Executives from Rio Tinto, Harvard University, Brighthouse Financial, BCNET, and Watermark Retirement Communities take home awards during Ardent Partners’ annual CPO Rising Summit BOSTON, November 16 — Ardent Partners, a leading analyst firm focused on supply management, presented five “CPO Honors” awards at its annual CPO Rising Summit held in Boston last week, including one […]
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That’s A Wrap on the CPO Rising 2018 Summit!
Ardent Partners’ CPO Rising 2018 Summit was held on November 7 and 8 at the historic Harvard Club of Boston in the city’s posh Back Bay district. And while the event is over, the team at Ardent Partners is still going over all of the great presentations and discussions of which we were a part. This year, Ardent had […]
Third Annual “CPO Rising” Event Kicks Off With Powerful Procurement Insights
Leading Procurement Executives from Thermo Fisher, Bain Capital, Rio Tinto, and More Convene to Share Experiences and Best Practices BOSTON, November 7 — Today, nearly 125 procurement professionals and executives will convene at the elegant Harvard Club in Boston’s historic Back Bay district to discuss best practices, learn about emerging market trends, and collaborate with […]
Great CPOs Highlight the CPO Rising Summit Agenda
Ardent’s third-annual procurement executive symposium, CPO Rising 2018: the Age of Intelligence, is just two weeks away. For Day 1, alone, my team and I have recruited a fantastic lineup of seasoned procurement veterans with nearly a century’s worth of combined experience leading supply chain, sourcing, and category management teams. As we enter the home stretch […]
What CPOs Are Saying About the CPO Rising Summit
We think the CPO Rising Summit is a fantastic opportunity to meet like-minded, career-driven procurement executives, share best practices, and help us all continue to push the profession forward. We’re not the only ones! Here are a few sample quotes from CPOs who have attended in the event: “The technology sponsors are all very interesting, the speakers […]
CPO Rising 2018 Speaker Profile – Stephen Listzwan, SVP and Head of Procurement (CPO), Shire Pharmaceuticals
The Road to Procurement Like so many other Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs), Steve Listzwan, the senior vice president and head of procurement at Shire Pharmaceuticals (and the recipient of CPO Rising’s 2017 Leadership/CPO of the Year award), began his career outside of the profession. He earned a BS in Civil Engineering from Union College and for the first five years of […]
Announcing the Second Annual “CPO Honors Gala” at the CPO Rising 2018 Summit
Ardent Partners is pleased to announce that The CPO Rising 2018 Summit, our third annual executive symposium for Chief Procurement Officers and other procurement leaders, will be held once again at the historic Harvard Club in Boston (Back Bay) this November 7 & 8. Last year’s inaugural CPO Honors Gala, which recognized Chief Procurement Officers and their teams for […]
Ardent Partners Announces “CPO Rising 2018” Procurement Summit
Ardent Partners Announces “CPO Rising 2018” Procurement Summit Day-and-a-Half Executive Symposium to Highlight Technology, Innovation, Intelligence, and the Transformation of the Procurement Function BOSTON — With the modern enterprise facing a new “age of intelligence,” in which data and insights are promoted as profound tools to succeed, the typical procurement function finds itself at the […]
Announcing THE Procurement Event of the Year! CPO Rising 2018
Ardent Partners is thrilled to announce that the CPO Rising 2018 Summit, our third annual executive symposium for Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other procurement leaders, will once again be held at the beautiful and historic Harvard Club in Boston, this November 7th and 8th. The summit promises the interactive exchange of ideas and cutting edge […]
Reflections on The CPO Rising 2017 Summit (Part 1): CPOs Rise and Shine
Now that we have a little bit of distance from our annual CPO Rising Summit, held in Boston in early November, I’ve asked select members of the Ardent team to pause and reflect on the recently concluded event and share some of their thoughts. Since it was my idea, I get to go first! Chief Procurement Officers Rise […]