Romain Libeau is a founder of Pivot, a procurement software company. The posts describe Pivot’s work on AI-native procurement software and focus on how data, system architecture, and implementation costs affect the value of procurement technology.
James Henderson writes and speaks about business processes, process intelligence, procurement, and supply chain operations, with a focus on using data and AI to improve decisions and resilience.
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Michael Taylor writes about using AI and data analysis to find payment errors, recover value, and improve contract compliance in procurement and finance.
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James Meads works in procurement technology, researching and evaluating procurement software. His public posts discuss procurement-tech go-to-market strategy, vendor positioning and sales, and how procurement teams can use AI.
Oliver Hurrey brings companies, suppliers and sustainability practitioners together to make supply-chain decarbonization more practical, with a focus on Scope 3 emissions and procurement.
Mark Coulson writes about practical procurement: negotiating supplier deals, managing spend categories, improving visibility of procurement in business decisions, and applying human judgment to AI-generated work.
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Ali Oztan works on Procurable AI, a product for helping procurement teams model costs, assess supplier price increases and negotiate. Oztan’s posts also discuss how cost decisions made during product design can affect manufacturing costs later.
Alessio Tresanti writes and speaks about procurement technology, especially how autonomous systems could handle routine purchasing and give procurement teams more time for strategic work.
Arie Barendrecht works at Omnea, where Barendrecht focuses on go-to-market growth in procurement software. His posts discuss procurement buyers, the business impact of managing supplier spend, and building Omnea’s US go-to-market team.
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Gerry Abbey shares analysis and event information about electronics-component supply risks, procurement resilience, and market trends, including memory lead times and supplier vulnerabilities.
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Rebecca Martins leads marketing work at SpendHound, sharing practical perspectives on software-spend benchmarks and how finance, procurement, and IT teams can assess AI costs and value.
Sarah Toomey leads procurement within Levelpath’s finance team. Toomey has built and run procurement functions at technology companies and writes about procurement processes, AI automation, and supplier relationships.
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Peter Tull is an independent procurement and supply-chain consultant who works on sustainable procurement, sustainability reporting, supplier value chains, and procurement leadership. His posts describe advisory and training work, as well as interim procurement leadership.
Sameer Syed is Zip’s chief accounting officer, sharing how the company applies AI to accounting and finance workflows, including month-end close, accruals, and procurement.
David Campbell writes about Tropic’s shift toward AI-powered procurement software, including procurement agents designed to automate purchasing and spend-management tasks.
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Ronald van Loon publishes commentary on enterprise AI and emerging technology, explaining how tools such as procurement AI, industrial AI and robotics could affect business operations. His posts include interviews with industry leaders and practical questions for technology and business teams.