With 24 years in the industry and 14 years leading the charge at Ardent Partners, Andrew Bartolini is a globally-recognized expert in sourcing, procurement, supply management, and accounts payable.
As the Chief Research Officer at Ardent Partners, Andrew oversees all research and client programs including the annual State of the Market and Metrics that Matter eBook Series’, Technology Advisor Reports, Ardent’s monthly webinar series, as well as its in-person and virtual CPO Rising Summits.
Andrew is also the publisher of CPO Rising, the news and research site for Chief Procurement Officers and other procurement leaders (www.cporising.com) and the host of the industry’s exciting podcast, Procurement Rising.
Advisor to corporate executives and leading solution providers alike, Andrew is a sought-after presenter, having lectured and presented more than 575 times in nine different countries. Over the past decade, Andrew has benchmarked thousands of enterprises across all facets of their sourcing, procurement, supply management, and accounts payable operations and his research has been part of the Supply Chain Management curriculum at several US universities.
He actively covers the technology marketplace as well as trends in sourcing, procurement, supply management, and accounts payable and has been published or quoted in leading business publications including The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Investor’s Business Daily, Forbes, and Fortune, as well as the major trade publications focused on accounts payable and supply management.
Prior to becoming an industry analyst, Andrew developed, packaged, deployed, and used supply management solutions on behalf of enterprises in the Global 2000 while working for several prominent spend management solution providers. Additionally, his experience in strategic sourcing (where he managed sourcing projects totaling more than $500 million in aggregate client spend), business process transformation, and software implementation provides a “real-world” context for his research and writing).
Andrew’s post-MBA work started in management consulting and investment banking where he structured, managed, and advised on large capital market transactions. Andrew began his professional career running a homeless family shelter in Los Angeles. He welcomes your comments and briefing requests here
Andrew is also the co-author of the The 2023 ePayables Technology Advisor, which analyzes and assesses the primary ePayables solution providers in the marketplace today and is designed to serve as a resource in 2021 for AP organizations seeking to automate and transform their invoice and payment processes.
He has been named a “Pro to Know” by Supply and Demand Chain Executive multiple times and holds a B.A. in Economics from The College of the Holy Cross and an M.B.A in Finance from Indiana University.
Contributors
John Yuva, Ardent’s Research Director is a major site contributor.
Christopher J. Dwyer is SVP of Research at Ardent Partners and Managing Director of The Future of Work Exchange, leading websites focused on the future of work and supply management. Chris is a regular contributor to Payables Place and CPO Rising.