RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., April 17, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- JAGGAER, the world’s largest independent spend management company, has announced a dynamic speaker line-up for its annual event, REV2018, designed to fulfill the promise of “Educate, Innovate, and Accelerate.”
The can’t-miss procurement event of the season for JAGGAER customers, suppliers, procurement leaders, and partners will be held April 24TH –26TH, 2018 at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas.
JAGGAER CEO Robert Bonavito will deliver the opening keynote addressing the themes of active customer engagement, listening and innovation. Stephen J. Dubner, author of the Freakonomics series, will provide the signature keynote.
Additional speakers include Deborah Stanton, Executive Managing Director, CAPS Research, and Senior Marketing Programs Manager, Institute for Supply Management (ISM); Sandy Hicks, Associate Vice President and CPO, University of Colorado; Walter Charles, Chief Procurement Officer, BioGen; Terence McMilon, Director Operations-Finance, Ardent Mills; Lori Hale, Senior Analyst, Wendy’s Quality Supply Chain Cooperative (QSCC); Nichol Luoma, Associate Vice President, Arizona State University; Ian Robbins, Senior Consultant, E&I Consulting Group; Jennifer Ulrich, Associate Director and the Procurement Transformation Practice Lead, SourceOne Management Services; Jim Knight, President and Founder, Stonebridge Ventures; Amy Fong, The Hackett Group; Eric Richmond, Director ERP, Modine Manufacturing Company; Jennifer Gloria, Program Manager, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Guru Mohan, Global Procurement Director, Mentor Graphics– A Siemens Business; Wendi Nelson, Manager of Procurement, SBP Discovery Institute; Jenn Glassmann, Direct Supply Chain, University of California – San Diego; Paul Rennerfeldt, VP, Commerce Bank; Christine Kimball, Director of Strategic Procurement, Five Colleges of Ohio, Inc.; Michelle Lax, Senior Project Manager, Vulcan Materials Company; Brian Pellowski and Tyrone Coston, Management of Supply Chain Operations, Sutter Health; Lisa Deal, Assistant Vice President and CPO, University of Florida; Jens Brown, Sr. Director, Huron Consulting Group: Tom Moore, Director, COE, W.W. Grainger, Inc.; Chris Webb, Sr. Manager, CDW-G; Dan Kloes, eCommerce Solutions Manager, W.W. Grainger, Inc.; Alpar Kamber, Executive Vice President of WNS Denali; Jimmy LeFever, Director Research, Paystream Advisors, and Andrew Bartolini, Managing Partner, Ardent Partners.
“We’re thrilled to have gathered such a wide range of speakers, representing multiple industries, organizations and viewpoints to explore the future of procurement,” said Robert Bonavito. “As much as we are here to present ideas, we are also here to listen. The only way to catalyze innovation is through understanding your customer’s need, and marrying those learnings with true market analysis.”
REV 2018 sponsors: ISM, PunchOut2Go, Grainger, Huron Consulting, E&I Consulting, IKA Works, SourceOne, Supplier Solutions, Shamrock Solutions, Lowe’s Pro Services, Greenwing Technology, nProdigy and RiseNow.
For more information, to download the preliminary agenda, or to register for REV2018, please visit https://www.jaggaer.com/rev/.
About JAGGAER: Global Indirect and Direct Spend Management Solutions
JAGGAER is the world’s largest independent spend management company, with over 1,900 customers connected to a network of 3.7 million suppliers in 70 countries, served by offices located in North America, Latin America, throughout Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia, Asia, and the Middle East. JAGGAER offers complete SaaS-based indirect and direct eProcurement solutions with advanced spend analytics, complex sourcing, supplier management, contract lifecycle management, savings tracking, and intelligent workflow capabilities. We have pioneered spend solutions for over two decades and continue to lead the innovation curve by listening to customers and analyzing the market. Our solutions suites are trusted by the world’s largest education, manufacturing, health care, retail, consumer package goods, logistics, construction, utilities companies and public service organizations. Additionally, JAGGAER holds 38 patents–more than any other spend management company. www.JAGGAER.com
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