Learn the keys to proactively reducing risk in a climate with increasing global threats including how to minimize risk within your supply chain to ensure business continuity and what steps to take to mitigate risk once it’s identified.
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%.
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. TCGi is an asset management and procurement solutions provider as well as a Value-Added Reseller (VAR). 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).
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.
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.
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.
