Ardent Partners is pleased to welcome Harold “Hal” Good, a lifelong procurement practitioner, procurement “luminary”, and inaugural CPO Rising Hall of Fame member, to CPO Rising 2019. Hal will host and facilitate a number of round table discussions on Day 1 and day 2 of the event, and bring his signature social media skills to bear (we […]
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Throwback Thursday: CPO Rising 2016 is History!
Publisher’s Note: In 2019, Ardent Partners is celebrating 10 years of delivering “Research with Results” to Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other readers of this site, including published reports, eBooks, presentations, insights, articles and events. To commemorate the occasion, we are going to reflect on the firm’s first decade by presenting this weekly “throwback” series that will include a […]
Throwback Thursday: 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 […]
Great Speakers Fill the Agenda at the CPO Rising 2019 Summit – October 29 & 30
Learn from and Network with Top Procurement Executives Ardent has booked an unrivaled team of CPOs from leading companies like Johnson & Johnson, Panasonic, TripAdvisor, Enel Green Power, Carbonite, Veolia, and Avon, to share the strategies and approaches they’ve developed over their illustrious careers. We’ve also booked, not one but three CPO Rising Hall of […]
Throwback Thursday: Highlights from the CPO Rising 2017 Summit!
As we gear up to take the field for CPO Rising 2019 in two months, we can’t help but reflect on how successful (and fun) are these CPO Rising events. Like good scotch or fine wine, it gets better every year. And so, in case you missed the event or this highlights video from 2017, we’re sharing […]
CPO Rising 2019 Speaker Profile – Dan Warn, Chief Procurement Officer, athenahealth
Dan Warn is the Chief Procurement Officer at athenahealth. He is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, and since transitioning from the Army, Dan has spent over 15 years in procurement. His experience ranges from consulting, to category leadership, to country and industry vertical leadership at a leading software provider, to multiple […]
The Harvard Club of Boston to Host the CPO Rising 2019 Summit
Ardent Partners is pleased to highlight that the CPO Rising 2019 Summit will return to the Harvard Club of Boston this fall. The prestigious and historic event venue has been named by Boston Magazine as one of the best event venues in Boston. Located in the historic Back Bay neighborhood, the century-old main clubhouse is situated in the heart of […]
CPO Rising 2019 Speaker Profile – Bill Browning, Director of Procurement at Carbonite
Bill Browning is the Director of Procurement at Carbonite. He has 15-plus year track record of driving cost savings and efficiencies through effective sourcing, negotiation and vendor management strategies. At Carbonite, Bill oversees the management of over $120M across all indirect spend categories as he continues to design and build out the newly-established Procurement function that […]
Now Accepting Nominations for “CPO Honors 2019″
Today’s article is a reminder that this fall, Ardent Partners will recognize Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs), their teams, and a select group of industry experts and providers for outstanding performance and execution over the last year at the fourth annual CPO Honors Gala Dinner. A new class of CPOs will also be inducted into the CPO Rising […]
CPO Rising 2019 Speaker Profile – Greg Tennyson, Head of Global Corporate Services, VSP Global
Greg Tennyson is the current Global Head of Corporate Services (Sourcing, Procurement, Travel, Real Estate/Facilities, Security and Distribution) at VSP Global. Greg has been a procurement leader and practitioner for more than thirty years, and we are fortunate to welcome him to Boston this October 29 and 30 where he will share his procurement knowledge as […]