ANDREW BARTOLINI

Andrew Bartolini is a globally recognized expert in sourcing, procurement, accounts payable, and supply management. At Ardent Partners, Andrew focuses his research and efforts on helping enterprises develop and execute strategies to achieve operational excellence within their procurement and finance departments. Andrew is also the publisher of CPO Rising, the first independent media site written for and about Chief Procurement Officers and other procurement executives.

Advisor to CPOs and leading solutions companies alike, Andrew is a sought-after presenter, having lectured and presented more than 90 times in seven different countries. Over the past five years, Andrew has benchmarked thousands of enterprises across all facets of their supply management operations and his research is currently part of the Supply Chain/Management curriculum at several US universities. He actively covers the technology marketplace and has been published or quoted in leading business publications including The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Investor’s Business Daily, and Fortune, as well as the major trade publications focused on supply management.

Andrew was most recently with the Aberdeen Group where he was Vice President & Group Director of Global Supply Management research, responsible for all associated research, services, and programs including the CPO Summit.

Prior to joining Aberdeen, Andrew developed, packaged, deployed, and used supply management solutions on behalf of enterpri