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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Top Procurement Leaders Honored at the Annual CPO Rising Summit
Top Procurement Leaders Honored at the Annual CPO Rising Summit Ardent Partners Inducts Two Chief Procurement Officers into Hall of Fame and Presents Four Other “CPO Honors” Awards BOSTON, November 17 — Ardent Partners, a leading industry analyst firm focused on supply management, hosted a CPO Honors Gala dinner during its annual CPO Rising Summit last week. […]
CPO Honors: Stars Shine Bright at the 2017 Summit
Ardent Partners congratulates the CPO Rising Hall of Fame Class of 2017 and the CPO Honors 2017 winners.
Ardent Partners’ Annual “CPO Rising” Summit Kicks Off With Powerful Procurement Insights
Ardent Partners’ Annual “CPO Rising” Summit Kicks Off With Powerful Procurement Insights Leading Procurement Executives from Flex, Google, Biogen, and More Convene to Share Experiences and Best Practices BOSTON, November 8 — Today, more than 130 Chief Procurement Officers and other procurement executives convened at the historic Harvard Club in Boston to discuss best practices, learn the latest trends, and […]
Learn from the Best: Great Speakers Fill the Agenda at the CPO Rising 2017 Summit
Learn from and Network with Top Chief Procurement Officers It may not surprise you, but I honestly believe that the speaker roster we’re assembling for our CPO Rising 2017 Summit is unrivaled and even better than last year’s star-studded lineup. As you know by now, on November 8 and 9, Ardent Partners will host the CPO Rising 2017 Summit(register by clicking […]
Ardent Partners Formally Launches The CPO Rising 2017 Summit
The two-day executive symposium is designed to help procurement organizations improve performance and drive innovation. BOSTON, MA (PRWEB) July 27, 2017 The advances of the procurement profession and the rise of the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) are hallmark business achievements of the early 21st Century. Despite the rise of the CPO, however, many procurement organizations struggle […]