One Day Conference
November 17, 2015
Session Speakers
Barbara Ardell
Barbara Ardell, Vice President Paladin Associates, Inc.
Barbara Ardell brings a unique perspective to Procurement with her intersecting skills in strategic sourcing, change management, quality, training and eSourcing. With over 20 years experience as a strategic sourcing professional, she spent the early part of her career with Procter & Gamble’s world-class purchasing organization where she sourced a variety of direct and indirect materials, and where she was directly involved in P&G’s first ERP implementation. She later owned and ran a training and consulting firm which focused on both hard and soft skills including: interpersonal communications, leadership, teamwork, diversity and total quality management. In 2002, Barbara joined an eSourcing pioneer, where she trained and coached clients through the eSourcing implementation process. Barbara actively sought partnership with VitalSmarts to bring their ground-breaking Influencer approach to Procurement. Paladin’s Influencing Change offering provides the solution to Supply Chain’s numerous and complex change challenges.
David Dise
David Dise, CPPO – Director, Department of General Services,
Montgomery County, MD
David Dise has worked in the public sector for over 30 years. He currently serves as director of the Department of General Services for Montgomery County, Maryland, directing procurement; facilities management; fleet maintenance and operations; real estate acquisition and disposition; planning and development; and capital project design and construction services for all county departments. Prior to this he served as Director of Montgomery County’s Office of Procurement, deputy director of Purchasing and Supply Management for Fairfax County, Virginia, and chief procurement officer and chief of engineering technical resources for Fairfax Water, one of the nation’s largest public water utilities. David has been active in the American Public Works Association (APWA), the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing (NIGP), the Virginia Association of Governmental Purchasing (VAGP), the Institute for Supply-chain Management (ISM), and the National Electronic Commerce Coordinating Council (NECCC), serving on the board of directors and committees for these organizations. He has published and contributed to research papers on public policy, developed and conducted seminars on management, procurement, negotiations, professional development, and public-private partnerships.
Omid Ghamami
Omid Ghamami, President of Purchasing Advantage
Omid Ghamami, MBA, CPSCM is a globally recognized purchasing and negotiations author, speaker, professor, consultant, and executive coach. He has 18 years’ experience with Intel Corp, where he was responsible for $1B in expenditures as well as the end to end negotiation planning, execution, and training processes for the entire $2.2B global procurement organization. As President of Purchasing Advantage, he has taught thousands of hours of seminars, keynotes, and consulting in 19 different countries on topics related to the entire spectrum of purchasing and supply chain management. He is the author of two purchasing books, a multitude of articles in leading global purchasing journals, and has 50+ hours TV appearances. He is also the architect and Adjunct Professor of Purchasing for the only purchasing certificate program in the California State Community College System. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from California State University and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of California.
Jon Hansen – Editor and On-Air Talk Radio Host, Procurement Insights, PISocial Media Network
As the Editor and lead writer for the PI Social Media Network’s Procurement Insights Blog, and the host of the PI Window on The World radio show, Jon Hansen is considered to be a leading expert on subjects as diverse as supply chain practice, public sector policy, emerging business trends and social media. His newest book - which was written with Buyers Meeting Point's Kelly Barner, is titled Procurement At The Crossroads. In the book, the authors take an unprecedented and thought-provoking look at our industry based on their research, and through the eyes of industry thought leaders. You will never view procurement the same way again.
Carol Hodes
Carol Hodes, CAE - NIGP Executive Director, Knowledge Management
Carol Hodes, CAE - NIGP Executive Director, Knowledge Management
Carol holds a degree in Education and for the past sixteen years has been contributing to the advancement of education and professional development with NIGP. She spends a significant amount of time working with a number of stakeholders to deliver creative and innovative approaches to NIGPs continuing education delivery systems, research and is committed to advancing academic excellence for the profession.
Dr. Soheila R. Lunney
Dr. Soheila R. Lunney, President of Lunney Advisory Group LLC.
Dr. Soheila R. Lunney, is the President of Lunney Advisory Group LLC, and co-author of the book “The Procurement Game Plan: Winning Strategies & Techniques For Supply Management Professionals.” She is an advisory board member for several universities and organizations. She also served on the Board of Directors of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) from 2005 – 2011 and returned to the board in 2015.
Prior to founding her company, Soheila was Vice President of Procurement for Education Management Corporation (EDMC). She was also Director/Deputy to Chief Procurement Officer at Bayer Corporation where she held various positions with increasing responsibilities in research and development, logistics, customer service, materials management, and procurement.
Dr. Lunney obtained her Bachelor of Science (BS) in Chemistry from National University of Iran, and MS and PhD from University of East Anglia in Norwich, Great Britain.
Dr. Lunney is a frequent speaker on supply chain management at professional organizations and conferences, sole holder of a U.S. Patent relevant to Polyurethane Technology, and author of several publications.
Robert S. Matthews – Founding Partner and co-owner of Paladin Associates Inc.
Bob provides account leadership for key clients, serves as CFO for Paladin Associates, Inc. and focuses on Strategic Sourcing and Procurement Processes. He is an alumnus of GE’s Financial Management Program with 34 years of GE Company multi-functional leadership experience including Sourcing, Finance, Customer Service, Marketing and P&L Center Management. Bob consolidated and reengineered fragmented, tactical purchasing groups in GE Capital into a Strategic sourcing organization.
Pierre Mitchell, Chief Research Officer – Spend Matters
Pierre leads the procurement research activities at Spend Matters and also the broader intellectual property development activities at Azul Partners. Pierre has 25 years of procurement and supply chain industry and consulting experience, and is a recognized procurement expert in supply processes, practices, metrics, and enabling tools and services. Prior to his positions in research and advisory at The Hackett Group and AMR Research (now part of Gartner), he led numerous operations and systems transformations at Fortune 500 organizations in addition to holding supply chain positions at The Timberland Company, Krupp Companies, and EG&G. He holds an engineering degree from Southern Methodist University and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
Pierre Mitchell
Lisa Premo
Lisa Premo joined NIGP: The Institute for Public Procurement in December 2013.
She spent the first year immersed in content, updating and editing course materials and textbooks. In December 2014, she began working on developing global best practices through identifying and bringing together teams of practitioners and academics with expertise and passion for specific topic areas. Lisa’s professional experience has taken Lisa to both private firms and public organizations. Prior to joining NIGP, Lisa managed the University Lecture Series at Carnegie Mellon University, where she earned her Master of Public Management. She received her undergraduate degree from Indiana University in cello performance.
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