Natallia Aliakseyenka is Head of Third Party Management Office, BNP Paribas Corporate Institutional Banking North America Region. Natallia is responsible for implementation and operationalization of CIB’s Third  Party Risk Management Framework.  Her prior experience in the financial services sector includes management of transversal projects and various roles in Finance and Controls departments. Natallia has an MBA in Finance from The Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College.

Lisa Barnum-Williams is Senior Vice President in the Fidelity Global Procurement organization.  She has been in the financial industry for 33 years with a primary focus in Quality Assurance driving and implementing key operational strategies and the development and empowerment of employees.  She runs a global team that focus on the overall customer experience of our business partners, suppliers while driving savings and mitigating risk to Fidelity.  Prior to Procurement, Lisa was Vice President of Fidelity Charitable Services with a focus on the high service of donors, advisors, and non-profit organizations. Some of her key achievements have been implementing cross functional process improvement initiatives, building new organizations from the ground up and participating on multi-million dollar initiatives that drive the overall strategic plan. 

She has a passion for mentoring and coaching others.  She leans on her experience from starting as an entry level associate to becoming Vice President in 2007.  She currently has numerous formal mentor/mentee relationships throughout her professional and personal life.  

From a regional perspective, Lisa has been the co-chair for the Women’s Leadership Group, Workforce Planning Lead and a member of the Regional Leadership Team.  In addition to her co-chair responsibilities in WLG she led an effort to develop a formal mentoring program.  

Lisa was selected to attend the SIFMA Wharton School of Business Leadership program which is reserved for a select few in the global financial industry.  Other achievements include a Web Master certification, Disney Leadership Program, Six Sigma Yellow Belt and Situational Leadership.

Lisa and her husband, Aaron, live in Haslet, Tx and together they share four children, four grandchildren and two giant dogs.   

Vivek Bharti is the General Manager of Product Management at Icertis, where he manages the Business Applications portfolio of products. Vivek has rich experience in designing new digital process architecture and executing global rollouts to replace legacy suites. He joined Icertis from Airtel, a leading global telecommunications company where he was the Global Head of SCM Transformation, Governance & Digitization. Vivek has worked extensively in delivery & consulting roles and has a deep passion for creating connected businesses.

Julia Braun joined Smartsheet, Inc. in July 2019 and is the global head of Procurement, Accounts Payable & Travel for Smartsheet, Inc.  Prior to Smartsheet, Julia was a VP of Third Party Risk Management for Bank of the West and is a certified Third Party Risk Management professional. She was a National Director of Operations with ManpowerGroup Solutions Australia, and a Sr. Director of Operations with MPG/TAPFIN in North America.  Prior to her time with ManpowerGroup, Julia headed up the Contingent Workforce Management program at Microsoft where she was responsible for North America program operations and led the effort to expand and implement that program across Microsoft globally.  Prior to Microsoft, she held a variety of sourcing and leadership positions in retail, banking and financial services, including Nordstrom and JPMorgan Chase. 

Julia earned her Bachelor of Science degree from The Ohio State University and resides in Bellevue, WA with her husband Eric, daughter Liliana (15) and labrador retrievers, Dash and Arlo.

As SVP of Strategy, Analytics and Metrics, Dustin Burgess oversees marketplace BI, strategic management reporting, and business consulting solutions with a focus on comprehensive talent engagement strategies. Dustin joined PRO Unlimited in 2007 and has previous experience in public accounting and consulting services at “Big Four” firms and Fortune 500 organizations. 

Walter Charles is the Chief Procurement Officer at Biogen. Walter is a sought-after speaker at national and international Supply Chain and Procurement Conferences, a visionary Supply Chain leader, an impactful results deliverer and an inspiring Procurement Futurist. At each of his last 4 Fortune companies, his global procurement teams supported the purchase of billions of dollars a year of products and services supporting Research & Development, Manufacturing, MRO, Lab Services, Marketing, Legal, Capital, IT, Plant Operations, Travel, and General and Administrative services. Walter has held Chief Procurement Officer roles at iconic companies such as Allergan, Biogen, Kraft Foods, Kellogg’s, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Supply Chain and Cordis (one of J&J’s former medical devices companies). As such, he has the unique perspective of serving on Supply Chain Leadership Teams, and leading procurement transformations across Biotechnology, Consumer Packaged Goods, Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Businesses. In 2020, Walter started the 400 Company Digital Challenge, where he pledged to personally help 400 of his ~30,000 social connections make the jump to industry 4.0 technologies in the practice of procurement.   Connect with him on LinkedIn to start your digital transformation today. Walter holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Columbia University; a Master of Engineering Degree in Environmental Engineering from The Stevens Institute of Technology; and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering from the United States Merchant Marine Academy.

Jai Chinnakonda is the Founder and CEO of ENGAIZ, a technology company focused on leveraging Artificial Intelligence to help enterprises mitigate Third-Party Risks such as Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Regulatory, Financial, Performance, Resiliency, Infrastructure, Legal, Country risks through Effective Governance and Engagement. 

Through his decades of experience in managing large technology outsourcing deals, Jai brings a unique perspective and advises organizations on third party governance and risk management. He firmly believes in the Art and Science of Engagement to help build lasting and mutually beneficial relationships with third-party vendors. 

He is a Certified Third-Party Risk Management Professional (C3PRMP) and a Certified Supplier Management Professional (CSMP). Jai is a member of the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council, an opt-in research community of business professionals. He was also a contributing member to the first draft of The Standard for Program Management released by the Project Management Institute (PMI). 

Richard Corley is a partner at Goodmans and leads the firm’s Outsourcing practice group. Combining his legal expertise with a unique background in engineering, mathematics, computer science and business, Richard's practice focuses on the intersection of law and technology.

Richard has over 25 years of experience advising clients on complex outsourcing transactions, technology M&A, joint ventures, cleantech and technology-related competition law matters.  With technology at its core, Richard's practice is focused on the growing information technology and cleantech sectors. Richard's practice complements his personal interest and involvement in energy conservation and energy alternatives.  He is currently involved with the Canadian implementation of the Third Industrial Revolution initiative, which integrates distributed renewable energy, low-energy buildings, intelligent power distribution and management, and energy storage systems.

Ashli Dennehy is Director of the Product Model Team for Fidelity’s Procurement organization. Ashli has held various roles within Procurement Operations since she joined Fidelity in 2014. She helped create the Category Operations team in our New Mexico site growing the team to over 30 associates.  In 2018, Ashli relocated to Westlake, Texas to be the Procurement Lead for the SAP Ariba implementation at Fidelity. She has a passion for collaboration, problem solving and strategic process improvement.

Ashli is a member of the Women’s Leadership Group regional steering committee and a member of the Fidelity’s extended Regional Leadership Team.

Prior to joining Fidelity, Ashli spent seven years in the Power and Oil & Gas Industry overseeing end to end procurement operations including sourcing, negotiating and expediting goods and services. 

A Colorado native, Ashli holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She and her family currently live in Argyle, Texas. 

Lenore has 19 years of working in Supply Chain, Procurement and Strategic Sourcing roles. Currently Lenore is a Manager in VSP’s Global Procurement and Travel.  Lenore oversees a team that manages the Marketing and Professional Services Indirect Spend for multiple lines of business including Vision Care, Optics, Retail, Eyewear and Eyefinity Practice Management.  She also manages the VSP Global UPS Contract relationship.  Lenore is a Brand Ambassador for promoting the VSP Global Purpose, Mission and Vision.  Prior to joining VSP Global, Lenore worked at Safeway in Strategic Sourcing supporting Front End Services, Consumer Protection, Marketing and other Indirect Spend Categories. Lenore earned her BA degree from Golden Gate University and has earned her Certified Sourcing Professional certificate from SIG University and a Purchasing Certification from Folsom Lake College. 

Susan Doyle has led Product management and Supply Chain teams for 17 years, managing Professional Services, telecom, software, hardware and cloud global sourcing and negotiations.

Susan implemented VMS [systems] at three separate firms; most recently leading Fidelity to select SAP Fieldglass in 2015. 

Partnering with business leaders, tech teams, Finance, Legal, and HR, Fidelity successfully implemented the system with over 6500 workers, in 4 countries, and hundreds of millions spend.  

Fidelity’s strategic program has provided needed visibility to contingent resources to deliver millions in savings, better manage suppliers and to mitigate onboarding risk.

Passionate about diversity and inclusion, she is the Co-lead for Enable TX – Fidelity’s Employee Resource Group supporting and empowering persons with and without disabilities in the workplace.  On weekends you can find her sharing handmade nachos and margaritas with family, and she is immensely grateful to have Texas football back!

Karoline Dygas is Nordstrom’s Vice President and CPO leading Strategic Sourcing and Procurement for all non-merchandise spend. She joined Nordstrom in April 2019 and is responsible for leading a holistic transformation to provide a new procurement service delivery model that will positively impact the customer experience and company financial performance.

Prior to joining Nordstrom, she was Starbucks Corp Vice President leading Global Sourcing, Store Development and Siren Retail Supply Chains.   She was part of Starbucks Global Supply Chain leadership team and was accountable for sourcing of all capital and commercial equipment, FFE, R&M and QA services, as well as leading the global end-to-end supply chains for Store Development and Siren Retail (Starbucks Roastery & Reserve and Princi brands).   

Before joining Starbucks, Karoline was the Senior Director Strategic Sourcing at Walgreens based in Deerfield, Illinois where she was responsible for $1.5B annual spend across multiple categories supporting Store Development, Energy & Environmental Sustainability, and Marketing.  

She earned her Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University and later completed her dual MBA from both Purdue University and ESCP-EAP European School of Management in Paris, France.

She lives in Issaquah, WA with her husband Josh, two children Morgan (13) and Max (11), and their Samoyed-Husky rescue dog named Yeti.

Angela has over 20 years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement and supply base management.  Angela has substantial expertise in category management, process redesign, supplier governance, and organization development.  Angela is a Vested © Certified Deal Architect and a Board Member of the CPO Advisory Council of ISM Dallas. She is a contributor to the book, “Strategic Sourcing in the New Economy: Harnessing the Potential of Sourcing Business Models for Modern Procurement”, has published articles and white papers on best practices in procurement, co-created the SIG Certified Sourcing Professional and Certified Supplier Management Professional programs, and serves on the faculty of SIG University.  Angela earned her MBA from Southern Methodist University and her BA from Bucknell University.  She co-founded Majel Partners, a value-based Procurement consulting practice, in 2018.

Kristen Esones has been with PRO Unlimited 2004 and established PRO’s Supplier Partnerships function. In her time at PRO Unlimited, Kristen has led various large accounts to optimal delivery through strong supplier relationships.  She is responsible for driving and communicating supplier engagement strategies to optimize PRO’s Client Services supply base. This includes supplier advocacy, account team education and advisory services for PRO Unlimited clients. 

John Fafian leads the Sourcing Strategy and Negotiation team at PwC, where he is responsible for $4 billion in annual spend. John has extensive technology and non-technology sourcing experience including infrastructure, application development and business process outsourcing on an onshore, nearshore, and offshore basis. Prior to joining PwC, John held a variety of executive sourcing positions in financial services and industry, including Morgan Stanley, Arrow Electronics and Credit Suisse First Boston. John is also a frequent lecturer on a broad range of areas related to sourcing and outsourcing. 

Amy Fong is a Partner leading Everest Group’s Sourcing and Vendor Management practice. In this role, she advises enterprises on maximizing value from strategic provider relationships in global services categories.  

Amy brings more than 20 years of buy-side company, consulting, and advising experience with a focus on procurement, supply chain, outsourcing, and organizational effectiveness. She has authored numerous publications and frequently speaks on source-to-pay topics and managing complex supply chain partnerships. She is focused on optimizing the services and relationships within the CPO ecosystem. 

Prior to joining Everest Group, she was an Associate Principal and Program Leader with The Hackett Group’s Procurement and P2P Advisory Programs. Before that, she held various industry and consulting roles with Hewlett Packard, Sonoco Products Company, and Archstone Consulting. Amy sits on the advisory board of the Sourcing Industry Group (SIG) and the solution provider council of the Institute of Supply Management (ISM). 

Cindy Gallagher joined Liberty Source in 2018 as the company’s Chief Executive Officer. As a Navy spouse, she was one of the Company’s pioneers in 2014, establishing the onshore Business Process Outsourcing model as a competitive alternative to captive and offshore shared service centers. Prior to joining Liberty Source, she served as the SVP, Global Business Services Controller for Discovery Communications, and as the Deputy Controller and Assistant Treasurer for AOL. Cindy was responsible for building, scaling and transforming the finance operations at both Discovery and AOL to meet the ever-expanding needs of the global marketplace. Most notably during her time at Discovery, the organization earned a designation among the top 20 most admired shared service organizations globally in 2017. She has served as an advisor and partner to various senior executives, helping to identify new revenue generating business opportunities, streamline and scale global processes, implement talent development initiatives and maintain financial statement integrity. Cindy began her career with SC&H Consulting providing best practice thought leadership and implementing process improvement initiatives for Fortune 100 clients. She is a licensed CPA, and is an active member of the advisory boards for both the SSOW North America and SSOW Europe. She has served as the Finance Chairman for a Virginia based non-profit, and holds a Master’s Degree in accounting from the University of Maine. 

Jeff Gibbons is a Principal, Source-to-Pay Transformation at The Hackett Group, a leading global transformation firm and systems implementer. Jeff served as the Hackett Principal during Air Methods’ source-to-pay transformation and Coupa implementation. 

Jeff is based in Los Angeles with 15+ years of consulting experience, primarily focused on identifying and implementing measurable operational improvements. He will discuss: 

• Key Hackett learnings during the implementation 
• Direct spend integration successes and design considerations (unique requirements, process changes) 
• Transformation guidance to move toward long-term program success

Vipin is a Senior consulting manager with 8+ years of experience consulting fortune 500 clients across the globe. He leads global teams of consultants to drive procurement and supply chain  transformation programs. In his previous roles, he has acted as a trusted advisor to CPOs and procurement leaders, recognized  for driving excellent value and client delight in the areas of strategic sourcing, category management, transformation and digitization for clients through his insights and subject matter expertise. He is the architect of several forward looking digital procurement transformation solutions such as ‘intelligent category strategy recommendation’, ‘category workbench’ and ‘bid optimizer’.

Nathan Haydn-Myer is an internationally accomplished business leader with experience in transforming perceptions and performance across various industries and teams.  Currently he is the head of the Procurement Center of Excellence; Distribution and Mail Services for VSP Global’s Corporate Services division where he has been instrumental in renovating the processes and image that help secure Procurement’s seat at the proverbial table.  Prior to VSP Global, Nathan lead teams in the fields of forecasting, finance and marketing in companies such as Blue Shield of California (healthcare), Angel (Italian early stage capital for hi-tech firms), Blackshape Aircraft (aviation) and the MERMEC Group (railway diagnostics).  Nathan earned his MBA from UC Davis Graduate School of Management where he also obtained a fellowship in their leadership program.  He earned his Certified Sourcing Professional certificate through SIG University, holds a certificate in lean six sigma and is fluent in Italian.  

As Senior Vice President, Market Strategies for Beeline, Brian Hoffmeyer is responsible for our global partner ecosystem and ensures that all parties benefit from these highly strategic partnerships. As member of the Beeline strategy team Brian guides new product and market development activities. He is the eyes, ears, and voice of the company to the markets we serve. He listens to clients, prospects, analysts, and partners, and then works to incorporate their feedback into the organization’s brand and products. A Certified Contingent Workforce Management Professional (CCWP) with more than 15-years in the industry, Brian is passionate about helping clients, partners, and suppliers use the world’s most advanced and comprehensive contingent management and services procurement solutions to achieve their strategic business goals.

Lud Hrovat is the Head of Procurement at Welltok, Inc, a leading Consumer Activation Company. Prior to Welltok, Lud has led global sourcing and procurement teams at Cognizant Technology Solutions and The Trizetto Group. Lud is passionately focused on driving automation and efficiency in procurement systems, processes and inter-organizational relationships to enable amazing results. As a proven procurement leader in driving quick results in Startup to Fortune 500 alike, Lud is always eager to provide insight and ideas to other professionals in need. 

Sam has over 15 years of experience in servicing clients and building solutions with the last 10 years focused in the recruitment industry. During this time Sam worked for one of the UK’s largest recruitment businesses managing Staffing, MSP, SoW and Projects for clients such as the BBC & Royal Mail Group. Throughout his career Sam has built and managed supply chains, applying a data driven approach to performance management balancing the need for strong relationships. Sam have been with PRO for 2.5 years and is responsible for PRO’s Supplier Partners across EMEA, APAC & LATAM.

As an Associate Director of Global Delivery at GEP, Amol is responsible for driving business results for clients - managing global GEP teams and working very closely with client leadership. Amol brings 14-plus years of experience - in procurement and supply chain space - having worked with clients across industries located in the US, Europe and Asia. During this time, he has led and managed large transformation programs for companies in the life sciences, consumer goods and manufacturing sectors. He is currently helping multiple clients in these industries create and drive sustainable value. Amol is passionate about procurement transformation, growth strategy, cost reduction, thought leadership, and tail spend management. Amol is also leader of GEP's Capex advisory group and is accountable for capability buildings and SME support to various clients. In his current source to contract engagement with a major life sciences client, he is delivering strong savings, Process Automation and Incremental supplier diversity spend by setting up the transformation program. Amol has a Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from the Mumbai University. He is based out of Tampa FL, USA.

As co-founder of Everest Group’s research practice – and with a broad and varied career in the global services industry – Michel offers profound insights and analysis to enterprises and service providers alike. Leveraging his extensive experience identifying and understanding emerging trends, Michel helps organizations to maximize their global services efforts. Michel is particularly noted for his ability to posit clever and challenging ideas based on his fact-based insights from across business and IT processes, sourcing models, and industries. Michel also contributes to Everest Group’s topical thought leadership in the EGInsights video series, in which he and other leaders share quick takes on hot topics, fresh data, and insights derived from many of the firm’s best analysts.

Everest Group welcomed Michel back in 2017, after a successful decade serving as Chief Research Officer at The Hackett Group and Market Track. In his current incarnation, Michel is responsible for guiding the practice’s research agenda and architecture, and aligning its capabilities with the market’s disruptive changes and next-generation demands.

Michel is a current member of the IAOP Strategic Advisory Board (SAB) where he offers insights to help shape the direction of the association.

Ahmad Jiwani is a Product Marketing Manager for Scout RFP, a Workday company. In this role, he leads the direction and execution of go-to-market activities, including product messaging, positioning and launch, for the Scout RFP Platform. Prior to this role, Ahmad led the product marketing function at Workday for their Spend Management solution portfolio. He has also held several sales and marketing roles at other leading tech companies in the past.

Amrita’s global business experience in the technology industry spans a breadth of roles, from CEO to CMO to globalization consultant. Amrita has held several permanent and interim CMO positions in companies that focus on next generation technology products and services. Amrita is currently the CMO of App Orchid, an AI enterprise platform company that focuses on the Energy & Utilities, Insurance and Healthcare industries. Prior CMO roles include, Persistent Systems, Xoriant and several start-ups where she launched strategic marketing efforts.  Amrita has packaged and taken to market virtually hundreds of solutions in areas such as AI, Security, Big Data, Machine Learning Automation and Cloud. After having been in the global technology industry for a decade, Amrita founded Ahilia in 2007 with the goal of helping global technology companies create differentiated market identities, develop go–to-market strategies and establish effective marketing programs. Since then she helped expanded the company to focus on user experience and content based digital marketing. Amrita has built and managed global teams across the world including South & Central America, East Asia, South Asia and Europe. Amrita graduated Magna Cum Laude from UCLA with BA in Business Economics and received her MBA with Honors from the Anderson School of Management at UCLA.

Sundar Kamak has over 20 years of experience in Direct Materials, Supply Chain Management, Solutions/Customer Marketing, Product Management, and Engineering. He currently serves as the Global Head of Manufacturing Solutions at Ivalua where he works with customers around the world to improve their procurement practices. Prior to joining Ivalua, Sundar held an executive leadership position at SAP Ariba and spent a number of years with Covisint, where he led large strategic sourcing and e-business transformation initiatives for automotive manufacturers. He holds a Master’s degree in both Materials Science & Engineering and Mechanical Engineering from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.

Rajeev Karmacharya is Head of the Strategic Sourcing and Category Management group in Fannie Mae.

Rajeev leads a team of category management, sourcing / contracting and supplier enablement professionals managing $4.5+ billion in external spend.

Prior to joining Fannie Mae, Rajeev was a Principal at global management consulting firm Kearney, where he was one of the leaders in their Strategic IT and Operations Practice. Rajeev holds a Master of Industrial Administration (MBA) degree in Finance and Marketing from Carnegie Mellon University and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.

Mike Kingzett is Senior Director, Business Transformation at Air Methods Corporation, the leading air medical provider delivering lifesaving care to more than 70,000 people every year. Mike is responsible for developing and executing performance improvement programs that deliver bottom-line results. He architected, secured board approval, and implemented a successful Source-to-Pay transformation which included the implementation of Coupa. 

Mike has 25 years of experience leading teams in manufacturing, service, and retail companies in driving procurement and supply chain excellence. He will discuss: 

• Pre-Coupa operational complexities (e.g., data, processes, organization structure) and inefficiencies
• Implementation successes and change management challenges
• Ongoing post-Coupa transformation

Lisa Lin is a Project Manager, Strategic Sourcing and Category Management at Fannie Mae. She has over 20 years of experience in category management and strategic sourcing across industries and in global roles. Her experience includes leading global business transformation efforts by managing business process improvement, contract/sourcing system implementation (Ariba) and people training. She is also experienced in driving category management and strategic sourcing process excellence initiatives by developing policies and work procedures, driving continuous process optimization, driving procurement technology adoption and enhancement, and developing training.

Randy Lonsdale is a Calgary-based Senior Legal Counsel (Construction) at the LNG Canada Project, a large liquefied natural gas (LNG) liquefaction and export facility being constructed in British Columbia, Canada. The Project is owned by a joint venture comprised of Royal Dutch Shell, PETRONAS, PetroChina, Mitsubishi and KOGAS. It has been described by Canada’s Prime Minister as the “single largest private sector investment in the history of Canada.” Randy headed the owners’ legal team in drafting and negotiating the Project’s main, multi-billion dollar (US), lump sum EPC contract, which is among the world’s largest ever for an energy infrastructure project in terms of contract spend. Before being seconded to the Project from Shell Canada, Randy primarily supported the engineering, construction and procurement contracting activities of several Shell-owned and invested, multi-billion dollar energy projects.  Prior to joining Shell in 2007, he practised as a commercial lawyer in leading firms in Calgary and Vancouver, and worked as a legal consultant in Saipan (CNMI.) Randy spent two years seconded to a leading law firm in Seoul, Korea, and also worked in Seoul for the Korean government advising its Seoul-Busan high speed rail construction project team. He speaks fluent Korean. Randy is a graduate of the University of Alberta (B.A. (Economics) 1984, and J.D. 1987), and was subsequently admitted to the Alberta and British Columbia Bars of Canada.

As Director of Product Marketing at DocuSign, Hal Marcus focuses on AI and analytics solutions that transform the way agreements happen. A graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, Hal has served as an Am Law 100 law firm litigator, general counsel, and sales, marketing, and product management leader at companies like Thomson Reuters, OpenText, and LexisNexis. Hal is a frequent industry speaker on “smart contracts,” contract AI, and other innovative legal technologies, as well as the author of works published by Legaltech News, the Corporate Counsel Business Journal, ILTA, and the American Bar Association.

Joseph Martinez is the Chief Procurement – BNY Mellon where he is responsible for Strategic Sourcing, Procurement to Pay Operations, Category Management, Market Data, Accounts Payable and Supply Chain Analytics.  Prior to joining BNY Mellon he was the Chief Procurement & Financial Operations Officer for MUFG Bank where he was responsible for sourcing, travel, procurement to pay operations, corporate real estate, corporate insurance, corporate security and 1st line third party risk management for MUFG. Prior to that he was the Head of Global Sourcing – APAC at Deutsche Bank in Singapore. 

Martinez brings more than 30 years of experience in Supply Chain Management. Where he has held various senior positions in financial institutions such as Bank of America, American Express and Joseph was Chief Procurement Officer at Wachovia Bank. He also served as a Managing Director in the Strategic Sourcing Group at JPMorgan Chase, successfully leading the Professional Services Procurement Operations on a global scale.  His prior experience also includes consulting for PricewaterhouseCoopers, as well as spending over ten years living and working internationally in Asia (Japan, China and Singapore) and two years in the Latin America markets earlier in his career.  Post University, Joseph served 8 years in the U.S. Army and is a veteran.

Joseph has contributed to publications and written articles on topics of Supply Chain Management for the International Association for Commercial Contract Management and the Institute for Supply Management.  Joseph is a co-author for the CPSM Study Guide and the three-book ISM Professional Series Certified Professional in Supply Management. He is a Certified Sourcing Professional from SIG University and a 2019 Super Nova Sourcing Hall of Fame Recipient.  

Paul is a Coupa Sourcing Subject Matter expert. Prior to joining Coupa, Paul covered supply chain topics for Forbes. He started his career in IT solution design, which led to product management, and then an executive leadership role for technology services firm. Just before turning 30, he moved-on to become an early stage employee/investor of a tech start-up incubated at Carnegie Mellon where he was paired with Dr. Tuomas Sandholm. He has enjoyed working with many renowned academics including Dr. Mark Spearman, Dr. Subhash Suri, Dr. George Nemhauser and several others. He has identified the business opportunities in their intellectual property and developed several startup companies from zero to $20M+ in revenues in less than 5 years. He served domestically and abroad, as the businesses were fueled almost exclusively by arrangements with "Global 100" companies in CPG, Industrial Manufacturing, Logistics and Healthcare sectors. As a result, he was provided an insider's view of the supply chain problems faced by the world's largest and most sophisticated practitioners. As either an employed executive or independent consultant, he has since helped several other supply chain solution providers. He has appeared on Fox News, CNBC and MSNBC as an expert panelist and has been quoted on supply management topics in WSJ, Reuters, USA Today, Fox News, CNN and several additional media.

Jameel has been with Beeline since 2018 and has been in the Recruiting, Staffing and Vendor Management industry for over 15 years. Starting with key partner companies,  focusing on recruiting and management, he quickly became a leader in Operations and Project Management, which allowed for a smooth transition to the VMS / MSP world where he has focused on deploying projects domestically and internationally for small, medium, and large clients in key markets. Focused on the milestones and driving performance to remain within schedules and budge, Jameel has experience dealing with standard-to-complex projects and teams ensuring delivery meets or exceeds expectations.

David McClintock is the Marketing Director for EcoVadis. David has a strong passion for bringing complex technologies to productive, everyday use. Before joining EcoVadis in 2014, David was co-founder and CMO at Xform Computing, a cloud computing and mobile apps startup. Prior to that he was VP Marketing at Cogi.com, and Director of Product Management at Callwave, Inc., both in VoIP-related technology and services. David holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University.

With over 20 years in Sourcing and Procurement, Rendi is a recognized leader across the industry.  She is a transformation expert with extensive experience in building and restructuring Source-to-Pay and Travel and Expense programs. She has a depth of knowledge in simplifying processes, building high-performing teams and delivering value and innovation to companies from start-up to multi-billion dollar enterprise organizations.  She has a passion for networking and mentoring which led her to start the Silicon Valley Sourcing Leaders industry peer group in 2016 as well being part of the initial steering committee that launched Procurement Foundry.

Rendi also serves on the Board of Directors of Milele Home, a non-profit organization rescuing youth living on the streets in Kenya, restoring them physically, spiritually, emotionally, and reconnecting them with their families.

Amanda Morrison is the Director, Source-to-Contract, at Unit4 (formerly Scanmarket). With over 10 years with Unit4, Amanda has helped deliver an easy-to-use sourcing-to-contract platform and grow the North America footprint with clients. From implementation to consultancy services, she assists Unit4 users with her 15+ years of software and procurement knowledge. Amanda's main focus is helping clients streamline their processes to be more efficient and effective, and in-turn it creates more throughput and savings. Amanda uses her knowledge of driving savings in her personal life, as her and her husband Brad have 3 young boys who keep them busy.

Bruce has 42 years in the human capital industry and is a known global workforce design and talent acquisition expert. He was recognized as HR Thought Leader of the Year by HRO in EMEA and the US. Bruce has published a book, "Redesigning the Way Work Works," available on Amazon.

Jennifer has been with Daimler Trucks North America for over 9 years and is currently the Manager of the Contingent Workforce Program for the company’s US locations. 

Giovanni has 20 years of supply management experience.  He excels in developing and implementing Supply Chain and Product strategies as well as leading complex contract negotiations. His industry knowledge is wide and includes hosptiality/restaurants/gaming, dental/orthodontics, and utilities.  Giovanni has performed supply chain status reviews to help companies improve their SCM performance and believes in defining and establishing correct supplier-company relationships to enable optimal supply and cost scenarios. He has held leadership positions in top 500 and mid-size companies. Giovanni is bilingual in English and Spanish, holds an MBA from SMU and a BA in Chemical Engineering from Mexico’s Universidad Iberoamericana.

George Painumkal is a Sr. Director of Product Management at Icertis and is focused on Strategic Initiatives.  He has previously delivered products at Microsoft and at other small to mid-size startups,  and has led multiple initiatives for Fortune 500 companies as a Management Consultant.

Nikesh (Niki) Parekh is the co-founder and CEO of Suplari and GM of Spend Insights at Microsoft. Suplari, a Microsoft company, is an enterprise software company focused on leveraging advanced analytics and artificial intelligence to help enterprises make better purchasing and financial decisions. Niki was previously an executive at Internet real estate company Zillow and has also worked in the venture capital, private equity and investment banking industries. Nikesh earned his MBA from Harvard Business School and his BA in Biochemical Sciences from Harvard College.

David Pennino is the President and Chief Executive Officer of LogicSource as well as a founding partner of the firm. Given the strength of the team he has built around him, David focuses all of his efforts on three imperatives: 1) Corporate Strategy including category and footprint expansion; 2) Product and Service Marketing and Positioning; and, 3) Client Service and New Client Acquisition. Prior to LogicSource, David worked for Williams Lea, where he was the Senior Vice President of Corporate Development & Strategic Solutions and helped launch their North American Procurement Outsourcing business. David has over 20 years’ experience in the Services and Outsourcing industry including roles as a senior executive at Gartner Inc. and Scient Corporation. David received a BA from Franklin & Marshall College.

John Powell is a Senior eSourcing Executive at Scanmarket. John has 21 years of sales and sales management experience with companies both large and small, but most recently with SIG (Sourcing Industry Group) where he served as the VP of Membership Development for over 5 years. He brings specific expertise in the financial services and mortgage industries with the past 6 years focused on procurement solutions and innovation. Prior to SIG, John managed a team of 30+ Account Executives for Citibank. John has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Edinboro University. 

Sid is an accomplished professional with strong expertise in management consulting, strategic sourcing and leadership. At VSP Global, Sid’s focus is to develop an awesome team of sourcing advisors, build customer partnerships and drive the supplier diversity program. With a background in Electrical Engineering and an MBA from the Ohio State University, Sid is also certified in Lean Six Sigma, Project Management (PMP) and Certified Sourcing Professional (SIG U).  Sid is a graduate of the VSP Global Leadership Program and was selected as a ‘Rising Star’ in the 2019 Future of Sourcing awards. Sid has presented in various podcasts, webinars and conferences including prior SIG summits and also participates in advisory boards for ScoutRFP, NPI and ProcureCon.

Richard leverages over 12 years of experience in building and delivering value driven solutions for enterprise customers. He has in depth knowledge of global account management, business development, sales, and marketing and has held leadership positions at prominent telecommunications and enterprise software organizations. For Sapience Analytics, Richard has been an integral part of the company’s US foothold and expansion where he has helped multiple key enterprise accounts achieve double-digit cost savings, improved workforce productivity, and increased operational efficiencies while keeping employee privacy as a cornerstone.

Amen builds bridges between technology and business globally. During his first years at JAGGAER, he successfully implemented and executed 60+ international projects on four continents in four different languages. Now, as Vice President of Product Management, he uses that experience to build effective products to help solve market problems and provide massive value to his customers. 

His focus on Intelligent Solutions & Innovation has earned him many accolades as a GLOBAL THOUGHT LEADER, INNOVATOR and INFLUENCER. In 2020, Thinkers360 honored him with multiple titles including “No. 1 in COVID-19 Business Impact,” “No. 1 in Open Innovation” and “No. 5 in Procurement.”

Michael Rivas is Executive Director, Head of Third Party Risk Management at DTCC.  In this role, Mike leads  a team that partners with DTCC’s businesses and subject matter experts to manage DTCC’s third party risk globally.  This includes establishing processes for identifying, assessing, monitoring, and mitigating the risks that third parties may pose to DTCC. 

Mike’s team is also responsible for leading outreach to third parties in response to COVID-19, and has been coordinating with subject matter experts to understand how the “next normal” operating model may impact existing services from a risk perspective. 

Mike has served in various positions across the three lines of defense since joining DTCC in 2010.  This includes Operational Risk Management, Product Development, Market Risk and Internal Audit.  Prior to DTCC, Mike led audit teams at Bank of America and Merrill Lynch.  

Hannah Roberts is a Sustainability Analyst at EcoVadis. Hannah is dedicated to creating more equitable and sustainable supply chains globally. Prior to joining EcoVadis, she worked as a responsible business and policy consultant, including projects with the OECD, BetterWork, and KPMG. Hannah holds a master's degree in Environmental Policy and Management from Columbia University.

Kylene is the Manager of Sourcing for Hyland, responsible for sourcing, vendor management, and vendor contracting.  Kylene has 17 years Supply Chain, Procurement, and Sourcing experience, including Legal experience in vendor contract creation and negotiation.  In her time at Hyland, Kylene has been an integral part of creating a centralized Sourcing Department for the organization. 

Peter Ruby is a partner in Goodmans’ Dispute Resolution Group and co-leads the Technology Law Group at Goodmans. He has a national and international practice focused on  technology, energy, corporate, commercial, and restructuring litigation and arbitration.

His technology dispute resolution work includes software, hardware, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, telecommunications, film, television, privacy and data protection, intellectual property, ecommerce and internet litigation, and Canadian and cross-border arbitration and mediation.  Peter has a balanced practice, representing multinational and entrepreneurial vendors of technology and services, along with many end-users of information technology.

In addition to his busy counsel practice, Peter acts as an arbitrator and mediator. He is a member arbitrator/mediator of Arbitration Place, on the Canadian roster of the AAA’s International Center for Dispute Resolution, and is the Chair of the North America committee of the Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center.

Peter is recognized as a leading technology litigator and arbitration counsel in Chambers Canada and Chambers Global Guide to The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business, The Legal 500 Canada, The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, Euromoney’s Guide to The World’s Leading Information Technology Lawyers and Best Lawyers in Canada, and is also recognized by Who's Who Legal and Benchmark Canada: The Guide to Canada’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys in the areas of international arbitration, energy and intellectual property.

Peter was a law clerk to the Federal Court of Canada and for over a dozen years was a Professor of Law (adj.) at the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall Law School teaching internet law.  He is a member of the Executive Committee of the International Technology Law Association. 

Adam Runnells is an experienced Senior Solutions Manager with expertise automating tax processes in procurement across many different sectors. Adam helps provide businesses with Tax software solutions to simplify the increasingly complex VAT/GST data reporting requirements. He assists Vertex clients in designing Indirect Tax calculation and compliance solutions and processes to best fit their needs and their industry.

Dedicated to changing the dynamic of MSP services by championing a better, more forward-thinking approach, Brian has 20 years’ experience in the workforce management industry. Under Brian’s leadership of Bartech's Managed Solutions business since 2008, the business experienced significant top and bottom line growth, service line extensions that included SOW, IC and Payroll Services, and geographic expansion into more than 80 countries.

A key figure behind the Bartech and Guidant Group merger, Brian has identified how Guidant Global enables greater sharing of best practice, best people and operational accountability for the workforce solutions business across implementation, operations and account management.

Kristin Schwabenbauer has been helping Vertex clients turn their goals into reality for nearly 20 years. In her current role, she manages Vertex’s relationships with procurement-focused organizations such as Ariba and Coupa. With these efforts, she looks to build the most robust integrations that meet our client’s needs and expectations.  The evolving dynamics of these industry wide efforts is creating great opportunity for Vertex clients. 

Jo is responsible for the vision, strategy and operational execution for all shared services, technology and client-site teams to ensure cross-functional service delivery for all of LogicSource's current and prospective clients. Jo has over 20 years' experience in strategy and operations consulting, business transformation, technology solutioning and change management across North America, Latin America, Asia Pacific, the UK and Europe. Jo has successfully delivered numerous outsourcing, technology and business services solutions with global, regional and market-specific objectives to some of the world's largest and most recognized brands. Jo has a BA Hons. in Psychology from the University of Reading in the UK.

Justin Sellers is the Global Category Leader - Professional Services and Temporary Labor at Amway, one of the world’s largest direct selling companies. With over 15 years at Amway, and 6+ focused on Procurement (including Indirect and Contingent Workforce Category Management), Justin has led the implementation and delivery of some of the organization’s most transformative procurement initiatives. 

He is now responsible for the global contingent workforce sourcing strategy and execution, encompassing over 50 countries and over $250M in spend. In line with his pioneering and innovative style of leadership, Justin has recently extended the scope of Guidant Global’s MSP program to include complex SOW management. 

David Silbert is a Director in DocuSign's Agreement Cloud Strategy Practice, where he serves as DocuSign's subject matter expert in contract negotiation.  Prior to joining DocuSign, David worked as a Director at Seal Software, designing and implementing contract-AI solutions for customers.  David practiced law at Norton Rose Fulbright and King & Spalding focusing on private equity and capital markets transactions as well as complex commercial litigation for clients in the financial services, energy, and real estate industries. Before attending law school at Northwestern University, he worked for the U.S. Department of Justice in the Legal Policy Section of the Antitrust Division studying the interplay between intellectual property and antitrust law.

Amanda Slevar is a Director,  Solution Advisory, Services Procurement & External Workforce for SAP Fieldglass. She brings over 15 years of contingent labor management and services procurement expertise to prospective customers to designs solutions to fit their current needs, and build toward an innovative future program. She also has experience in management consultation, team building, professional development, strategic implementation, and company collaboration. Amanda holds an MBA from Canisius College, and spends her free time chasing her three year old son! 

Tom Smolko is an Associate Director at AstraZeneca and currently the Source to Contract Platform Manager accountable for global technology solutions that enable strategic procurement activities. Prior to joining AstraZeneca, Tom served as an account director for BravoSolution, implementing supply management solutions for pharmaceutical and manufacturing clients. He also spent 10 years working at GE which included a role as the sourcing leader for its information services division. Tom earned his MBA from Georgetown University and received an MS in Computer Science from Virginia Tech.

Geoff Talbot, Chief Growth Officer has 20+ years of sales, marketing and business development experience. Prior to joining SIG, Geoff spent 12 years with a technical staffing services consulting company where he led the business development, sales support and partner groups. Geoff has worked extensively with information technology, supply chain, procurement, human resources and business process executives within the financial services, retail, telecom, energy, government and software industries. Geoff's background includes technology consulting, outsourced staffing, contingent work force, vendor management systems (VMS), on and off-shore partner supplier programs, recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), supplier diversity initiatives, managed service providers and print product, services and procurement. Geoff has a BSBA in marketing from California State University – Chico and has completed sales and leadership programs which include: Sandler Sales Training, Carew International, SLH Sales Systems, Rapport Leadership International and Landmark Leadership Worldwide. E

Greg has 20+ years of global executive leadership in the finance, operations and supply chain space with service based, high-tech, R&D and manufacturing concerns. M.Sc. Management with emphasis in contracts and procurement. Certified Sourcing Professional by Sourcing Interest Group and previously held Institute for Supply Management Certified Purchasing Manager and National Contracts Manager Association Certified Professional Contracts Manager credentials.

His specialties include: Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Supply Chain Management, Materials Management, Category Management, eProcurement, Business Process Re-Engineering, Supply Chain Automation, Services Procurement, Supplier Enablement, Operations Management, Inventory Management, M&A Integration, Corporate Responsibility, Supplier Diversity, Outsourcing, Offshoring, MRO, IT Sourcing, Brand Implementation and Management and nascent technology start-up advisor.

He is a founding member of the Bay Area Procurement Council comprised of Silicon Valley and Northern California procurement executives. Participates on a number of advisory councils - ScoutRFP, ProcureCon, Coupa, DocuSign to name a few.

Lynn Torrel is Chief Procurement and Supply Chain Officer at Flex, the Sketch-to- Scale® solutions provider that designs and builds intelligent products globally. With approximately 200,000 employees across 30 countries, Flex provides innovative design, engineering, manufacturing, real-time supply chain insight and logistics services to companies of all sizes across industries and markets.

As Chief Procurement and Supply Chain Officer at Flex, Torrel is responsible for direct and indirect materials, transportation and logistics, business operations, materials management and strategic supply chain management.

Prior to joining Flex in September 2019, Torrel held several leadership roles at Avnet spanning global supply chain solutions, strategic accounts and semiconductor business development, among others. Most recently as President, Avnet United and Velocity, she was responsible for maintaining and growing the company’s largest and most strategic customers and managing global supply chain programs. Torrel also optimized complex supplier strategies and oversaw key semiconductor initiatives, linking efforts across regions and driving global best practices. Torrel joined Avnet through its acquisition of EBV Elektronik (Munich).

Torrel holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota-Duluth and an MBA from Arizona State University, where she received the 2010 W.P. Carey Student Leadership Award.

In May 2019, Torrel was named one of the Outstanding Women in Business by the Phoenix Business Journal.

Torrel served as a board member for the Electronic Components Industry Association (ECIA) and Cortney’s Place, a non-profit organization serving the adult special needs community.

A leading expert in third-party risk management, Linda developed the Certified Third Party Risk Management Professional (C3PRMP) program for SIG University. Career highlights include SVP, Chief Procurement Officer & Head Third Party Risk Management in three top-tier financial institutions; CEO Education Collaborative Marketplace; senior level banker; and human resources executive. 

As one of the first Chief Procurement Officers and Head Third Party Risk Management in the financial services sector, Linda is widely recognized for creating best practices for integrated sourcing and efficient third party risk management. Her book “Third Party Risk Management: Driving Enterprise Value”, published by RMA (Risk Management Association), is in its 2nd edition.

After an extensive career in the retail sector purchasing soft and hard goods from manufacturers and wholesalers, managing logistics, and working with technology providers, Michele switched to the financial industry ten years ago. Upon joining, she found herself managing a very different type of supplier in a very different environment. With the aftermath of the financial crisis in full swing, and regulators ramping up their third-party regulations, Michele faced the challenge of aligning the internal practices for third party due diligence and risk mitigation as a top priority. Interestingly, Michele observed that the art of procurement didn't change one bit from industry to industry. The commodities and services purchased change dramatically every year, and most of the people she encountered didn't understand procurement practices, offering her an interesting and fun challenge! 

Today, Michele leads the Vendor Management Office accountable for TD Bank's Commercial Platforms, which includes Canadian Banking, Wealth, TD Securities, Insurance, Data & Corporate. In addition, Michele leads the Technology Vendor Management Enablement Team, who develop best practices and tools to streamline work effort. This aligns with her passion to create an environment where Vendor Managers can work smarter rather than harder.  

Jian Xu is a Director, Corporate Procurement Technology at Fannie Mae. She is an inspired executive with International experience in supply chain management, procurement and technology optimization. She has proven success in leading and managing global operation teams to achieve business objectives and obtain functional performance excellence. Her expertise includes procurement and supply chain management, cross-functional leadership and technology applications. 

Elizabeth is a value-focused Procurement expert with over 25 years of experience in sourcing and supply chain management.  Her specialties are supplier relationship management, total cost analysis, and global sourcing process.  Having held executive procurement roles in multiple global companies, she has extensive experience enhancing procurement teams’ ability to deliver greater value, with clients that span a variety of industries.  She has co-developed multiple strategic sourcing processes, co-created both the SIG Certified Sourcing Professional and the SIG Certified Supplier Management Professional programs, and has authored four articles on supply management best practices.   In addition to community volunteer boards, Elizabeth serves on the CPO Advisory Council of ISM Dallas and as a faculty member for SIG University.  She earned her MBA from Georgetown University and her BA from Welleseley College.  She co-founded Majel Partners in 2018.

As Deputy General Counsel, Managing Director at Fannie Mae, Tanguy de Carbonnieres, oversees the legal teams in charge of the company's intellectual property protection and licensing, data management, and legal support to the procurement functions.