Accomplished Product Management, Product Marketing and Sales Executive with 20 + year's global SaaS B2B experience leading teams of 25+ in product strategy, roadmap planning and development, go-to-market, analyst relations, partnershps, demand generation, branding and awareness. Experience working for Fortune 10 and start up's. Due to exceptional customer management skills there is a tendency to own customer relationships and renewals.

• Specialties: Analytics, Spend Management, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Procurement, Sourcing, Travel, Contract Management, Supplier Management , Supply Chain Risk, Global Sourcing, T&E.
• Product Marketing: Analyst Relations, Pricing, Packaging, Positioning, Competitive Intelligence, Messaging, Branding, Content Creation, Win-Loss Analysis, Events & Conferences.
• Customer Relationship: Advisory Board, User Group, Voice of Customer Programs, SAAS renewals, Maintenance Renewals, Survey Program.
• Business Development: Strategic Account Planning, Mergers and Acquisitions, Contract Negotiation, Relationship Management.

Stuart Brock is a Director at DoucSign where he helps lead DoucSign's financial services programs. He is a licensed attorney who practiced law at a top national firm for some 10 years before moving in-house at Bank of America. During his tenure with Bank of America. During his tenure with Bank of America, Stuart held various roles within the Legal, Compliance and Procurement organizations.

As a Principal Sales Engineer, Sarah is responsible for actively driving and managing the application evaluation stage of the sales process and working in conjunction with the sales teams as the key application advisor and product advocate for SAP Fieldglass solutions. Sarah has been with SAP Fieldglass for 10 years, including 3 years of Pre-Sales experience in EMEA.

Peter DiFalco is a Senior Value Solutions Consultant with nearly 20 years in enterprise software and consulting, including the last six years at Coupa specializing in supplier management and spend management. Peter partners with Coupa's sales prospects, customers, implementation professionals, consultants and presales professionals to help Coupa customers maximize opportunities and save money using comprehensive business spend management solutions. Peter has delivered dozens of third-party risk management demonstrations, and is committed to showcasing the immense value that Coupa provides in mitigating third-party risk and building resilient businesses.

Amy Fong is a Vice President in Everest Group's Strategic Outsourcing and Vendor Management practice. In this role, she advises enterprises on maximizing value from strategic provider relationships in outsourced services categories.

Amy has more than 20 years of experience in industry, consulting, and advising with a focus on procurement, supply chain and organizational effectiveness. She has authored numerous publications and speaks frequently on source to pay process improvement and managing complex supply chain partnerships. Prior to joining Everest Group, she was a Senior Advisor and Program Leader with The Hackett Group's Procurement Advisory Program. Previously she held various industry and consulting roles with Hewlett Packard, Sonoco Products Company, and Archstone Consulting. Amy holds an MBA from Vanderbilt University and a BS from Syracuse University.

HR Leader / Executive with extensive experience directing all aspects of human resources for global organizations experiencing growth, change and cultural development. Able to transform and align organizations, cultures, values, resources, and structures to develop, empower and engage diverse workforces. Strategic advisor and business partner to CEOs and senior leaders with track record of accomplishing business objectives and fueling growth. Actively contributed to the successful development of enterprise level processes, programs and services emphasizing people first strategies and a performance-based culture. Hands-on experience in US, Latin America, UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific

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.  

Jim is Associate Vice Chancellor at University of California – San Francisco where he oversees Campus Supply Chain Management. Prior to joining the University of California, Jim spent 20 years as a management consultant with several firms including The Boston Consulting Group and Huron Consulting, with primary focus on strategy, operations, supply chain, procurement, and sourcing.
Jim has BA and MBA degrees from Stanford University.

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 challenging ideas based on his fact-based insights from across business and IT processes, sourcing models, and industries. In his current role, at Everest Group, 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. Prior to re-joining Everest Group in 2017, Michel enjoyed a successful decade serving as Chief Research Officer at The Hackett Group and Market Track.

CJ Johnson has spent the last 20 years in Procurement and Sourcing and is known for her focus on healthy employee engagement and staff development. She has a proven track record in improving cross functional processes and empowering internal teams with strong training in communication and new technologies.

Over his 30 year career, Sam has acquired a unique blend of supply chain, procurement, strategic sourcing, risk, performance, and compliance management expertise across a wide range of industries spanning manufacturing to financial services. As the Global Vice President of Risk Management Solutions for Coupa, Sam supports a team of third-party risk, compliance, performance management and sourcing subject matter experts.

Before joining Coupa, Sam was the Vice President of Sales for Hiperos and was responsible for business development and client relations across North America. Hiperos, and the Hiperos 3PM SaaS platform, were widely recognized as the industry standard for third-party management. Hiperos was acquired by Coupa in December, 2018.

Prior to Hiperos Sam founded Firm58 and served various roles including the CEO from 1994 to 2014. Firm58 is a sofware company that provides sell side financial services firms (trading firms, execution venues, broker dealer) web-based middle office, back office and compliance automation solutions. Firm58 helps capital market firms become more efficient by leveraging and streamlining processes to create operations efficiencies and new revenue opportunities.

Prior to Firm58, Sam was an employee of Ariba for 10 years. As the VP of Sales and Global Alliances for Europe, Middle East and Africa from 2000 to 2003, Sam was responsible for all sales, professional services and alliances, and played a key role in establishing Ariba EMEA and driving revenues from $1 million to over $200 million in just three years. Having joined Ariba in 1998 as one of Ariba’s first employees, Sam was directly responsible for growing the company's initial customer base and received top sales executive honors from 1998 through 2000. Prior to joining Ariba, Sam spent 10 years with Oracle Corporation and held management consulting, pre-sales management, account management and regional sales management positions during a period when Oracle’s annual revenues grew from $500 million to over $8 Billion.

Sam holds a BS degree, magna cum laude, in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois. He lives in Batavia Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, with his wife of 28 years and their four children. He can be reached at samuel.mele@coupa.com.

Brett is a Director with Russell Investments’ Global Sourcing & Procurement organization and leader for the financial and outsourcing services spend category. He has more than 20 years of experience in industry, consulting and academia with a focus on procurement, strategic sourcing and global operations. Prior to Russell Investments, Brett held sourcing and procurement positions at leading Fortune 500 firms, including AT&T, Microsoft, Nike and Costco.  Brett helps organizations improve source-to-pay processes, enhance complex supplier relationships and mature their organization’s service delivery model. Mr. Miller is a Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M.) and holds an MBA from The University of Washington and a BA from Oregon State University.

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.

Daniel Perry is the Global Alliances Director at EcoVadis, which operates the 1st collaborative supply chain sustainability rating platform, allowing companies to assess the CSR performance of their trading partners. Daniel brings 15 years experience in procurement and business development of innovative solutions for procurement organizations. Daniel originally hails from New Zealand, and now resides in the San Francisco Bay Area.  

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.

Jeff Sawyer is a researcher and director of strategic engagements for the Simplar Institute. He has over 25 years of experience in the engineering consulting, construction, and capital project management fields. He has a BA in Geology and a MS in Construction Management. Jeff was the co-founder of Fann Environmental, an Arizona design build firm specializing in the water and wastewater industry. He is the former capital improvements project manager and senior environmental service engineer for the City of Prescott, Arizona. As an owner representative and a construction company owner, Jeff has led teams in the design, construction, and management of projects both in horizontal and vertical construction.

VP of Global Strategic Sourcing at Lyons Magnus, is an experienced senior strategic sourcing professional with over 20 years of demonstrated success in leading cross-functional teams to source complex spend projects, drive innovation and achieve signification ROI across a variety of industries including consumer products, healthcare, pharmaceutical, food and beauty.

His Education includes degree in Packaging from RIT and a master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA). The early part of his career was spent with the Pharmaceutical Healthcare companies (i.e. Johnson & Johnson and Bristol Myers Squibb). After that work experience, he joined BravoSolution as a consultant where he designed and ran high dollar strategic sourcing projects with fortune 50 and fortune 500 companies delivering significant ROI. In his time with BravoSolution he spent over 10,000 hours on three different continents executing high dollar strategic sourcing projects.

Today, Jonathan, who is still very much a hands-on data and methodology practitioner, leads the strategic sourcing programs for Lyons Magnus located in California. Lyons Magnus is a leader in the foodservice industry. Jonathan was brought to Lyons Magnus as a thought leader to leverage his vast background in strategic sourcing to establish strategy, introduce methodology, build infrastructure and implement their strategic sourcing environment.

Dr. Kenneth Sullivan is a Professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at Arizona State University. He specializes in organizational transformation, procurement and solicitations, best value contracting, expertise-driven project delivery, performance measurement, risk management, and accountability systems. His processes and tools have been implemented by over 140 organizations on projects valued at over $10 Billion. He has led outsourcing and delivery efforts in networking systems, COTS and custom software, financial management, media rights, travel management, communication systems, dining, health insurance, document management, facility systems, portfolio and project management, furniture, and all types of design and construction. Prof. Sullivan possesses a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering, an MBA in Real Estate and Urban Economics, and a PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering, all from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. He has authored over 200 peer reviewed publications, co-authored the book Managing the Profitable Construction Business and won three best paper awards. He has also created a Masters Degree program in Facility Asset and Project Management, new courses in procurement and project delivery, and was the Graduate Program Chair for his department for 7 years. Dr. Sullivan has won the 2008, 2009, 2012, and 2015 Teaching Award for the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering at ASU, the 2013 IFMA Educator of the Year Award, and was awarded 2014-2016 & 2018-2020 Fulton Exemplar status.

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.

Dawn Tiura, CEO and President of SIG, SIG University and Future of Sourcing Digital Publication, has over 26 years leadership experience, with the past 22 years focused on the sourcing and outsourcing industry. In 2007, Dawn joined SIG as CEO, but has been active in SIG as a speaker and trusted advisor since 1999, bringing the latest developments in sourcing and outsourcing to SIG members. Prior to joining SIG, Dawn held leadership positions as CEO of Denali Group and before that as a partner in a CPA firm. Dawn is actively involved on a number of boards promoting civic, health and children's issues in the Jacksonville, Florida area. Dawn is a licensed CPA and has a BA from the University of Michigan and an MS in taxation from Golden Gate University. Dawn brings to SIG a culture of brainstorming and internal innovation.