Career & Capabilities

Experience & expertise.

A 12+ year progression across procurement analytics, strategic sourcing, and transformation — and the tools, methods, and credentials behind the work.

Experience

A progression through analytics leadership, strategic sourcing, and procurement transformation across global organizations.

2022 — Present
Head of Indirect Procurement Analytics & AI
Applied Materials · 4+ years

Evolved a procurement analytics team across three chapters — from a reporting function, to advanced analytics, to an AI team — driving savings identification, efficiency & automation, and procurement intelligence across a global indirect procurement organization. Over four-plus years I've advanced into progressively more senior roles — from Procurement Analytics Manager, to Head of Analytics, to Head of Analytics & AI — expanding scope and leadership with each step.

Agentic AIAdvanced AnalyticsMicrosoft CopilotExecutive & CFO StrategySievo
2021 — 2022
Procurement Advisor
Advent International · Private Equity

Led transformation strategy and execution across 15+ portfolio-company procurement organizations, building a cross-portfolio program targeting $100M+ in annual savings. Partnered with PortCo CPOs and CFOs on savings and maturity assessments, and built a cross-portfolio spend cube spanning $1.5B+ in annual spend.

PE AdvisorySpend CubeSavings StrategyCPO / CFO Partnership
2018 — 2021
Head of Sourcing Analytics · Category Manager · Sr. Analyst
HERE Technologies · 3+ years

Progressed from strategic sourcing into analytics leadership, transforming global procurement data and technology practices. Built and presented a Source-to-Pay business case to the C-Suite, securing $2M+ in budget to drive $5M+ in incremental annual savings, and stood up a spend cube serving 70+ Finance and Procurement users. Exceeded category savings goals by 100%+ each year.

Source-to-PayC-Suite Business CaseStrategic SourcingAnalytics
2016 — 2018
Category Manager · Sr. Analyst — Global Procurement
Northern Trust

Developed sourcing strategies for a $200M+ global professional services and consulting category across all business units, supporting key transformation initiatives across IT, Finance, and Management Consulting, and presenting category strategy to 40+ senior bank partners.

Professional ServicesConsulting CategoryStakeholder Strategy
2013 — 2016
Financial Analyst & Procurement Specialist — Global Procurement
Ecolab

Supported two global category managers across raw-material categories in the Energy Services business unit. Supported a corporate initiative to capture $70M in savings during a down oil economy, and identified $10M+ through raw-material harmonization — earning a charter to build a 10+ person cross-functional execution team.

Financial AnalysisRaw MaterialsCross-Functional Teams

Tools & capabilities

A blend of procurement domain depth, analytics engineering, and AI fluency — built to translate data into decisions.

Analytics & Data

Power BITableauDatabricksHadoopSievoSpend CubeData Storytelling

AI & Engineering

Agentic AIClaudeClaude CodeCoworkMicrosoft CopilotData SciencePythonSQLRStatistical AnalysisAutomation

Procurement & Strategy

Strategic SourcingCategory ManagementSource-to-PaySAPAribaTransformationCFO Communication

Education

MBA
University of Chicago — BoothEntrepreneurship, Econometrics & Statistics, Business Analytics, Finance · 2022
BS
University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignConsumer Economics & Finance · 2013

Certifications & Honors

CPSM
Certified Professional in Supply ManagementInstitute for Supply Management (ISM)
Karrass Effective NegotiatingKarrass
Eagle ScoutBoy Scouts of America

Building the future of procurement intelligence.

Whether it's analytics transformation, AI strategy, or procurement leadership — I'd love to connect and compare notes.