Meet the speakers: Prudence Jacobson, CPO & Partner at IBM
Name: Prudence Jacobson
Company: IBM
Position: CPO
Year joined: 2021
Attending Procurement & Supply Chain LIVE: 27th April
Who is Prudence Jacobson, CPO at IT company IBM?
As an Associate Partner at IBM, Jacobson provides client facing services to support transformation in supply chain and procurement. Prior to this, she spent a decade at Global Platinum Consulting, as a Principal Consultant.
Jacobson has studied extensively. At NSW University, she studied Law; at Sydney College of Law, she undertook a Diploma of Legal Practice; and at Macquarie Graduate School of Management she graduated in Strategic Management.
Outside of IBM, Jacobson is interested in civil rights and social action, as well as poverty alleviation.
At Procurement & Supply Chain LIVE, she will be discussing Risk & Resilience: the Convergence of Procurement and Supply Chain.
Who is IBM?
Founded in 1911, IBM is a technology company, headquartered Armonk, New York, USA.
Back in the 1920’s the company was known for its punch cards, which helped businesses gather data. IBM - with its vast network of technologists, developers, and engineers - provides customers with ways to work better through technology and infrastructure, software and consulting.
About Procurement & Supply Chain LIVE: The Risk & Resilience Conference
This year, sister publications Procurement Magazine and Supply Chain Digital are heading back to the Tobacco Dock (London, UK) to host Procurement & Supply Chain LIVE: The Risk & Resilience Conference.
The two-day hybrid event will be held on the 27th and 28th of April 2022, in-person and broadcast live via our fully interactive virtual platform.
To attend in-person or virtually for Procurement & Supply Chain LIVE: Risk & Resilience, click here.
Across these two unmissable days, the agenda will include seven core themes:
- Supply Chain Risk & Resilience
- Digital Procurement
- Transformation
- Supply Chain Sustainability
- The Global Logistic Forum
- Supplier & Contract Management
- Digital Ecosystems
To explore the full agenda for Procurement & Supply Chain LIVE: Risk & Resilience, click here.
- Why ISG Provider Lens say GEP is a Global Procurement LeaderTechnology & AI
- How General Mills Will use its Value Chain to cut EmissionsSustainable Sourcing
- JAGGAER and BearingPoint Shape Dumarey Group's DigitisationProcurement Strategy
- Evolving Business Needs & Technologies Reshaping ProcurementProcurement Strategy
