CEO to Discuss How Managing Global Services Spend Can Result in Significant Cost Savings with CPOs and Senior Technology Executives
Denver, Colorado; Feb. 24, 2009 – IQNavigator, the leading provider of global services procurement solutions and managed service programs, today announced that John P. Raeder, Jr., President and CEO, will be presenting his insights and testimonials into the enterprise benefits of services procurement solutions at the following key investor conferences:
Pacific Crest’s 2009 Emerging Technology Summit
When: Feb. 26, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. PT
Where: St. Regis Hotel, San Francisco
Montgomery Technology Conference 2009
When: March 10, 2009 at 4:15 p.m. PT
Where: Fairmont Miramar Hotel, Santa Monica, Calif.
Key on his agenda will be the strategic value and millions of dollars in cost savings that IQNavigator has delivered to numerous Global 2000 clients over the past 10 years. In light of the current economic downturn, services procurement represents the next great opportunity for cost savings and better supplier transparency.
As a noted speaker for outsourced services procurement solutions, Raeder has pioneered this rapidly evolving segment, developing the first comprehensive global spend management platform. His vision and execution has resulted in IQNavigator managing $5.7 billion in spend spanning 18 industry verticals across the Global 2000. Through ongoing conversations with dozens of Fortune 500 CPOs and CFOs about their management priorities and direction, Raeder has a unique view of the issues and priorities on the agenda of today’s leading-edge executives. He’s also well versed in the industry’s best-practices and management innovations required to address one of the most difficult areas of spend to manage, services.
Raeder will discuss how automating and gaining control over services procurement can lead to direct cost savings, discounts, process efficiencies and contract compliance, resulting in cost reductions of 10 to 35 percent of services spending.
About IQNavigator
IQNavigator is the leading provider of on-demand services procurement software and managed service programs. The company’s award-winning suite of integrated applications enable Global 2000 companies such as Charles Schwab, Entergy, Northrop Grumman, Schlumberger and Sony Electronics to gain control and visibility into their large and growing services procurement spending. With proven domain expertise and innovative technology solutions, IQNavigator can help clients quickly and easily turn complex services spend into a new source of value, competitive advantage, and continuous bottom-line improvement. For more information please visit www.IQNavigator.com.