Don’t let your supply chain be risky business

As CEO of Technology Concepts Group Intl (TCGi), Avis Yates Rivers sits at the helm of a multi-million-dollar company that she built from the ground up. up. TCGi delivers value in 3 pillars –Technology Solutions, Procurement Solutions, and IT Talent Management and Acquisition. In 2017, TCGi was deemed the 3rd fastest-growing woman-owned business, released by the Women Presidents’ Organization, a New York-based advocacy and education group for women entrepreneurs. In 2020 TCGi was named Supplier of the Year, Class III, by the Eastern Minority Supplier Development Council (EMSDC). Avis is a highly sought-after business leader, a nationally recognized thought leader and social entrepreneur and an effective, in-demand international speaker. Other awards and honors include White House Champion of Change – Girls and Women in STEM, Entrepreneur of the Year, Woman of Distinction, the Shirley Chisholm Award for Business, Top 10 Women in Technology and Top 25 Leading Women Entrepreneurs & Business Owners, among many others. Recently, Avis launched the TCGi Foundation(www.tcgifoundation.org) to help break down the barriers for Black girls and women in computing.

As riskmethods’ Chief Product Officer Managing Director for the Americas, Bill DeMartino plays a critical role in both the vision and strategy behind The riskmethods Solution as well as the expansion of riskmethods in the Americas market. Bill has held leadership positions in B2B software spanning nearly 20 years in product management, sales and marketing. Bill has built his expertise in procurement and supply chain while at IBM, Emptoris and Determine. He is a supply management thought leader who is a frequent speaker and author on supply chain risk management topics.

Ryan Loock created and leads a global sourcing team, constituting more than 40 professionals, at Mastercard. His responsibilities include tactical sourcing, strategy development, tail spend management, systems/data management, supplier diversity and the administrative component of the entire P2O process including contract lifecycle management. He recently re-engineered the P2O process which led to increasing cost savings by over 67% annually, driving up managed spend by 20%, reducing cycle times by over 200%, and reducing out of compliance to less than 10%.

Rob has had a procurement career spanning diverse global roles in four main industries (Energy, FMCG, Pharma & Automotive), many geographies and across both direct and indirect materials. Rob is very passionate about elevating the procurement function especially through transformation and digital procurement, innovation & collaboration with supply partners, and procuring with purpose to deliver sustainable, resilient supply chains.

With over 20 years of procurement automation experience, Kevin Turner brings a wealth of knowledge to understanding the challenges and solutions for business transformation, particularly in the procurement space. As VP of Customer Success at Fairmarkit, Kevin and his team are leading the effort in guiding customers to their measurable business results by applying prescriptive adoption methodologies along the customer journey. Kevin started this journey during his career at Dell that ultimately led to him jumping into the SaaS space as VP of Customer Success at Coupa Software, Determine/Corcentric, and Tradeshift.