Lyle Dixon-Smith

Senior Vice President, Business Development
IBISWorld, Inc.

In his role as Senior Vice President of Business Development, Lyle works with procurement organizations of all sizes and maturity levels, primarily in the United States & Canada, but has also been fortunate enough to work with procurement in the UK and Africa. He was instrumental during the startup and creation of IBISWorld’s Procurement Research Division and, like you, is happy to sit and talk about procurement’s challenges and find creative ways to be more efficient. He serves as a member of IBISWorld’s executive management team and overseas business development as well as manages the company’s partnerships with major organizations. Lyle joined IBISWorld in London back in 2010 and has held various management positions at many of their offices around the world.

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Day 2: Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Tuesday, May 9th, 2017

16:25 Sangria Roundtable Discussions

During your busy day of active listening, keynotes and networking, this is your chance to take control of your event experience. Sangria will help get the conversations flowing as you discuss niche topics in a small group setting facilitated by a subject matter expert.

TABLE 1: 2016: The Year of the Chief Spend Officer, The Evolution of the CPO
Hosted by: Gabe Perez, VP, Strategy & Market Development, Coupa Software

TABLE 2: Topic TBD
Hosted by: Sara Tyre, Senior Vice President, Vendor Manager, Bank of America

TABLE 3: Actionable BI Analytics for Managing the Global Workforce
Hosted by: Ted Sergott, SVP Product Development, PRO Unlimited

TABLE 4: The Rise of the Freelancer Management System
Hosted by: Erik Manuevo, VP of Services, Upwork

TABLE 5: Procurement Outside the Box: How CACI Goes Beyond Savings To Leverage the True Value of P2P
Hosted by: Corey Roberts, Project Director, CACI

TABLE 6: Uncover Real Savings from Ongoing Operations to Support Revenue Growth
Hosted by: Dan Ashton, Director, Product Marketing, Rimini Street

TABLE 7: Warehouse and Plant Management
Hosted by: Joseph Teesdale, Global Procurement Manager - Indirect Spend, Cisco

TABLE 8: MRO
Hosted by: Tim Childress, Sr. Manager Procurement, RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company

TABLE 9: What’s New in Supplier Scorecarding and Benchmarking?
Hosted by: David Rodriguez, Senior Procurement Manager- HR & Professional Services, BD

TABLE 10: Using Market Analysis To Become More Strategic
Hosted by: Lyle Dixon-Smith, Senior Vice President, Business Development, IBISWorld

TABLE 11: Category Management Imperatives to Take Your Organization to the Next Level
Hosted by: Alpar Kamber, Managing Partner, Denali