ADVISORY & FACULTY

John Ballard
Director of Strategic Sourcing and Purchasing
The Ohio State University Medical Center

John Ballard is currently the Director of Strategic Sourcing & Purchasing for The Ohio State University Medical Center (OSUMC) in Columbus, Ohio. In this role, he is responsible for the procure-to-pay process for goods and services totaling in excess of $600M annually. He leads a senior executive team in the oversight of major supply chain initiatives to reduce supply, drug and service expenses. He has obtained his certificate as a Certified Materials and Resource Professional from the American Hospital Association. In addition, he has served as an Adjunct Professor at Wright State University where he taught the MBA Capstone course on Business Strategy. John is the President Elect for the Greater Ohio Chapter of AHRMM and is President for the Large Hospital Consortium. John has a Masters of Business Administration from DePaul University and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from Bowling Green State University.

Kelly Coxon
Director Procure to Pay
UPMC

Kelly is the Director, Procure to Pay for UPMC, one of the largest and most diverse health care delivery systems in the nation. Her responsibilities include oversight of UPMC’s Procurement Operations and Accounts Payable Division which manages all of the centralized activities for 20 hospitals and 400+ physician divisions. In this role, Kelly has guided the operational teams to automated/electronic processes, increased efficiency, and transformation to a paperless environment. Kelly has 16 years of experience in Accounts Payable and Procurement Operations at Alcoa and UPMC. Prior to joining UPMC in 2006, Kelly worked 12 years for Alcoa, where she held many positions, including 4 years as the Manager, Process Development & Improvement. Kelly earned a bachelor’s degree from Robert Morris College in Accounting, as well Associate’s Degree in Business Management.

Aaron Garmong
Manager, Advisory Services
Ernst & Young

Tom Glassanos
President
Bavelos Group

Bavelos Group founder and President, Tom Glassanos, is a recognized veteran in working capital management and payables automation. He has helped dozens of global corporations improve cash and profitability through the use of innovative payment terms and pay cycle optimization. Tom is credited with key innovations such as "Dynamic Discounting" and has been recognized by Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine as a "Pro to Know" three times. Tom's methods for driving profitability in Accounts Payable have been adopted by companies like Verizon, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Toyota, and Hertz and applied on over a trillion dollars in spend. Tom has founded and built multiple successful companies, including AP automation leader, Xign Corporation, acquired by JPMorgan Chase. He has an MBA from Harvard and two undergraduate degrees from Tufts.

June Gregg
Director, Accounts Payable
ServiceMaster Co

June Gregg is the Director of Accounts Payable for ServiceMaster. She has over 15 years of experience managing shared service processes including; procurement, accounts payable, payroll and general accounting. Prior to joining ServiceMaster, June worked as Director of Procurement Services at Harrah’s Entertainment (a recognized leader in casino industry). June is an APM (Accredited Payables Manager) – certification issued from IOMA (The Institute of Management and Administration). June has a B.B.A. with a concentration in Accounting from Delta State University.

Michael Harris
Senior Director, Finance Business Support
American Red Cross

Michael has over 25 years procure-to-pay (P2P) experience with notable achievements in accounts payable, sourcing, contracting, procurement, inventory management, warehousing & distribution, real estate management, finance, manufacturing, sales & marketing, R&D, ERP production and IT systems support. With this combination of experience, Michael has a unique business perspective which has produced a wealth of innovative end-to-end business solutions resulting in increased productivity, efficiency and quality whilst reducing cost and increasing revenue. Prior to his 9 years service with the American Red Cross, Michael worked with The Atlas Copco Group in numerous positions throughout the world including U.K., Germany, India & South Africa prior to the US.

Jessica Hill-Johnson
Director Finance Disbursements
Amgen

Jessica Hill-Johnson has been a Director of Accounting at Amgen Inc. since 2007. Prior to working at Amgen Inc. Jessica spend 10 years working as a Management Consultant for PwC and IBM helping companies implement ERP systems, process and organization redesign. Additionally, Jessica has worked at several large companies including JC Penney, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Avnet Inc. Jessica’s areas of expertise are Procure to Pay, finance and accounting. To date Jessica has led or participated in 3 SAP financial implementations and 2 PeopleSoft financial implementations as well as numerous organization transformations. Jessica has Bachelor’s degrees in Marketing and Management and an MBA.

Steve Iannarone
Procure to Pay Manager
Forsythe Technology

Steve Iannarone is currently a P2P Manager at Forsythe Technology, a leading provider of IT Storage and Security solutions. Steve is currently working on projects to transform Forsythe’s Procure to Pay processes operating on Oracle R12 as well as the implementation of Kofax/Markview solution for Forsythe’s direct and indirect spend. Steve was formerly an Independent Consultant, tasked with implementing Ariba’s Spend Management SaaS solution for three clients BP, Sears Holding Corp and Republic Services/Allied Waste. In these project management roles, Steve has lead teams through the challenges of Contract Management, Supplier Enablement and Procure to Pay. As each of these project had components that were transitional and transformational, this lead to him coin the phrase “Transformsition”. The “transformsition” is a complex project in nature and the scope is laser focused to improve the Procure to Pay process in every facet, interfacing Contract Management, Suppliers and Payments in one transparent solution, Ariba. With his past experience, Steve brings expertise in process implementation and project management in manufacturing, retail, oil and gas, logistics, distribution and information technology storage.

Eric Jones
Director Corporate Payables
Lowe's

Eric Jones is an Accounting Director for Lowe’s Companies, Inc, a Fortune® 50 company. He is a CPA in the State of North Carolina with a background in public accounting, internal audit, and accounting management. He is a former Chairman for The Institute of Financial Operations, a non-profit financial operations organization dedicated to advancement of the accounts payable, accounts receivable, purchasing, and automation professions. Eric has been with Lowe’s for over 17 years in various accounting and finance positions and has been involved in numerous system implementation, process improvement, supply chain and efficiency projects at Lowe’s. He has authored a handbook titled Travel and Entertainment: A Map to Compliance and has given numerous presentations on financial operations and financial process topics as well as being actively involved in efficiency efforts throughout his career.

Sandy L'Herault
Director Purchasing & AP
Fairview Health Services

Sandy L’Herault is the Director of Purchasing and Accounts Payable at Fairview Health Services in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She has responsibility for leading the Procure-to-Pay processes for the entire care system, which consists of 7 hospitals, including the University of Minnesota Medical Center, over 40 clinics, retail pharmacies, long-term care centers etc. Sandy has over 31+ years of Healthcare Purchasing and Accounts Payable experience. Fairview Supply Chain has been recognized nationally, by many organizations, for its leading edge processes & best practices, Employee Engagement and cost savings achievements.

David Lowe
Director of Accounting Services
Yum! Brands

Stephanie Matejka
Senior Manager Supply Chain Management
Mayo Clinic

As Senior Manager, Stephanie Matejka has oversight of business development activities within Supply Chain Management. This includes leadership responsibilities for Supply Chain Solutions, Developed by Mayo Clinic, management of over 11 million dollars of freight expense, extending education and supply chain best practices to Mayo Clinic Care Network members, the advancement of key business relationships and development of products and services to advance Health Care Supply Chain Management.

James McDonald
Director of Procurement Operations
ING

James McDonald is the Director of Procurement Operations for ING U.S. where he leads a team responsible for administering and supporting all Procurement programs and technology. James is directly responsible for developing strategies to drive compliance and optimize the effectiveness of procurement technology such as Ariba, and growing payables programs to maximize efficiencies with how ING US procures, and pays for, goods and services. James has been with ING for over 11 years and holds a BS degree in Management Information Systems from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from Georgia State University's Robinson College of Business.

Melinda McDonald

MRM Consulting

Linda Milson
Corporate Controller
Bourns

Mark Mueller
Senior Director Finance
ConAgra Foods

Mark leads the accounts payable, freight payables, sales/use tax and T&E teams. Since coming to ConAgra Foods in 2004, Mark has been a thought leader in our ongoing Purchase to Pay journey and continues to successfully execute our strategy of decommissioning multiple legacy systems through centralizing, standardizing and automating accounts payable processes within our SAP environment. Mark received his MBA from the University of Rochester, William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, Rochester, NY. Mark, also brings significant experience to the finance function obtained through 20 years’ experience in various roles of increasing responsibility. Prior to joining ConAgra Foods, Mark also worked for Eastman Kodak, Gateway Computers, and Huhtamaki Americas.

Michael Noblet
Director of Purchasing and AP Shared Services
University of Maine

Michael is the Director of AP Shared Services for the University of Maine System and the Director of Purchasing for the University of Maine. He oversees AP functions for eight business units within the system and manages the procurement function for the system’s flagship location. He was the project manager for the system’s AP Shared Services consolidation project that ran concurrently with the system’s SciQuest implementation. He has been part of two PeopleSoft and one SciQuest implementation(s) as both a team member and functional lead. Michael has been with the university for eight years and in procurement/AP roles almost 20 years. He has worked in the Higher Education, Construction, IT and Medical fields performing procurement, AP and IT functions. He received his CPM from ISM in 2004 and is a member of NAEP.

Chip Patrick
Senior Director IT Sourcing
Ally Financial

Chip has over thirteen years of Supply Chain Management experience, including materials and services contract negotiation, costing and payment models and sourcing strategy development. As a Senior Director, IT Sourcing with Ally Financial, he is accountable for sourcing in support of the International Operations, Telecom and Networking strategies. Chip previously led a team of Supply Chain professionals providing sourcing services for Enterprise Outsourcing and Professional Services at Bank of America. Chip began his career as a Navy Supply Corps Officer, serving six years in overseas and US locations, including as Contract Management Team Lead for the International Space Station, as liaison between the NASA customer and Boeing to solve complex engineering & business challenges. He holds a BS in General Engineering from the US Naval Academy and a MBA in Supply Chain Management from California State University-Hayward.

David Phillips
Partner and Innovation Provocateur
Faster Glass Consulting

David is an Innovation Provocateur who specializes in helping organizations build their innovation capabilities and solve complex problems by unleashing the ideas and imagination of their people. As a consultant, speaker, and facilitator, David pushes people to question their assumptions and stretch their thinking. Before forming Faster Glass Consulting in 2010, David developed and led programs at Bank of America focused on integrating the principles of innovation into a Six Sigma culture. He also designed and conducted over 100 solution design workshops across the enterprise and served as a subject matter expert for China Construction Bank as they built their innovation capabilities. David draws on his diversity of experience in consulting, financial services, non-profits, public accounting, public education, and the U.S. Air Force to approach problems from different perspectives and to enable others to do the same. David also enjoys being a husband, father, photographer, and musician, even as he is constantly reminded of his amateur status in all four roles.

Meredith Powers
AP Manager
Ohio State University Medical Center

Meredith Powers is the Accounts Payable Manager at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (OSUWMC) located in Columbus, Ohio. Her main focuses are AP process improvement and standardization, utilization and management of the electronic payment disbursement methods (credit card and electronic funds transfer) and 1099 reporting. Meredith completed a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Finance in 2006, and a Master’s of Business Administration 2007, both from The Williamson College of Business at Youngstown State University. Meredith received her 1099 Reporting Certification from the Institute of Financial Management (IOFM) in 2012.

Debbie Rich-Walker
Senior Manager, Financial Operations
The Home Depot

In her current role, Deborah currently oversees The Home Depot’s Accounts Payable function representing nearly $50B in payables disbursements and approximately 35 million in annual invoices. Deborah has been in this role for the past 5 years and has successful lead the AP Outsourcing effort at THD, which is considered to be one of the largest undertakings in the industry. Prior to joining THD she held various Accounting leadership positions with Cox Communications. Deborah is a Certified AP Professional (CAPP) and recently served as the elected President for the GA Chapter of the Financial Operations Institute for 4 consecutive years. Deborah holds a Bachelors Degree in Accounting from Hofstra University in Long Island NY and has recently earned an MBA from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University in Atlanta Georgia.

Gary Salek
Manager, Financial Shared Services
Snyder's Lance

Gary Salek provides leadership within the Financial Shared Services Group at Snyder’s-Lance Incorporated, a leading snack food manufacturer based in Charlotte, N.C. He holds responsibility for the following areas: Accounts Payable, Property Lease Administration, Travel & Entertainment Expense and Audit control, P-Card administration, E-Payables, Office/Mail Services, Records Management and Corporate Disbursement activity, utilizing the Oracle R12 Financial Applications and Kofax 7.0 Enterprise Content Management System. He has managed in this area for nearly two decades with operating experience both with domestic and international companies, with on and off-shore personnel. Gary has worked in Operations, Marketing, and Finance during his career strengthening his knowledge on the utilization of integrated business information. He has been involved with the implementation of three major ERP/scanning/workflow systems. Gary is very involved with advancing DPO/Working Capital initiatives and process efficiency to ensure his area of control is both strategic and profitable. Gary is a native of New Jersey and a graduate of Kean University. He is currently a member of the IFO and ARMA and the Union County N.C. Jury Commission.

Donald Sands
Director Systems Accounts Payable
Memorial Hermann

Donald G. Sands, Jr. has over 25 years of financial management experience. His professional qualifications include a BBA in Accounting, an MBA in Finance and FHFMA, CPA and CMA certifications. He has worked in the oil, engineering and healthcare industries. He has served as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Houston – Clear Lake. He is currently serving as Director Systems Accounts Payable for the Memorial Hermann Healthcare System. During his tenure, Memorial Hermann has become a leader in the area of electronic processing for all phases of the procure to pay process.

Becky Walkinshaw
Procure to Pay Manager
Ohio State University Medical Center

Becky Walkinshaw is the Procure to Pay Manager at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (OSUWMC) located in Columbus, Ohio. As the P2P manager, Becky oversees the management and streamlining of purchasing and accounts payable procedures and process improvement. Her primary focus is procure to pay automation and GS1 standards. Becky completed a B.S. Allied Health Professions-Health Sciences Management from The Ohio State University. In 2008, she received a Master’s of Labor and Human Resources from The Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University. Becky received her designation as a Certified Materials and Resource Professional (CMRP) in March 2009 and was honored by the American Hospital Association for receiving their 5000th certificate. She is currently the secretary for the Greater Ohio Chapter of AHRMM.

Al Webb
Director Integrated Services
ROi and Mercy Health

Al Webb is Director of Integrated Services for ROi (Resource Optimization & Innovation), one of the most advanced and integrated provider-owned supply chain organizations in health care. He has responsibility for purchasing and customer services for Mercy Health and ROi which consist of 31 hospitals, 1500 integrated Physicians, a central distribution center, manufacturing and 38,000 co-workers located in Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kansas. Al has 18 years of Healthcare purchasing and supply chain experience as well as purchasing, inventory management and production planning experience in the petroleum, construction and manufacturing industries. In his role, Al has effectively led in the centralization and development of procurement services and process development for purchasing, accounts payable and finance.

Larry Williams
Global Payment Services Process Owner
Procter & Gamble

Larry C. Williams has held a variety of Engineering, Project Management, Production Management, Purchasing-Procurement and Accounts Payable positions in his 34 years at Procter & Gamble. After spending 20 years at a P&G plant located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, where his last role was Plant Purchases Manager, he relocated to Cincinnati, Ohio where he spent the next 5 years as the North America Plant Capital & Expenses Purchases / Procurement Process Owner. For the past 9 years, he has held the position as Global Payment Services Process Owner and is part of a global team responsible for managing the development; implementation and ongoing operational support for all Accounts Payable solutions including new digitization initiatives to reduce paper and increase productivity. Larry holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Betsy Williams-Campbell
Accounts Payable Manager
The Paradies Shops

Betsy Williams-Campbell is the Senior Accounts Payable Manager for a 450 million dollar company called, The Paradies Shops. Betsy has been with The Paradies Shops for 6 years. In 2012 her department won a prestigious award from the Institute of Finance and Management for their Card Payables program. Betsy also was awarded the Manager of the Year Award, which is given out by The Paradies Shops for best customer service within the organization for 2012-2013. Betsy in her tenure has worked for Home Depot and Marriott in various payables functions. Betsy has professionally spoken at several other conferences on credit card programs. She has turned her AP department into a profit center.

Alex Zimmerman
Director of Supply Chain Informatics
Christus Health