vice President of Technical Project Purchasing and Fulfillment for the Newbuild & Fleet Designs Organization of Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. based in Miami FL. His responsibilities entail leading the strategy development and overall purchasing and fulfillment execution for all fleet-wide newbuilds, revitalizations, dry-docks, and refurbishment projects for the organization. Relative to newbuilds Keith was directly involved in the procurement work related to the Oasis of the Seas and the Allure of the Seas, the world’s largest and most innovative cruise ships.

Michael Werblun brings over 20 years of Executive and Business Development experience to ZeroChaos and joins the company after the acquisition of eWork ,a leading Vendor Management Company focused on the Healthcare vertical. At eWork Mr. Werblun held the position of Chief Executive Officer and led the company to a growth rate of 500%. Prior to eWork he held several leadership and sales positions in the Contingent Labor industry at Ensemble Workforce Solutions, Comensura (now the Guidant Group) and CORESTAFF Services. During his tenure Mr. Werblun has worked with over 100 large enterprise clients including Toyota, Bayer, Morgan Stanley, UCSF Medical Center, Capgemini, Cisco Systems, Visa and others to develop and deploy leading labor solutions. Mr. Werblun holds B.S. degree in Industrial Organizational Psychology from California State University, San Francisco with honors. He has been a keynote speaker on effectively managing contingent labor and volunteers his time with several organizations including The Salesian Boys and Girls Club and San Francisco Little League.

Prior to joining Coupa, Tony managed a worldwide marketing team at EMC and supervised the development of all EMC corporate campaigns, including its recent cloud campaign strategy. Before EMC, Tony was the Vice President of Marketing for APTARE, a storage resource management software company. As a key member of the executive team, Tony’s marketing efforts drove revenue growth over 100% YOY. Prior to APTARE, He was the Vice President of Marketing at Stata Labs, a provider of search-based email solutions, where he led all aspects of marketing and was instrumental in the company’s acquisition by Yahoo! Inc.

Tony holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English from the University of Texas at Dallas.

John P. Willi is the Director of Materials Management at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. The procurement organization is centralized with a non-mandated environment. The organization is advanced and focuses on exceeding “best-in-class” metrics in a number of supply chain areas and build initiatives off of them that drive high impact results.

Jon will be speaking on Fostering Strong Suppliers Relations – “Do We Really Get The Value?” – Supplier Co-Creation & Innovation S.W.O.T. Suppliers are key to a company’s value chain and developing strong, mutually beneficial, and sustainable relationships are key. We will hold an interactive session in developing the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the value chain.

During the past 12 months John has been challenged with the task of not only identifying significant operational efficiencies and cost reductions opportunities but to quickly implement them to favorably impact the company’s bottom line and realize measurable cost savings. He’s also been successful with developing strong supplier relationships that yield continuous “win-win” results (i.e., delivering cost savings from increasing market share opportunities for strategic suppliers).

Looking forward, John anticipates that his biggest challenge will be continuing to identify opportunities for high impact operational efficiencies and cost saving.

“In my opinion procurement is an area like no other in the organization. It has the ability to constantly re-invent itself and develop new and implementable solutions which can deliver true high-impact tangible results to the organizations’ bottom-line. Being able to impact the organization more so than any other organization is truly rewarding.” – John P. Willi

Tammer Zein-El-Abedein recently joined Google (August 2012) as Strategic Vendor Manager. He was the Director of Strategic Sourcing at the American Cancer Society where he focused on supporting the Society’s mission of creating a world with less cancer and more birthdays™. Tammer enhances the organization’s efficiency and impact of donor dollars through the facilitation of pervasive nationwide usage of procurement best practices (tools, systems, and processes) across12 divisions and the national home office.

Tammer has worked on a wide variety of sourcing categories and solutions. In addition to his experiences with more traditional categories, Tammer has successfully established and developed sourcing practice areas and relationships with less traditional ones (e.g. marketing, product development, commercial sales, and business strategy groups). Through these business partnerships, Tammer has been able to assist his internal clients realize over $200 million in benefit to their bottom line through both cost savings and revenue enhancing deals.

His specialty areas include marketing services, services in the value chain of financial products, co-marketing agreements, and alliance agreements that mitigate client risks while optimizing profitability.

Tammer is a summa cum laude graduate of Arizona State University with a B.S. in Supply Chain Management and also holds Bachelors degrees in Psychology and Comparative Religious Studies from Rutgers University.

Quave Burton is a Vice President of Global Expense Management at Abercrombie & Fitch. She is responsible for supporting the global transformation of A&F’s indirect services expense, through the use of strategic sourcing practices, while driving sustained performance improvement and cost savings opportunities. With her knowledge of and experience in procurement, supply chain and operations, and her enthusiasm for driving both client impact and bottom-line results, Quave leads efforts to develop, implement and align procurement strategies, supplier network capabilities and strengthen online sourcing process to maximize financial impact.

Prior to A&F, Quave was a Vice President of Procurement Services for Collective Brands Inc. And prior to that she was a management consultant and a Principal & Director of Operations for A.T. Kearney’s group purchasing organization, Leveraged Sourcing Network, and a Principal in A.T. Kearney’s Financial Institutions Group. Quave also worked for The Chase Manhattan Bank, NA, serving as Second Vice President, of Commercial Marketing in the Regional Bank. She earned a bachelor's degree in sociology at Dartmouth College and a MBA at The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University. While pursuing her MBA, she participated in an advanced program in international strategy and management at the Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Brad Costedio is the Vice President of MetLife’s Global Vendor Management and Sourcing department (VM&S). Appointed to this role in 2010, Brad is currently responsible for strategic support of over $1.4B in indirect spend across a wide range of categories including: Consulting, Labor Programs, HR & Training, Print & Marketing, Professional Services, BPO, Equipment & Supply, Facilities and specialized requirements for MetLife’s Auto & Home and Bank businesses. In addition, Mr. Costedio implemented and provides oversight for the group’s offshore tactical procurement operations, established in India from 2007 through 2010, providing support for buying & sourcing, vendor management, contract management, market analysis, and systems administration & reporting.

Brad has over 29 years experience in the Procurement and Supply Chain Management function, including positions in the manufacturing and indirect areas with Raytheon, Simplex Time Recorder, and John Hancock. Mr. Costedio has extensive experience in utilization of web-based procurement tools having participated in 5 eProcurement system implementations over the last 14 years. Additionally, he has significant experience in the re-engineering of procurement operations, with implementation of such efforts at John Hancock and MetLife

Mr. Costedio received his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from North Adams State College in 1984, and completed Raytheon’s two year Procurement Management Development Program in 1987.

Carol brings extensive experience in global strategic sourcing, supplier and commodity management, process improvement, and organizational transformation for the procurement of both indirect and direct goods and services. She has held management positions of increasing responsibility at Colgate-Palmolive, Pitney Bowes, Motorola and Mattel.

Currently, Carol is the Vice President of Global Sourcing at Novartis. where she leads the Strategic Sourcing and Systems, Process, and Solutions teams to deliver excellent results resulting in a competitive advantage.

Carol holds a B.A. degree in Business Administration and an MBA from Florida Atlantic University. She received her CPM certification from the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) in 1995 and was re-certified in 1998 and she has her CPIM from APICS. Carol was a member of the Board of Directors for the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) in 2004 and 2005 where she chaired the Strategic Sourcing and Supply Chain Committee. She is a member of the ProcureCon USA Advisory Board.

Gun Shim serves as Senior Director of Supply Chain for Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). PG&E is a leading investor owned utility provider in California. Gun joined PG&E in September 2009 and is located in San Francisco, California.

In this role, Gun is responsible for PG&E’s procurement policies and standards, responsible for sourcing direct and in-direct spends, enhancing supplier relationships, materials management, logistics and inventory.

Gun has over 25 years of supply chain and procurement experience. Before joining PG&E, he was the Vice President Procurement with T-Mobile USA, and for over 17 years was with SBC Communications (now AT&T) where he held various Vice President positions within supply chain. At SBC, Gun was one of the leaders who led three supply chain merger integrations – which were some of the largest mergers at that time.

He was also a principle owner of GS and Company that provided strategic sourcing solutions and project management. As a principle, Gun specialized in raising venture capital for web enabled buying portals and forming consortium buying groups targeted at specific categories.

Gun holds a BS degree in Political Science, has spoken at several conferences and boards on supply chain, served on multiple boards as Vice Chair and Board of Trustee.