Howard Richman is a global procurement executive and now Managing Member
of his consultancy, Levelfield Enterprises, LLC, which specializes in leading transformations of global procurement organizations, sourcing of indirect spend, risk management for hedging commodities, and an advocate for supplier diversity. He has spent 40+ years in finance and procurement roles for six major multinational corporations in the chemicals, defense, packaged goods, pharmaceutical, and soft ware industries, as well as consulted for biopharma, manufacturing, healthcare, private equity, and hospitality fi rms on their strategic sourcing and procurement operations activities. Howard led his team at Citrix Systems, Inc. in winning the 2017 Procurement Leaders World Procurement Award for Cross-Functional Transformation. His degrees include an MBA in Finance from Columbia Business School, along with undergraduate and graduate degrees in Economic Geography from Clark University and Columbia University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences.