Frank Messina

About Frank Messina

Procurement leader with extensive experience in the design, implementation, support, and evolution of sourcing programs for EdTech Product Management, Production, Supply Chain, Service Experience, and Intellectual Property teams serving the higher-education, skills/vocational, and K-12 markets.Experienced in negotiating agreements with global BPO and KPO services providers, parcel and transportation providers, print manufacturers, technology services providers, and product technology partners.Skilled in writing and presenting business cases, analyzing spend, and evaluating ROI related to process outsourcing, automation, and new technology implementationProficient at group facilitation and consensus building in support of technology and process transitions within a geographically dispersed corporate environment

Experience

1. Vice President Global Procurement

   Cengage

   May 2025 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

Education

• University of Pennsylvania

  BA, Russian

  1985 — 1989

Skills

• Online Publishing
• Publications
• Content Management Systems (Cms)
• Business Process Improvement
• Digital Publishing
• Visio
• Business Process Design
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Content Strategy
• Strategy Implementation
• Learning Management
• Product Management
• Content Management
• Business Process
• Business Process Re-Engineering
• Technical Writing
• Business Process Management
• Publishing
• Workshop Facilitation
• Instructional Design
• Analysis
• Cms
• Consensus Building
• Quarkxpress
• Textbooks
• Books
• Process Engineering
• Digital Asset Management
• Management
• Ebooks
• Adobe Acrobat
• Program Management
• Academic Publishing
• E-Learning
• Dtd
• Vendor Management
• Project Management
• Learning Management Systems
• Strategic Partnerships
• Xml