NASPO Pulse

Part II of our conversation, Daniel Glad, (Director of the Procurement Collusion Strike Force, Department of Justice) offers captivating stories from his career in law, the second part of the Sherman…

Guest Host, Megan Smyth (Director of Legal Education and Sr. Legal Counsel at NASPO) Joins the Pulse to speak with Daniel Glad, Director of the Procurement Collusion Strike Force, Department of Justi…

In part II, Jared discusses his approach to leadership, the emergence of artificial intelligence in contracting, and Michigan's procurement code, and he plays the world-famous Key-Takeaway-Game

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In part I, Josh and Kevin talk with Jared about how his team worked to develop their 2022 winning Cronin submission, Competitive Proof of Concept Process. They discuss Michigan's procurement offices …

Kevin and Josh talk with friend of the pod, Jaime Schorr, about her new position as Chief Cooperative Procurement Officer. Jaime discusses her new role, how NASPO can be a leader in cooperative procu…

As we kick off the new year, we're excited to have a friend of the pod, Megan Smyth, join us. Megan is the new Director of Legal Education and Senior Legal Counsel at NASPO. She'll talk to us about h…

Josh and Kevin talk with Valerie Bollinger, Chief Procurement Officer, ID, in front of a LIVE audience! They discuss innovative solicitation methods, what innovation means and why it is essential; th…

Special Guest co-host and NASPO Senior Instructional Designer Samantha Gerard, talk with Kristi Sligh, Training and Development Director for South Carolina. The gang examines where South Carolina’s C…

Josh and Kevin chat about supplier management with Emily Cranfill and Holly Scott, both Procurement Content Managers. We discuss the term supplier management, the knowledge base that NASPO is providi…

Mark attended and presented at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland. He shares some of the highlights of his presentation and offers solutions for both profe…

The Pulse podcast talks with Russell Porter, a senior executive for the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC), and Dugan Petty, former NASPO and National Association of State Chief …

We talk to McCall Ginsberg, Deputy General Counsel for the Georgia Department of Administrative Services. We discuss lawyers' relationship to the procurement office, best practices to follow when wor…

Alaska's procurement office has been going through a centralization process for the past few years, so we asked Thor Vue, Chief Procurement Officer for the great State of Alaska, to discuss some of t…

We keep the fun going Live from NASPO's 2021 annual conference in Austin, TX! Dan May, Deputy Director of Operations, in the great State of Florida, walks us through rating two vendors: Wise Guys Off…

Coming to you Live from NASPO's 2021 annual conference in Austin, TX! We talk with Dan May, Deputy Director of Operations, in the great State of Florida, about their Vendor Performance Tracking (VPT)…

We welcome Josh Descoteaux, Procurement Content Manager for NASPO, and the Pulse's new cohost!

Josh and Kevin interview Brandi Ann Willard, NASPO Academic Affairs Manager, about why it's important to …

We discuss ways of implementing change in an organization. Whether it be training needs, providing staff support, or retention issues, the concept of change management draws on many different theorie…

Kelly and Andrew take us on their journey over the last few years of acquiring an eProcurement system. We'll talk about the unique Kaizen events they held with state agencies, why Kelly calls this an…

Today we're talking cybersecurity with Meredith Ward, Director of Policy & Research at the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO). We examine NASCIO and NASPO's new joint p…

We talk with Rachel Dougherty, Enterprise Contracts Counsel, who manages the Professional/Technical Contracts team for the Minnesota Office of State Procurement.  Rachel and her team partnered with t…