ISM World 2025 | Inside Supply Management (ISM) | 1 June 2025 | Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel & Conference Center, 9939 Universal Blvd, Orlando, FL 32819, USA

While the memories are still fresh, we're already looking forward to the future. Our team is hard at work planning an even more spectacular event for 2025. Keep an eye out for updates and be the first to know about early bird specials, speaker announcements, and more. The journey towards supply management innovation continues, and we can't wait to share it with you.

A diverse agenda included a mix of keynote speeches, breakout sessions, and workshops tailored to supply management pros. The 2024 event facilitated five formal networking sessions, fostering invaluable connections and collaborations.

With over 100 industry leaders and innovators sharing their insights, Last year's event was packed with knowledge and expertise.

2025 Speakers

Zachariah Abdulnour
Tactical Operations Coordinator, General Motors

Kamal Ahluwalia
Chief Executive Officer, Resilinc

Danielle Albright
Senior Principal Subcontracts Manager, L3Harris

Shami Anand
Founder and Certified Leadership Coach, Power Your Impact

Scott Anderson
Vice President, Corporate Procurement, Fortive

Roy Anderson
Supply Chain Lecturer, Northeastern University

Jennifer Andretta
Senior Director, Account Management, Simfoni

Jimmy Anklesaria
Founder, Anklesaria Group

Brian Antonellis
Senior Vice President, Fleet Operations, Fleet Advantage

Deborah Augustus
Global Procurement Director of Indirect Goods & Services, Integra LifeSciences

Sarah Baire
Principal Specialist, Supply Chain Management, Raytheon Technologies Inc

Aurora Bardoneschi
Risk Advisory Services, Sustainability Services Director, BDO USA

Karen Baum
Managing Principal, Sustainability & ESG Center of Excellence, BDO USA

Roger Blumberg
General Manager of North America, Synertrade

Brian Bancroft
SVP Procurement & Business Support Services, Signet Jewelers

Dan Bartel
Chief Procurement Officer, American Airlines

Dr. Anirban Basu
Economist, Chairman and CEO, Sage Policy Group, Inc.

Camille Batiste
Former SVP, Global Supply Chain and Procurement, ADM

Jim Blackwell
Managing Director and Digital Market Leader, BDO USA

Christoph Bode
Professor, University of Mannheim

Frederik Bohn
Senior Director, Plug and Play

Ryan Bradford
Former VP, Strategic Sourcing, The New York Times

Kevin L Brandenburg
Chief Procurement Officer & Head of Corporate Services, Parexel International

Jennifer Brookshire
Director FF&E and Value Engineering, IHG Hotels & Resorts

Justin Buccilli
Sr. Manager, Category Management OS&E, Hilton Supply Management

Karen Burlingame
New Product Development & Supply Senior Category Manager, Johnson & Johnson

Ralph Carlton
Vice President, Global Procurement, Thermo Fisher Scientific

Joe Canaday
VP Global Procurement COE, ADM

Kim Castellucci
Associate Director, Corporate Procurement, Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.

Kee Chang
SVP and Chief Procurement Officer, Qualcomm

Philip Chow
Head of Strategic Procurement, Element Fleet Management

Steve Clemons
Editor-At-Large, The National Interest

Eric Craft
Global Chief Supply Chain Officer, Yum! Brands

LeAnne Coulter
Former Vice President, Freight Management, Penske Logistics

Charlotte de Brabandt
Head of IT Partner Management & Deputy Head of IT Governance and Compliance, ZF Group

Heidi DeMello
Senior Vice President of Supply Chain, Blount Fine Foods

Bill Dempsey
Chief Procurement Officer, Ball Corporation

Mohammed Deria
Director, Procurement, GSK

Tom Derry
Chief Executive Officer, Institute for Supply Management

Kimberly DeWitt
Chief Procurement Officer, CF Industries

Andrew Dudley
Strategic Sourcing Manager, Bath & Body Works

Clark Dumont
Global Supply Chain Director, BAE Systems

Richard Eryam
Chief Customer Officer, Ecovadis

Matt Esper
Director of Sustainability & Social Impact, Direct Travel

Karen Fedele
Principal, Votsalo, LLC

Jakub Frankiewicz
Consulting Director, Comarch

Jake Filarski
Enterprise Account Executive, Pactum AI

Jim Fleming
Product Development and Innovation Leader; Senior Faculty Member, Institute for Supply Management

Darlyne Freedman
Chief Procurement Officer, Vantive

Amy Fong
Partner, Everest Group

Stan Garber
President and Co-founder, Levelpath

James Gellert
Executive Chairman, RapidRatings

Jay Glanton
Senior Innovation Buyer, General Motors

Vanessa Gomez
Managing Associate, Benesch Law

Simon Goncharenko
Director of Environmental Health and Safety (HSE), Veriforce

Shane Hagen
Senior Solutions Architect, Cleo

Caldwell Hart
Principal, Procurement & Supply Chain Advisory, Avetta

Michelle Hawkins
SVP, Strategic Procurement, Charter Communications

Ashley Hetrick
Principal, Sourcing & Supply Chain Segment Leader, BDO

Laura Beth Hirt-Sharpe
Data Offering Leader, IBM

Sanford J. Hodes
SVP, Chief Procurement & Corporate Development Officer, Ryder System Inc.

Adam Hoy
VP Global Head of WREF & Fleet and FM Procurement, GSK

Katie Huard
Senior Director of Procurement, Blount Fine Foods

Brandon Hummons
Senior Consultant, Valorant Consulting
Owner, Hummons Consulting

Justin Hyrb
Senior Consultant, Proxima

Paul Iredale
Global Director - Transportation & Logistics, BAE Systems

Larissa Jacobs
Sales Manager, EcoVadis

Luis Javier Concepcion
North America Capital and Indirect Procurement Manager, DuPont

Laurent Jeanmaire
Chief Operating Officer, Synertrade

Sam Jenks
Chief Revenue Officer, Kodiak Hub

Keld Jensen
Professor, SMARTnership Organization

Thomas (Dusty) Kotchou
Director of Production Operations, Bath & Body Works

Fernanda Kroup
Vice President, Expeditors

Sasha Koff
Founder & President, So Help Me Understand

Toby Laforest
Director, Product Marketing, Ironclad

Brooke Lanious
Sourcing & Supply Chain Sr. Manager, BDO USA

Michael Long
Principal Solution Consultant, Pactum AI

Zingha Lucien
Director, Strategic Consulting, Element Fleet Management

Phil Liu
Procurement & Supply Chain Managing Director, BDO USA

Shane McClure
Senior Sourcing Process Owner, GE Aerospace

Megan MacCallum
Associate Attorney, Benesch Law

Orlando Malone
Global Director of Contract Manufacturing & Indirect Sourcing, Zimmer Biomet

Shawn Malone
Senior Negotiations Trainer

Naseem Malik
Managing Partner, MRA Global Sourcing

Patrick Marlow
Staff Engineer, Vertex Applied AI Incubator, Google

Janice Marquardt
Founder, Passwall Solutions

Ryan McCool
Founder, McCool Leadership Development

Erin McFarlane
VP, Operations, Fairmarkit

Heran Medhin
Sr. Enterprise Solutions Engineer, Ironclad

Steve Miller, CPSM
ISM Services Business Survey Committee and Chief Procurement Officer, Integrity

Bikash Mohanty
Vice President – Solution Consulting & Product Strategy, Zycus

Emmitt Nantz
CEO, Inventory Ally

Chrissy Nemeyer, MBA, CPSM, CPSD
Director - Corporate Strategic Sourcing Department, Performance Food Group

Lara Nichols, CPSM
Head of Global Procurement, Flatiron Health

Kevin O’Leary
Star of ABC’s 'Shark Tank', Top Business Speaker, Serial Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist and Investor

Collins Oluka
Head of Global Procurement & Strategic Sourcing, Velcro

Daniela Osio
CEO and Founder, Kloopify

Pranav Padgaonker
Vice President of Supply Chain and Procurement, GEP

Rima Patel
Director, Supply Chain, CIPLA

John Perez
Senior Director, Health Care Compliance, Johnson & Johnson

Brandon Phillips
Vice President, Supply Chain, Wesco International, Inc

Ysabel Potenciano-LeBlanc
Director of Supply Chain and Vendor Management, MED-Project USA

Amanda Prochaska
Founder & Chief Wonder Officer, Wonder Services

Arthur Raguette
AVP Value Engineering, Zycus

Gina M. Raimondo
Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce and 75th Governor of Rhode Island

Karthik Ramanathan
Global Data Analytics and Procurement Manager, Google

Elizabeth Richter, CPSM, CSCP
Program Manager, Google

Erich Rifenburgh
Principal, The Negotiation Experience

Mercedes Romero
Former Chief Procurement Officer, Primo Water Corporation

Miles Rowbottom
Director, Procurement UK&I, IHG Hotels & Resorts

Katie Saha
Senior Manager of Learning and Partner Engagement, Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council

Chris Sawchuk
Principal, The Hackett Group

Mark Schenecker
VP, Direct Materials, Coupa

Ron Schnur, CPSM
SVP and Head of Procurement, Utz Brands, Inc.

Vince Schuessler
Global Vice President Client Engagement, RED Bear

Ruth Schültken Ph.D.
Endowed Chair of Procurement, University of Mannheim

Lenora Sevillian
Director of Procurement, Nova Southeastern University

Sopan Shah
Chief Procurement Officer, IHG Hotels & Resorts

Lori Sisk
Supply Chain Professor, Wayne State University

Daniel Snyder
Senior Strategic Buyer, AGC Automotive Americas

Kris Spriano
Vice President of Programs and Development, Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council

Dillon Tagle
Senior Director, Clinical Procurement, GSK

Stacey Taylor
Vice President, Procurement, Ocean Spray Cranberries

Prabhakar Thanikasalam
Senior Director, Data Science, Analytics and Supply Chain Solutions, Flex

Sheena Thomas
Founder & Principal, Lengo Strategic Partners

David Thompson
Senior Director, Procurement - Site Services, Thermo Fisher Scientific

Jonathan Todd
Partner, Benesch Law

David Verette
Vice President of Retail and Strategic Advisor, SPS Commerce

Tyler Vigen
Partner, Boston Consulting Group

Gallina Vincelette
Vice President, Operations Policy and Country Services, The World Bank

Eric Weitz
Vice President of Sales, Relish

Steven Welsh, CPSM, C.P.M.
CPO, Merative

Judith (Judy) Whipple, Ph.D.
Bowersox-Thull Endowed Professor in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Michigan State University

Heather Herndon Wright, MCA, CPSD, CPSM
Director, Supply Chain Diversity & Sustainability, Vistra Corp

Jing Yang
Vice President Procurement, Greater China & Asia Supply Chain COE, IHG Hotels & Resorts

Grace Zacharek
Independent Senior Advisor, Cognex Corporation

Susanna Zhu
SVP, Global Sourcing & Supply Chain Ops, Bath & Body Works

2025 Sponsors

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Avetta
• Coupa
• Zip
• Zycus

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Ecovadis
• Element
• Ironclad
• Ivalua
• Levelpath
• ScottMadden
• Synertrade
• Vereiforce

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• Amazon Business
• BDO
• Dun & Bradstreet
• Kodiak Hub
• Relish
• Valdera