Ardent Partners’ annual CPO Rising 2019 Summit was held on October 29 and 30th at the historic Harvard Club of Boston, in the city’s posh Back Bay district. Simply put, the event was a smash! This year’s Summit hosted just over 120 delegates, who descended upon Boston with the individual goals of learning the latest trends and […]
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Scenes from The CPO Rising 2019 Summit – The CPO Honors Gala (Part 1)
Ardent Partners’ annual CPO Rising 2019 Summit was held on October 29 and 30th at the historic Harvard Club of Boston, in the city’s posh Back Bay district. Simply put, the event was a smash! This year’s Summit hosted just over 120 delegates, who descended upon Boston with the individual goals of learning the latest trends and […]
Scenes from The CPO Rising 2019 Summit – Part 2
Ardent Partners’ annual CPO Rising 2019 Summit was held on October 29 and 30th at the historic Harvard Club of Boston, in the city’s posh Back Bay district. Simply put, the event was a smash! This year’s Summit hosted just over 120 delegates, who descended upon Boston with the individual goals of learning the latest trends and […]
Scenes from The CPO Rising 2019 Summit — Part 1
Ardent Partners’ annual CPO Rising 2019 Summit was held on October 29 and 30th at the historic Harvard Club of Boston, in the city’s posh Back Bay district. Simply put, the event was a smash! This year’s Summit hosted just over 120 delegates, who descended upon Boston with the individual goals of learning the latest trends and […]
CPO Rising 2019 Highlights: Three CPO Mantras to Generate Impact
The CPO Rising 2019 Summit was almost a month ago, and we at Ardent Partners have offered recaps of the overall event, as well as closer looks at a couple of the breakout sessions that you might have missed (click here and here). Today we’re offering a different perspective of Scout RFP – event sponsor and roundtable host. Scout was […]
To Build a Procurement Team, Think Big — But Start Small
Last month at CPO Rising 2019, attendees had the pleasure of hearing from Bill Browning, Director of Procurement at Carbonite and a “friend of the firm,” who delivered a presentation entitled, “Empire State of Mind: Think Big, Start Small.” Bill has a 15-plus year track record of driving cost savings and efficiencies through effective sourcing, negotiation and vendor management […]
The Voice of the CPO Webinar: Highlights from the CPO Rising 2019 Summit
I consider myself very lucky in that I really enjoy my work. And one of the things that I look forward to each year is putting together Ardent’s annual CPO Rising Summit. Over the years, my team and I have chronicled the progression (or rise) of the procurement profession. And, in many ways the role of […]
CPO Honors 2019 Winners
BOSTON – Ardent Partners, a leading analyst firm focused on supply management, hosted the fourth annual CPO Honors Gala, in Boston yesterday. During the ceremony, sponsored by Tradeshift, Ardent Partners presented awards for outstanding performance and execution in the last year – “The CPO Honors” – to a variety of high achievers including Chief Procurement Officers and […]
The CPO Rising Summit Returns to Boston with Powerful Procurement Insights!
Leading Procurement Executives from Johnson & Johnson, DuPont, Rio Tinto, and More Convene to Share Experiences and Best Practices BOSTON, October 29 — Today, more than 140 Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other procurement executives convene at Boston’s elegant Harvard Club to discuss best practices, learn about emerging market trends, and collaborate with like-minded peers. The fourth […]
CPO Rising 2019 Speaker Profile – David Kern, Head of Global Procurement, TripAdvisor
David Kern is an experienced professional with 20 years of proven success within procurement, real estate, capital oversight, and implementation of accounting/payment platforms. David currently serves as the Head of Global Procurement for TripAdvisor Media Group; supporting 20+ independent brands. Prior to TripAdvisor, David worked at Staples (13 years) holding several leadership roles. Most notable was […]