Scott C.

Scott Callan is a subject matter expert and a former Public Sector CPO. Since leaving the Public Sector years ago, Scott additionally became certified (CF) in bid and proposal management in order to successfully manage corporate strategic pursuits. Scott has led many projects that have yielded a significantly high rate of wins while consulting internal and external clients better understand the interrelation of buying and business development life cycles. As an experienced Procurement Professional, during his prolific career Scott has held numerous key positions such as Chief Assistant Purchasing Agent at Fulton County Government where he successfully managed a professional purchasing staff that serviced user departments. For the next 11 years he was part of Gwinnett County Government where he was initially a Purchasing Director and managed the central procurement activities for the 4,800 employee County with a $1.3 billion dollar budget per annum. Scott then held the position of Service Director where he was tasked to start up the newly created Service business unit which provided “internal financial consulting” to the organization to include Budget, Grants, Purchasing, Accounting and Treasury services. Scott also was the Chief Procurement Officer for DeKalb County Government where he was initially on six-month contract to conduct best practice analysis and implementation of entire supply management department. There he authored and instituted new policies and procedures, reorganized the entire support department, outsourced local preference operations after thorough managed competition process, customized and delivered nine internal academic training courses, provided daily tactical and systemic strategic thought leadership to organization, the business marketplace, and the general community at large. This position was followed by Director, State and Local Government at Ark Solutions where he contributed in building strong relationships with public sector clients and others through top notch IT talent and services. Scott holds a BA in Political Science from the Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania. In addition he is Certified Foundation, Bid/Proposal Management and Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM).