From CPO to CEO: Apple CEO Tim Cook Discusses His Career Path
In the past, I have written several articles focused one CPO’s "rise" – that of Tim Cook - who went from Chief Procurement Officer to CEO of Apple, the world’s…
Throwback Thursday: The Strategies that Propelled Tim Cook from CPO to CEO (2)
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…
CPO News – October 28, 2016
Caroline Tissot Named Chief Group Procurement Officer at AccorHotels AccorHotels, a Paris, France-based multinational hotel group that operates hotels in 94 countries, announced that Caroline Tissot has been named Chief Group…
CPO News – May 13, 2016
Wai Mun Wong Named VP of Global Supply Management at Carlson Wagonlit Travel Late last month, Hospitalitynet.org reported that Wai Mun Wong had been named Vice President of Global Supply…
CPO News – December 19, 2014
Former Apple Global Supply Manager to Serve Jail Time for Procurement Fraud It has been a long time coming, but we can finally close the book on Paul Shin Devine,…
CPO News – July 1, 2013
New month, quarter, and fiscal (for some) and all the CPO News that's fit to print! U.S. Steel Appoints Christine S. Breves Vice President And Chief Procurement Officer In June,…
Procurement Performance: Reporting Out, Managing In – A Case Study
I recently caught up with a procurement executive and "friend of the site" to discuss eProcurement systems and the complexity of managing back-end systems for a company that has been…
From CPO to EVP & Global Head of Business Services
In January, 2010, I made a series of predictions for the decade ahead in the second article ever published on this site. The first prediction was: Many of today’s leading…
CPO News – December 12, 2012
Today's CPO News is sponsored by the number 12. Diamond Foods Appoints David Colo New EVP Diamond Foods, Inc. has announced that David J. Colo has been appointed to the…
Career Spotlight: From CPO to COO
Tim Cook is not the only executive who has had a successful career after first being a Chief Procurement Officer. Ardent Partners' upcoming report, CPO Rising 2012: Keeping Score (coming…