CPO Rising Hall of Fame Ceremony: The Charter Class
CPO Rising Hall of Fame’s Charter Class of 2016
In March, 2016, Ardent Partners was pleased to induct three members into the CPO Rising Hall of Fame.
Gregg Brandyberry, Former VP of Procurement, GSK – “Fearless Technology Innovator and Adopter”
Simply put, Gregg “gets” procurement and supply management, having logged more than 40 years of executive and managerial experience across multiple industries, like automotive, manufacturing, and pharmaceuticals. He was the Global eSourcing Lead and a consultant at Takeda Pharmaceutical after serving as Senior Vice President, Market Operations for FedBid, Inc, a high volume reverse auction marketplace serving the Federal Government. Gregg also served as a Senior Advisor for A.T. Kearney Procurement and Analytic Solutions organization following a three-year stint as CEO of Wildfire Commerce. But he is perhaps best known as the former Vice President of Procurement – Global Systems and Operations for pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline, a role that he held for 10 years. Career highlights include:
- * Vice President, Procurement – Global Systems and Operations for GlaxoSmithKline
- * Instrumental in GSK winning the Charter Institute of Procurement and Supply award for “Best Use of Technology in a Procurement Organization”
- * Technology evangelist & globally recognized expert
To read more about Gregg, including his background and presentation at CPO Rising 2016, click here and here.
Tim Cook, Former CPO & Current CEO, Apple “From CPO to CEO”
Tim Cook is the CEO of Apple and serves on its Board of Directors. Before being named CEO in August 2011, Tim was Apple’s Chief Operating Officer and was responsible for all of the company’s worldwide sales and operations, including end-to-end management of Apple’s supply chain, sales activities, and service and support in all markets and countries. But the big news here is that Tim started at Apple as its CPO and rose through the executive ranks by executing classic procurement strategies (executing them extremely well). Prior to joining Apple, Tim was vice president of Corporate Materials for Compaq and was responsible for procuring and managing all of Compaq’s product inventory. Previous to his work at Compaq, Tim was the chief operating officer of the Reseller Division at Intelligent Electronics. Career highlights include:
- * Hired as Apple’s Chief Procurement Officer
- * Promoted to COO
- * Succeeded Steve Jobs as Apple CEO in August, 2011
- * “Tim Cook came out of procurement which is just the right background for what we needed and I strongly recommend that we execute our succession plan and name Tim Cook as CEO of Apple.” – Steve Jobs
To read more about Tim, including his background and work in the procurement industry, click here and here.
Harold “Hal” Good, Former CPO, Public Sector “Doing Well by Doing Good”
Hal is an accomplished professional with over 30 years of CPO level experience in procurement and contracting. He is a past national president of the Airport Purchasing Group and the National Procurement Institute, and was a founding member and past president of the California Chapter of the National Institute of Government Purchasing. He is a frequent presenter at industry events and is a well-regarded procurement expert. Career highlights include:
- * Past president of National Procurement Institute
- * Founding member/president of National Institute of Government Purchasing (California chapter)
- * Past national president of Airport Purchasing Group
Post-CPO Legacy continues
- * The most-followed twitter user in procurement
- * An IBM “futurist”
- * Founder of Procurement Pros LinkedIn Group
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