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CPO Rising 2019 Speaker Profile – Bill Browning, Director of Procurement at Carbonite

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team August 14, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

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…

CPO Rising Procurement Influencer Series: Stan Garber & Alex Yakubovich, Co-Founders of Scout RFP

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team August 9, 2019Articles, People, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Editor’s Note: CPO Rising's Procurement Influencer Series continues today with a unique piece from the co-founders of ScoutRFP. Some time ago, Andrew Bartolini sat down with Stan Garber (President), and…

Technology Round-Up — August 7, 2019

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team August 7, 2019Articles, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with an assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing,…

CPO Rising 2019 Speaker Profile – Greg Tennyson, Head of Global Corporate Services, VSP Global

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team August 2, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Events, People, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

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…

Announcing Ardent Partners’ Distinguished Speaker Lineup for CPO Rising 2019

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 29, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, People, Strategy

Ardent Partners is excited to announce the speaker lineup for our 4th annual CPO Rising procurement executive summit, which will return to the Harvard Club of Boston (Back Bay Clubhouse)…

Ardent Partners Launches Digital Staffing Technology Report

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 25, 2019Articles, Complex Categories, Lists, Solution Providers, Technology

New Study Addresses The Digital Staffing and Talent Marketplace Solutions Market BOSTON, MA, July 25, 2019 — Ardent Partners, a leading research and advisory firm, announced today that its new Digital…

Technology Round-Up — July 24, 2019

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 24, 2019Articles, Complex Categories, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Technology

CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with an assortment of supply management technology news and updates from the past month to share with our community. If you are a sourcing,…

Procurement’s Love Affair with Blockchain: Built to Last, or Destined to Fail?

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 19, 2019Articles, Lists, Process, Solution Providers, Technology

In mid-2019, it should be no secret that Blockchain distributed ledger technology is disrupting the business world across the board (if you've been asleep since 2016 and are just waking…

When Blockchain Meets Supply Chain — July 17, 2019

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 17, 2019Articles, Process, Solution Providers, Technology

Editor’s Note: In 2019, just about everyone in the technology world is talking about and writing about Blockchain distributed digital ledgers, including the supply management world. It’s not the cool…

Zycus’s Analyst Day: A “Magical” Time in Park City

By Ardent Partners Analyst Team July 8, 2019Articles, Complex Categories, Events, General, Lists, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Park City, Utah is home to majestic mountain views, great skiing, breath-taking hiking (literally), and bountiful wild game. It hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics, and very recently, it hosted Zycus's Analyst…