-- Peter Connelly, CPO, Leggett & Platt
-- Greg Tennyson, CPO, Salesforce.com
-- Jim Polak, CPO, PPG Industries
-- Kirk Eberhart, Global Director of Supply Chain, TMK-IPSCO
-- Farley Blackman, Vice President, Indirect Procurement & Six Sigma, BP
-- Ken Syme, CPO, Xerox
-- Jacques Beaussart, CPO, National City
-- Scott Singer, CPO, Rio Tinto.
-- Russell Toney, GM, Sourcing, GE Energy
-- Olivier Dumas, SVP & CPO, EADS Defense and Security
"As a past attendee and long-time reader of Aberdeen research, I can attest
that the CPO Summit is that rare event designed specifically for global
leaders in procurement," states Scott Singer, Global Head of Procurement at
Rio Tinto who will travel 7,077 miles from Brisbane, Australia to attend
the Summit.
As in years past, the CPO Summit will leverage Aberdeen's leading global
supply management research and offer compelling best practice presentations
from prominent procurement leaders. "I am really delighted to be able to
attend such a high-profile event designed for CPOs and to have the
opportunity to benchmark with colleagues coming from all countries and
various industries. The Summit promises to be very fruitful and a fantastic
place to learn and network," notes Olivier Dumas, Senior Vice President &
Chief Procurement Officer EADS Defense & Security, who will travel 5,849
miles from Unterschleissheim, Germany to attend the Summit.
Aberdeen has partnered with leading publications, "Supply & Demand Chain
Executive" and "CPO Agenda" to provide a meeting place for global supply
management executives as well as chief operating officers, and VPs of
procurement, supply chain, finance, and manufacturing. "Aberdeen's CPO
Summit is an excellent venue to knowledge-share concepts and ideas with
Best-in-Class organizations under the oversight of an industry
thought-leader," said Greg Tennyson, Vice President, Procurement/Sourcing
at Salesforce.com, located in downtown San Francisco who will travel less
than 1 mile to attend the Summit.
This year's CPO Summit is underwritten by the following sponsors who will
be in attendance:
-- Softtek
-- American Express
-- Apex Analytix
-- SAP
-- GT Nexus
-- Visa Commercial
-- Genpact
-- Bank of Montreal Financial Group
-- ICG Commerce
-- Infosys
For registration and additional CPO Summit information, please visit:
http://www.aberdeen.com/events/live/CPO08
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