Norm Lippay

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About Norm Lippay

Experienced senior leader with expertise in small organizations, start-up business units, and Fortune 500 companies. Highly skilled in varied facets of information technology and its application to improving communication and fiscal control within organizations. Proven track record of building a team, improving processes, reducing operating costs and maximizing return on investment on technology assets. Diverse experience in vendor and financial management, procurement, and vendor / contract negotiations for both domestic and international operations.SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS•Core team member responsible for developing, promoting to senior management, and implementation of a vendor and contract management program that resulted in significant hard dollar cost savings through leveraging vendor relationships, strategic planning, and vendor spend analysis and management. •Manage acquisition process to properly integrate IT contracts and services from acquired companies into Humana system.•Liaison between business leaders and IT leaders to quantify requirements and facilitate proper sourcing•Experienced in negotiating national and international contracts in the areas of computer hardware, software, leasing, and services for a global information technology department with an annual spend of $84 million.•Established service level requirements and negotiation standards for leasing, commodity purchasing, software licensing, and outsourcing.•Created a Technology Procurement, Supply Chain and Asset Management department through consolidating 3 separate departments and processes into 1 strategic process and team.•Experienced people manager in both local and remote settings.•Proven record of reducing costs through competitive bids, contracting, and vendor management.•Sponsor and Core team member on project team responsible for transforming from a paper to digital workplace.