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In This Issue
New Fees
Mixer
Technology Trends
Negotiation
THE SOURCE ISM San Fernando Valley Newsletter October 2015
“History will be kind
to me for I intend to
write it. “
-Winston Churchill
November Networking
Mixer !
Join ISM-SFV for Networking
Food, and Fun! Bring a Friend!
November 11, 2016
@ The Odyssey Restaurant
New Membership Fee Options coming in January 2016.
The ISM-SFV is working to make membership fit your lifestyle and
budget. Watch for the new membership fee options in January 2016
Help your Affiliate!
ISM National is rolling out Affiliate Sup-
port Services to benefit ISM affiliates. For
the month of October ISM National will
send ISM-SFV a $50 rebate for each new
member that joins our affiliate and $150 for any ISM-SFV members
who take ISM seminars. Use Code MBR 563 when signing up. Re-
bates will be used to support ongoing Dinner meetings, Supplier
nights, Educational programs and special events.
Moving Into the Cloud - Trends in Technology Contracting
Major trends in the Information Technology marketplace have
made procurement’s job much more challenging This 90 mi-nute webinar is for Procurement and Contracting Profession-als who are responsible for the contracting of Information
Technology products and services. This webinar explains re-cent IT market trends and provides an in-depth discussion of
risks and challenges related to Service Oriented Architecture
(SOA) called “the Cloud”.
Key focus areas of the presentation include:
1. 5 Major Trends in Information Technology Delivery
2. Sustainable Revenue – A Key Pricing Trends for Software
3. Surprising Pricing Trends for Hardware
4. Major Risks in Buying Everything-as-a-Service (XaaS)
5. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)
6. Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)
7. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
8. Business-Process-as-a-Service (BPaS)
9. Key Contract Templates to Help Your IT Contracting
10. Clause Examples to Mitigate Risk
Register Now
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.Mark Trowbridge, CPSM,
C.P.M, MCIPS has worked in procurement leadership roles for
nearly 30 years. His corporate career began as a Buyer for the
third-largest global builder of pleasure yachts and continued
with roles at Delta Airlines, the world’s largest airline and then
through a series of financial ser-
vices enterprises. His final cor-porate position led three-
quarters of strategic sourcing and all contracts management
for Bank of America. During his final two years with that compa-
ny, Mark’s areas of responsibility generated more than a Quarter
Billion Dollars in cost benefits for the enterprise’s global opera-
tions.
Upcoming
Events
Negotiator Challenge—Two day event
November Mixer
Members Mini Conference
Merle Roberts in Spring 2016
"Moving Into the Cloud" Presented By
Mark Trowbridge CPSM, C.P.M.,
MCIPS
The Negotiator Challenge™ (Advanced Procurement
Negotiations)
Speaker: Mark Trowbridge, CPSM, C.P.M., MCIPS
When: Wednesday and Thursday,
October 14 and 15 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
How Strong are your Negotiation Skills? This two day workshop experience provides in-struction in negotiation strategies and techniques. Then participants get to test their skills each day in an intense multi-hour team role-playing events which addresses TCO elements, supplier perfor-mance issues, and factors unknown to your opponents! If already an experienced negotiator, this masterclass will test your abilities in a challenging environment. And for those still progressing, the event teaches and illustrates innovative techniques in a fun manner. CPOs and Procurement Direc-tors should send all their sourcing, category, and contract professionals to this event. And they should attend themselves to enjoy the challenge! Each participant receives a 150+ page printed training manual.
Who should attend? Procurement and Contracting professionals from both Private & Gov-ernment sectors who seek to improve their negotiation skills.
Mark Trowbridge, CPSM, C.P.M., MCIPS has held corporate pro-curement roles with Catalina Yachts, Delta Airlines, Security Pacific Bank, and Bank America (in the last position he had responsibility for most of the enterprise wide Strategic Sourcing and Contracts Man-agement and his areas of responsibility contributed a Quarter Billion in cost reductions.) Throughout the last 15 years in the consulting arena, Mr. Trowbridge’s firm, Strategic Procurement Solutions, LLC has assisted corporate and governmental clients in capturing hun-dreds of million dollars in benefits. He is a noted trainer, having trained company and conference audiences throughout North Ameri-ca, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Mark has been a featured
author for many publications, including Supply Chain Management Review Journal™, Inside Sup-ply Management™, eSide Supply Management™, and Supply Management eZine™. Mark also fre-quently writes articles for the firm’s Best Practices in Supply Management Journal™ which is now distributed to more than 13,000 supply chain professionals. His is among LinkedIn’s Top 1% most-viewed profiles.
Registration & Fees: $ 395 for ISM members; $ 495 for non-member; $ 595 for seminar ‘and’ a one year
membership in ISM-San Fernando Valley. (includes workbook, continental breakfast, lunch, snacks, and
beverage service and (14 Continuing Education Hours) .
If you are not a member, now is a good time to join – See special offer above, membership and seminar pack-age. Comparable seminars cost over $1,695.
To register, or for questions, contact Carol Street, CPSM, C.P.M. at [email protected] or 818-715-2574
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Unemployed?
Are you unable to con-
tinue your membership
because your dues are
up for renewal and you
are unemployed? ISM-
SFV along with ISM
has a program in which
your Dues could be
waived for up to 1 year.
If you find yourself in
this situation; please
contact
Alan Mann at
818-993-0995 or
Membership
ISM-SFV provides additional benefits, plus savings to each of our members. Like sev-
eral other very successful ISM affiliates, ISM-SFV membership is $315 the first year
and $295 renewal each year after the first year.
All this and more when you’re a member of the Institute of Supply Management –
San Fernando Valley (an ISM affiliate). You can direct any questions you have to
Lupe Viramontes: [email protected]
Congratulations to Sepi Karnadish ! ISM-SFV’s newest VP of Programs. Welcome to the Board of Directors.
Please note that we will not have a Dinner meeting in
December.
Aspire to Achieve with ISM-SFV!
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Twitter: @ISM_SFV
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For more info go to;
www.ismsfv.org
Contact us
ISM San Fernando Valley, Inc
PO Box 4365
West Hills, CA 91308-4365
Phone: 818-993-0995
Home Page: www.ismsfv.org
E-mail: [email protected]
Newsletter Design: K. Toney
Vol. 2 Issue 10
Board Member Openings
Director-At-Large
Supplier Night Chair
Committee Volunteers
We could always use volunteers to
help with Marketing, Programs,
Membership, Education and any
special events that we might plan.
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