Kevin Betts

Strategic Sourcing Director
The E. W. Scripps Company

Kevin is a Director – Category Management for The E.W. Scripps Company, which serves audiences and businesses through a growing portfolio of television, radio and digital media brands. He has been with Scripps in various roles for 29 years, first on the journalism, operational and technology categories at a Scripps TV station where his duties included purchasing and vendor management. For the last 12 years, he has been a member of the Scripps Procurement team. Kevin is responsible for enterprise wide vendor relationships in numerous categories including Travel, he is responsible for travel procurement, manages the day to day relationship with their TMC and other travel partners. Kevin is a member of the Business Travel News (BTN) advisory board.

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DAY 2 - Tues. May 9th: Travel and Meetings Procurement in Action

Saturday, August 12th, 2017

16:00 Interactive Roundtables

These interactive round table sessions take a deep dive into the specific areas you came to learn about. Sit and learn in an intimate format from the speakers who have had an impact on their company and industry. Take control of your own event experience and don’t be shy! Ask questions (or answer them!) alongside other conference attendees who are dealing with the same challenges as you network with industry peers with very similar challenges, interests and responsibilities. Don’t miss out on the discussions you want to participate in—you’ll get to select a new topic after 30 minutes.

Roundtable 1: TMC Relationship Management and Reporting

Kevin Betts, Director, Category Management; The E.W. Scripps Company

Roundtable 2: Travel Policy Compliance Monitoring

Micah Collins – Director, Travel and Property Management; Schumacher Clinical Partners

Roundtable 3: Joanna Martinez, Founder, Supply Chain Advisors LLP

Roundtable 4: Applying Strategic Sourcing in Meetings Management

Robert Goodman, Executive Director, Finance, Global Sourcing; Time Warner Inc.