ProcureCon Direct 2018 | Worldwide Business Research (WBR) | 21 August 2018 | Rancho Bernardo Inn, 17550 Bernardo Oaks Dr, San Diego, CA 92128, US

ProcureCon Direct is the only senior-level conference solely dedicated to the unique challenges facing direct sourcing and procurement. Building upon the successful 17 year history of ProcureCon conferences, ProcureCon Direct is customized for those handling commodities, components and raw materials.

2018 Speakers:

Jackie Sturm
Corporate Vice President/General Manager Global Supply Management Intel Corporation

Richard Crane
SVP Commodity Management, Philips Healthcare

Shawn Malone
Vice President Sourcing, GE Appliances

Rob Hubbard
Chief Procurement Officer, HB Fuller

Jim O’Rourke
Chief Procurement Officer, Conagra Foods

David Schultz
Chief Procurement Officer, ConMed

Dave Hokens
Director Of Procurement and Innovation, Ready Pac Foods, Inc.

Heads of Direct:

Ted Olshefski
Senior Manager of Direct Procurement- Strategic Sourcing, Panasonic USA

Andy Weisel
Vice President, Direct Procurement and Center of Excellence (COE), Glanbia

Brent Perekoppi
Director, Global Strategic Sourcing (Direct), Herbalife Ltd

Leading Practitioners:

John Ruebush
Senior Director Sustainable Procurement, Johnson & Johnson

Cheryl Grant
Strategic Sourcing Manager, ViaSat Inc.

George Rodriguez
Vice President Sourcing, Production, Quality, Ariat International

Michel Mestrinelli
Director of Global Strategic Sourcing, Chemicals And Resins, Whirlpool

Mike Brown
Senior Value Added Ingredients Sourcing Manager, Land O' Lakes Inc.

Mark Tschopp
Purchasing Manager, Direct Materials, Gerdau

Bill Dickerson
Procurement Manager – Direct Materials & CapEx, Gerdau

Brad Daggett
Global Procurement Manager, Bray International Inc.

Bryan Geha
Global Sourcing Manager, First Solar

Robert Burns
Director, Enterprise Procurement Solutions, General Dynamics

Preethi Kasthuri
Director, Global Procurement, BD

Kyla Maloney
Offering Manager, Compare & Comply, IBM Watson

Karen Blackwell
Former Manager Supplier Diversity and Development, North America Procurement, Nestle

Stephen Hill
Senior Procurement Specialist, Solar Turbines

Juan Carlos Fernandez De Castro Camacho
Director, WW Procurement R&D, BD

Allison Lin
Global Director - Packaging Procurement, Closures and Labels, Global Sustainable Procurement, The Coca-Cola Company

Industry Expert:

Julienne B. Ryan
Coach / Trainer, J Ryan Partners

Jack Shaw
Executive Director, American Blockchain Council

Michael Shaw
Chief Executive Officer & Executive Board Member, American Council of Sourcing and Procurement Executives ( ACSPE)

Phil Ideson
Host, The Art of Procurement

Joel Sutherland
Professor of Practice, Supply Chain Management & Director, Reshoring Institute, University of San Diego School of Business

Tom Kieley
CEO and Co-founder, SourceDay

Paul Noel
Chief Customer Officer, Ivalua

Greg Anderson
Vice President, Manufacturing, Ivalua

David Vallejo
Senior Director, Business Networks, SAP Ariba

Bindiya Vakil
CEO, Resilinc

David F Cash
Executive Director, 360 Quality of Life Solutions

Mark Baxa
President & CEO, FerniaCreek (former Global Procurement Center of Excellence Lead, Monsanto Company)

Tobias Larsson
Vice President, Customer Solutions & Innovation, DHL Resilience360

Christopher Gopal
Executive in Residence, Rady School of Management, UCSD

Ted Brennan
Managing Director, Deloitte Consulting LLP

Long Ngyuen
Senior Manager, Business Transformation, Deloitte

2018 Sponsors

• C2FO
• Deloitte
• DHL
• IBM Watson
• IHG
• Ivalua
• Jaggaer
• Resilinc
• Riskmethods
• SAP Ariba
• Scout RFP
• Sievo
• SourceDay

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• Buyers Meeting Point
• CIO Review
• ISM - Arizona, Inc.
• My Purchasing Center
• Supply & Demand Chain Executive
• Supply Chain Brain
• Supply Chain Digital
• Supply Chain World
• The Paypers