Dan Gick
Leader, IT Procurement at Ciena
- Role
- Leader, IT Procurement at Ciena
- Location
- Hanover, MD, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Dan Gick
Experienced Procurement Systems, Strategic Sourcing, Contracts Negotiation, and Vendor Management professional with a demonstrated history of working to drive efficiencies and maximize value for business stakeholders. Skilled in complex product and service contract negotiation, strategic sourcing, vendor management, executive leadership engagement, team building, and development. Technical areas of expertise include SAP/Ariba Buying & Invoicing and Contract Management, Procurement Process & Change Management, Strategic Sourcing, and Enterprise Software licensing. Strong financial and administrative professional with a BS focused in Business Administration from West Virginia University.
Experience
Leader, IT Procurement
Mar 2020 — Present · Hanover, MD, US
Responsible for strategic sourcing, licensing expertise, and related best practices for all information technology categories including software, outsourcing, professional services, SaaS/IaaS/PaaS, and related products and services. Owner of strategic business relationships in IT categories including those with key providers such as Microsoft, Salesforce.com, Workday, Oracle, AWS, Wipro, Anaplan, among dozens of others.
Education
West Virginia University
BS, Business Administration
1984 — 1990
Skills
- Procurement
- Staffing Services
- Information Technology
- Crm
- Itil
- Business Process Improvement
- Purchasing
- Process Improvement
- Leadership
- Management
- Strategic Planning
- Account Management
- Talent Management
- College Recruiting
- Resource Management
- IT Procurement
- Sdlc
- Benefits Negotiation
- IT Contract Negotiation
- Peoplesoft
- Contract Negotiation
- Technical Recruiting
- Consulting
- Vendor Management
- Temporary Placement
- Contract Management
- Itil V3 Foundations Certified
- Cpa
- Negotiation
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Program Management
- Strategic Sourcing
- Business Development
- Outsourcing
- Sourcing
- Onboarding
- Project Management
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