Fractional CPO · Fractional CSCO · AUSTIN, TX

The operating seat for procurement and supply chain. Not a deck. Not a consulting engagement.

I'm a part-time procurement and supply chain executive for technology companies between $25M and $250M in revenue. I run the function, I don't just advise on it. Inside 90 days I cut 8–15% from what you spend on vendors, software, and services, then hand it off to your permanent hire.

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VIEW TRACK RECORD

Savings delivered

Spend under management

DPO improvement

YoY supplier performance lift

Named Fortune-class clients

$400M+

Supply chain savings delivered

$750M+

Spend under management

30%+

DPO improvement during Ch. 11

40%

YoY supplier performance lift

Who I Work With

Where I add the most value

Founder-CEOs, CFOs, PE Operating Partners, and acquisition integration leads at technology companies in the $25M to $250M revenue band. The engagement is built for inflection points post-acquisition integration, PE value-creation plans, public-company readiness, restructuring, and the moment a founder realizes that approving every purchase order has become the ceiling on the business.

how i work

The Black Lion Method

Diagnose

Surface the spend baseline, the supplier portfolio, the Source-to-Pay process, and the working-capital slack. A written diagnostic in 14 days.

Prioritize

Rank the opportunity by impact, urgency, and supplier dependence, with a 90-day savings target agreed with the CFO.

Execute

Take the seat. Sign the contract restructures. Install the spend authority matrix. Stand up supplier governance.

Hand-Off

Document the function. Write the hiring spec. Onboard the permanent VP. Exit on a defined date.

Services

What I do, from the operating seat

Indirect Spend & Cost Reduction

Surface 8–15% of indirect spend in 90 days. SaaS, cloud, AI, MarTech, professional services, and MRO. Renegotiation, consolidation, and contract restructure with no headcount actions required.

M&A Integration & Synergy Delivery

Vendor master unified. Synergies validated. $20M+ in SG&A at Mood Media. Pismo integration at Visa.

Working Capital & Payment Terms

DPO improvement through partnered supplier negotiations. 30%+ at Mood Media. Every 15 days of DPO on $20M of spend releases roughly $800K of working capital.

Function Build & ERP Optimization

Real Source-to-Pay and Procure-to-Pay flows on Coupa, SAP Ariba, Oracle, and NetSuite. $12.6M OPEX out at Iron Mountain across 18 markets.

track records

20 Years of Operating Chairs

I have run the procurement and supply chain function at the Fortune 50, at the PE-backed mid-market through a structured Chapter 11, and at a public SPAC emerging from bankruptcy. The case studies show how that experience translates inside an SME on a 90-day clock.

The case studies show how Fortune-class experience translates inside a technology company on a 90-day clock.

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VISA

PEPSI

MOOD MEDIA

NETSPEND

DELL TECHNOLOGIES

CORE SCIENTIFIC

Start the conversation

A no-cost 15-minute qualification call. I will tell you whether the engagement is right for your stage, and which tier fits the situation: the Procurement Reality Check, the 90-Day Reset, or the Full Function Build.