Visionaries in the industry share their point of view on rebuilding procurement for the age of AI.
Alex Yakubovich and Stan Garber are the co-founders of Levelpath, where Alex serves as CEO and Stan as President. They have spent more than a decade building procurement technology and working alongside the teams that use it.
Tamra Pawloski is the Managing Director, Procurement Strategy at American Airlines. With more than 30 years of Procurement experience, she co-leads the procurement transformation initiative alongside the chief procurement officer (CPO), Dan Bartel, to enhance process excellence and digitization. She provides direction to a team of procurement excellence professionals focused on advancing enterprise procurement standards and supplier sustainability. She also oversees the professional services category team, ensuring consistent strategy execution and supplier quality across the spend portfolio.
Mitzi Campbell is a procurement and supply chain executive with more than 33 years of combined industry and consulting experience across global industrial, manufacturing, and consumer products businesses. She joined International Paper in November 2024 as Chief Procurement Officer, where she leads enterprise procurement, strategic sourcing, and corporate real estate for one of the world’s largest paper and packaging companies. She previously served as Chief Procurement Officer at Diversey and held senior advisory roles at A.T. Kearney, Accenture, PwC, and Alvarez and Marsal, partnering with C suite leaders at Fortune 500 companies on run rate savings and category transformation across direct and indirect spend. A Gallup CliftonStrengths certified coach, she pairs analytical rigor in category strategy and supplier management with a coaching approach that builds high performing teams.
Tim Major, VP Procurement & Finance Innovation has been with Zendesk for 8 years and previously worked at companies such as Twitter, LinkedIn and Pfizer. During Tim’s 20+ years in the finance operations sector, he has gained extensive experience across many sectors as well as both public and private companies. Whether in his operational, project or leadership roles he has gained valuable expertise in adding value to the business, driving change and leading high-performing teams.
