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Join Us for Our Annual Procurement BIG Trends and Predictions Webinar (Jan 29)!

By Andrew Bartolini January 15, 2019Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Events, General, Lists, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Get ready for 2019 by registering for the first webinar in Ardent's monthly webinar series and hear about the BIG procurement trends we've been seeing and the BIGGER predictions we're going…

Meet the Winners of CPO Rising 2018 – Dennis Silva, CPO of BCNET (Innovator of the Year)

By Andrew Bartolini December 10, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Events, People, Process, Procure-to-Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Last month at CPO Rising 2018 in Boston, we were very pleased to award Dennis Silva, Chief Procurement Officer at BCNET, British Columbia’s Shared Services organization for higher education, with…

New Webinar – Highlights from the CPO Rising 2018 Summit

By Phil Bartolini November 9, 2018Articles, Events, General, Technology

The CPO Rising 2018 Summit has wrapped and the Ardent Partners team is still buzzing from all of the great presentations and discussions that we were lucky to be a…

Ardent Partners’ Annual “CPO Rising” Summit Kicks Off with Powerful Procurement Insights

By Andrew Bartolini November 7, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Process, Technology1 Comment

Chief Procurement Officers from North America and Around the Globe Convene to Share Experiences and Best Practices BOSTON, November 7 — Today, more than 135 procurement professionals and executives will…

Meet the Speakers of CPO Rising 2018! Welcoming Back Chris Shanahan of Thermo Fisher – Part II

By Andrew Bartolini November 7, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

I’ve known Chris Shanahan, Vice President of Global Procurement and Global Real Estate at Thermo Fisher Scientific, for nearly a decade. And I am beyond thrilled to welcome him back to Boston tomorrow morning as…

Meet the Speakers of CPO Rising 2018! Welcoming Back Gregg Brandyberry, CPO Rising 2016 Hall of Fame Inductee

By Andrew Bartolini November 5, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Solution Providers, Strategic Sourcing, Strategy, Technology

Editor’s Note: Today on CPO Rising, we revisit the long and illustrious career of Gregg Brandyberry, Senior Advisor at Supplier.ai, and one of three members of the CPO Rising Hall of Fame Charter Class of 2016.…

CPO Rising 2018 Speaker Profile – David Gallaer, VP – Category Management, MUFG Union Bank

By Andrew Bartolini October 31, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

Reporting for Duty One of the great clichés of procurement is that executives and practitioners often “fall” into it, having started out in a hard or social science before wandering…

Ten Reasons Why You Should Attend The CPO Rising 2018 Summit

By Andrew Bartolini October 30, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, Lists, People, Solution Providers, Strategy, Technology

There is now just one week until The CPO Rising 2018 Summit, Ardent Partners' annual procurement symposium. Have you registered yet? Need a little more convincing? Well, here are 10 reasons why you…

CPO Rising 2018 Speaker Profile – Harold “Hal” Good, CPO Rising Hall of Famer

By Andrew Bartolini October 22, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, People, Process, Strategy, Technology

Ardent Partners is pleased to welcome back Harold “Hal” Good, a lifelong procurement practitioner, procurement “luminary,” and CPO Rising Hall of Famer to CPO Rising 2018. He will host an Expert Roundtable…

What CPOs Are Saying About the CPO Rising Summit

By Phil Bartolini October 17, 2018Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General3 Comments

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…