Alsbridge CEO, Chip Wagner Elected To The Panel Of Leading Sourcing Advisors At HfS Blueprint Sessions 3.0

Alsbridge Inc., CEO, Chip Wagner has been elected to the HfS All-Star Advisors Panel, a board of leading sourcing advisors, to discuss the future roadmap for services and sourcing industry, announced Alsbridge, the award winning benchmarking, sourcing and transformation advisory firm. The HfS Blueprint Sessions 3.0, a three day event bringing together the top influencers in global business services, will be held in New York at the Union Square Hotel, December 2-4, 2013. Senior executives from Fortune 1000 companies responsible for designing and executing global strategic initiatives, including global sourcing, technology platforms and shared services will benefit from participating in the event.

The All Star Advisors Panel, who will take to the floor on December 4, 10:15 AM – 11:30 AM at HfS Blueprint Sessions 3.0, to discuss and debate the challenges, complexities and potential value of global sourcing industry. The session will feature the viewpoints of some of the most eminent sourcing advisors, including:

1. Chip Wagner, Chief Executive Officer, Alsbridge

2. Cliff Justice, Partner and U.S. Leader, Shared Services and Outsourcing Advisory, KPMG LLP

3. David Whitmore, Vice Chairman and President, ISG Americas, ISG

4. Akiba Stern, Partner, Loeb & Loeb

5. Tom Schramm, Principal - Advisory Practice - Performance Improvement, Ernst & Young

6. Derek Sappenfield, Director, Shared Services and Outsourcing Advisory, PwC

7. Doug Plotkin, Director, Outsourcing Advisory Services, Deloitte

8. Peter A. Allen, Managing Director, Business Consulting, Alvarez & Marsal

“This panel discussion is an ideal forum for working through challenges and sharing insights and best practices within the global sourcing industry,” says Wagner. “I am delighted to represent Alsbridge among such an accomplished group of panelists at HfS Blueprint Sessions 3.0.”

About Alsbridge Inc.

Alsbridge is a global consulting firm that helps companies transform and optimize the way they purchase, manage and leverage technology and business processes.   We have over 200 team members on 3 continents serving over 200 clients a year including more than 40% of the Fortune 500.  Alsbridge has helped hundreds of companies reduce costs and get more value from their vendors.  Our experienced consultants leverage proprietary tools and information databases to identify and engage the optimal vendors for your situation, negotiate best practice terms at fair market prices, and improve the way you work with your service providers.  Alsbridge clients utilize the most cost effective and value added sources globally for IT infrastructure services, network carrier services, hardware and software, application support and development, business processes and cloud services.

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