CARY, N.C., Nov. 16, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- NextLevel, SciQuest’s (Nasdaq: SQI) premier procurement community event, announced today that Lynn Britton, president and CEO of Sisters of Mercy Health System, will deliver the keynote address at NextLevel 2011.
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Now President and CEO at Sisters of Mercy, Lynn Britton has a long history with strategic procurement. Previously, Lynn served as Vice President for Resource Optimization at Sisters of Mercy, Executive Director of Materials and Resource Management for St. John’s Mercy Health Care and Director of Materials Management at Mercy Health Center.
Lynn’s keynote will take place on the opening day of the NextLevel conference, Wednesday February 9, immediately following opening remarks by Stephen Wiehe, president and CEO of SciQuest. Lynn’s presentation will focus on his vision for building strategic supply chain functions within organizations and how that vision benefited Sisters of Mercy.
“Lynn Britton is an ideal keynote for the NextLevel Conference,” said Stephen Wiehe, president and CEO of SciQuest. “As a procurement professional whose success helped propel him to CEO of one of the largest Catholic healthcare systems in the US, Lynn knows the power of thinking strategically about where and how money is spent on goods, services and supplies.”
NextLevel is an annual event for procurement professionals and thought leaders that encourages thoughtful discussion around new technologies, best practices and cutting-edge ideas. Sessions focus on helping organizations streamline processes and save money by learning how to think and act strategically about procurement and purchasing.
NextLevel 2011 will be held at La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, CA from February 8-11 and will feature world-class keynote speakers and topics ranging from peer discussions about industry standards and ROI to the future of procurement and new trends in the industry.
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NextLevel is held in conjunction with SciQuest’s annual user group meeting. User group attendees participate in sessions on basic and advanced SciQuest application training, SciQuest Best Practices and SciQuest’s unique “open mic” feature request discussion.
To find more information about NextLevel, view last year’s agenda or sign up to receive 2011 agenda updates, please see www.nextlevelannualconference.com. For more information about saving organizations money through industry-leading eProcurement solutions, please see www.sciquest.com.
About NextLevel
NextLevel is SciQuest’s premier procurement community event that brings procurement professionals, supply chain managers, innovative thinkers and visionaries together to network, collaborate and innovate. The event encourages thoughtful discussion around new technologies, best practices and cutting-edge ideas that can help organizations streamline processes and save money through strategic procurement.
Featuring world-class keynote speakers and topics ranging from peer discussions about industry standards and ROI to the future of procurement and new trends in the industry, NextLevel is a can’t miss event of the year for the entire procurement community. This conference is the perfect opportunity to learn AND socialize as you mix and mingle with old and new friends and enjoy excellent food and great conversation with like-minded industry professionals. Join industry colleagues and thought leaders to discover more efficient and cost-effective procurement strategies in a broad range of markets, including higher education, life sciences, healthcare, public sector, among other markets.
NextLevel is one powerful event where you can learn to take your organization’s procurement strategies, practices and programs to the “next level.”
About SciQuest
SciQuest provides a leading on-demand strategic procurement and supplier enablement solution that integrates customers with their suppliers to improve procurement of indirect goods and services. Our on-demand software enables organizations to realize the benefits of strategic procurement by identifying and establishing contracts with preferred suppliers, driving spend to those contracts and promoting process efficiencies through electronic transactions. Using our managed SciQuest Supplier Network, our customers do business with more than 30,000 unique suppliers and spend billions of dollars annually.
Our current target markets are higher education, life sciences, healthcare and state and local governments. We tailor our solution for each of the vertical markets we serve by offering industry-specific functionality, content and supplier connections. We serve more than 175 customers operating in 16 countries and offer our solution in five languages and 22 currencies.
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