E&I Hosts: Matt Levine, Category Marketing Manager, E&I Eric Frank, CEO, E&I Join Matt Levine and E&I CEO Eric Frank in this Frankly Speaking podcast for a compelling conversation about E&I’s bold investment in its members and the future of educational procurement. At the heart of the episode is the EdPro NextGen Leadership Program, a groundbreaking, no-cost, nine-month curriculum developed in partnership with Cornell University. This program is designed to equip educational ...
Nov 20, 2024•24 min•Season 4Ep. 17
E&I Host: Allison Lambert, E&I Category Marketing Manager Guest: Nassim Bickham, VP of Care Transformation Explore new and effective strategies for supporting student mental health in our latest podcast episode with Nassim Bickham from E&I Cooperative’s business partner TimelyCare. Learn about practical, evidence-based strategies to help your institution provide accessible, effective mental health resources, especially during high-stress times like the holidays. Tune in for an inspir...
Nov 20, 2024•16 min•Season 4Ep. 18
E&I Host: Matt Levine, E&I Category Marketing Manager Guests: Raina Saxena, Sr Director of Consulting Services, GEP Pranav Padgaonkar, Vice President of Consulting, GEP Andrew Brennan, Vice President of Sourcing, E&I Jill Schunk, Vice President of Strategic Alliances, E&I Join Matt Levine as he dives into the dynamic partnership between E&I and GEP that earned recognition from the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS). In this episode, you’ll hear from key play...
Nov 08, 2024•28 min•Season 4Ep. 16
E&I Host: Matt Levine, Category Marketing Manager, E&I Eric Frank, CEO, E&I Guest: Tammy Rimes, Executive Director, NCPP In this first episode of Cooperatively Speaking’s “Frankly Speaking” series, Matt Levine and Eric Frank welcome Tammy Rimes, Executive Director for the National Cooperative Procurement Partners to discuss their recent report about the true costs of RFPs. The quick summary – RFPs can often cost more than they are worth. During the interview, Tammy talks about the re...
Nov 07, 2024•23 min•Season 4Ep. 15
E&I Host: Sue Peters, E&I Vice President, K-12 Engagement Guest: David Wheeler, Senior Director of Procurement, Orange County Public Schools In this episode of Cooperatively Speaking , David Wheeler, Senior Director of Procurement at Orange County Public Schools, joins E&I host Sue Peters to share strategies on maximizing the power of cooperative contracts. From fleet maintenance to cutting-edge IT solutions, David reveals how his team has streamlined processes, controlled costs, and...
Nov 07, 2024•14 min•Season 4Ep. 14
E&I Host: Dennis Hyde, E&I Category Marketing Manager Guests: Lee Beekman, Manager of Sales and Marketing, Oak Hall Cap & Gown Paul LaRoche, Director of Sales, Oak Hall Gap & Gown In this episode of Cooperatively Speaking , Dennis talks with Lee Beekman and Paul LaRoche from Oak Hall, a company specializing in high-quality graduation caps, gowns, and regalia. With a rich history of 135 years, Oak Hall emphasizes the importance of providing exceptional service alongside their prod...
Nov 01, 2024•20 min•Season 4Ep. 13
E&I Host: David Manz, Business Partnerships Manager, Facilities & Interiors Guest: Frank Meek, Manager, Rollins Entomology Department, Rollins, Inc. In this spooky podcast, David welcomes Frank Meek from Rollins-Orkin, to discuss common misconceptions and provide the facts about some creepy, crawly insects: bed bugs, cockroaches, and kissing bugs. An entomologist, Frank teaches us all about bed bugs, how they multiply and spread, and where they like to hide inside facilities. He offers a...
Oct 28, 2024•26 min•Season 4Ep. 12
E&I Host: David Manz, Business Partnerships Manager, Facilities & Interiors Guest: Max Henderson, Assistant Vice President of Digital Forensics and Incident Response, Pondurance Max Henderson, Assistant VP of Digital Forensics and Incident Response at Pondurance, pulls back the curtain on the escalating threats of ransomware and cyber extortion. With criminal enterprises becoming more organized and aggressive, Max emphasizes the critical need for proactive cybersecurity measures and comp...
Oct 10, 2024•23 min•Season 4Ep. 11
E&I Host: Allison Lambert, E&I Category Marketing Manager Guest: Sue Peters, E&I Vice President, K-12 Engagement K-12 procurement is more complex than ever, with challenges like staffing shortages, cybersecurity, and budget constraints. In this Cooperatively Speaking episode, Allison Lambert and Sue Peters, E&I's Vice President of K-12 Engagement, discuss strategies to overcome these hurdles. Learn how early procurement involvement, cooperative contracts, and cross-departmental c...
Sep 30, 2024•10 min•Season 4Ep. 10
E&I Host: Dennis Hyde, E&I Category Marketing Manager Guest: Nicholas Russo, B&H, Business Development and Account Manager-Apple Sales Join us as E&I’s Dennis Hyde speaks with Nicholas Russo, Business Development Lead at B&H, about B&H’s exclusive partnership with Apple in the higher education space. They explore B&H’s role as the new Apple-authorized reseller for higher education, offering institutions access to Apple products and services like AppleCare Plus, bulk p...
Sep 27, 2024•9 min•Season 4Ep. 9
E&I Host: Dennis Hyde, E&I Category Marketing Manager Guest: Morgan Hoyt, Vice President of Business Development, Collegiate Travel Planners (CTP) Ben Rader, Director of Business Development, Collegiate Travel Planners (CTP) In this episode of Cooperatively Speaking , E&I’s Dennis Hyde is joined by Morgan Hoyt and Ben Rader from Collegiate Travel Planners (CTP) to explore the evolving role of sustainable business travel in higher education. The discussion covers the current sustainab...
Sep 20, 2024•18 min•Season 4Ep. 8
E&I Host: Matt Levine, E&I Category Marketing Manager Guest: Barry Swanson, Chief Procurement Officer, University of Kentucky In the first episode of Cooperatively Speaking 's "From the Desk of" series, Matt Levine interviews Barry Swanson, Chief Procurement Officer at the University of Kentucky. Barry discusses his career journey from law school to higher education procurement and shares insights on key priorities like the university’s construction budget, healthcare spending, and econo...
Sep 19, 2024•24 min•Season 4Ep. 7
E&I Host: David Manz, Business Partnerships Manager, Facilities & Interiors Guest: Eric Frank, President & CEO, E&I Cooperative Services In this special 90th anniversary episode, E&I CEO Eric Frank explores the Cooperative's rich history and forward-looking vision. Founded in 1934 during the Great Depression by procurement officers from Colgate, Cornell, and Syracuse University, E&I was born from a commitment to leveraging collective purchasing power for competitively sol...
Sep 13, 2024•28 min•Season 4Ep. 6
E&I Host: David Manz, Business Partnerships Manager, Facilities & Interiors Guest: Brian Kirk, Vice President, Cybersecurity Services, Strata Information Group (SIG) Join Brian Kirk from Strata Information Group (SIG) to discuss the crucial elements of incident response planning in higher education. Discover the essentials of crafting an effective Incident Response Plan (IRP) and how compliance with GLBA requirements can protect student data. Brian also highlights the importance of proac...
Sep 09, 2024•23 min•Season 4Ep. 5
E&I Host: David Manz, Business Partnerships Manager, Facilities & Interiors Guest: Marc Heroux, Product Specialist, Alert Labs In part two of this series, David welcomes Marc Heroux from Alert Labs, a provider available through the E&I Carrier Enterprise contract, to discuss water management problems and how to solve them. Water usage monitoring, damage prevention, remote water shutoff, and HVAC monitoring are covered. Marc explains how their products provide minute-to-minute water u...
Sep 09, 2024•25 min•Season 4Ep. 4
E&I Hosts: Titus Martin, Executive Director, Supplier Diversity; Casey Laurienzo, Vice President, Community Engagement & Education Guest: Reginald Layton, Former Vice President, Supplier Diversity & Supply Chain Sustainability at Johnson Controls International Plc; Ralph G. Moore, Founder & President of Ralph G. Moore & Associates Join Reginald Layton and Ralph Moore from RGMA as we explore the nuanced differences between supplier diversity and DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inc...
Aug 22, 2024•28 min•Season 4Ep. 3
E&I Host: David Manz, Business Partnerships Manager, Facilities & Interiors Guest: Keaton Henry, Category Sales Specialist – Connected & IAQ, Ferguson In part one of this series, David welcomes Keaton Henry, an industry expert at Ferguson, for an insightful discussion about industrial smart devices from an HVAC standpoint, and leak detection devices from a plumbing standpoint. Keaton covers diagnosing mechanical issues using proactive rather than reactive methods. He highlights the i...
Aug 14, 2024•24 min•Season 4Ep. 2
E&I Hosts: Titus Martin, Executive Director, Supplier Diversity and David Manz, Business Partnerships Manager, Facilities & Interiors Guest: Reginald Layton, Former Vice President, Supplier Diversity & Supply Chain Sustainability at Johnson Controls International Plc In part four of our Supplier Diversity Leadership Series, Titus and David welcome Reginald Layton, a renowned expert and Supplier Diversity thought leader. Reginald provides a comprehensive guide for organizations on imp...
May 30, 2024•35 min•Season 4Ep. 1
E&I Hosts: Titus Martin, Executive Director, Supplier Diversity and David Manz, Business Partnerships Manager, Facilities & Interiors Guest: Ralph G. Moore, Founder & President of Ralph G. Moore & Associates Join us for Part Three of our Supplier Diversity Series as Titus and David welcome Ralph G Moore, a veteran with over 40 years of experience and the founder of Ralph G Moore and Associates – a Chicago-based consulting firm recognized globally for supply diversity strategies a...
Jan 25, 2024•38 min•Season 3Ep. 6
E&I Host: David Manz, Business Partnerships Manager, Facilities & Interiors Guest: Thomas Licker, CEICR, CBRM, Senior Vice President, Regulatory Business Practice at First Onsite The opioid crisis has far reaching implications on our country's campuses. In this episode, David and our guest Tom Licker, Certified Environmental Infection Control Remediator and Certified BioRecovery Master, discuss the risks of fentanyl on campus and how important it is to be educated on how to remediate the...
Aug 28, 2023•32 min•Season 3Ep. 5
E&I Hosts: Titus Martin, Executive Director, Supplier Diversity and David Manz, Business Partnerships Manager, Facilities & Interiors Guest: Reggie Williams, CEO of Procurement Resources, Inc. Tune into the second part of Titus and David's conversation with Reggie Williams, CEO of Procurement Resources and the individual who coined the phrase supplier diversity. Here, we cover what supplier diversity really means, best practices for growing your program with real-life examples, and why i...
Jun 26, 2023•28 min•Season 3Ep. 4
E&I Hosts: Titus Martin, Executive Director, Supplier Diversity and David Manz, Business Partnerships Manager, Facilities & Interiors Guest: Reggie Williams, CEO of Procurement Resources, Inc. "The tent is getting larger, and the tent doesn't have a door that is closed to anyone. The more we are all aligned in this process called stakeholder capitalism, the greater the benefits to all of us. I don't want to exclude anyone." Titus and David are joined by special guest Reggie Williams, CEO...
Jun 26, 2023•23 min•Season 3Ep. 3
E&I Host: David Manz, Business Partnerships Manager, Facilities & Interiors Guest: Tammy Rimes, MPA, Executive Director of NCPP Join David for Part 2 of this two-part episode featuring Tammy Rimes, Executive Director of National Cooperative Procurement Partners. In this episode, we discuss what to look for when choosing a cooperative to partner with, trends and best practices, and ultimately how to make the most out of cooperative purchasing for your organization. Relevant Links: Downloa...
Jun 22, 2023•17 min•Season 3Ep. 2
E&I Host: David Manz, Business Partnerships Manager, Facilities & Interiors Guest : Tammy Rimes, MPA, Executive Director of NCPP "Cooperative purchasing is not just for procurement, so if you're listening to this and you're from facilities maintenance or public works or student services or you're part of the faculty, and you do any kind of purchasing, then you need to learn about cooperative purchasing because it truly is a tool that you need to take advantage of." Join David for Part 1 ...
Jun 15, 2023•19 min•Season 3Ep. 1
E&I Hosts: David Manz, Category Business Manager, Construction, Energy & Facilities and Titus Martin, Executive Director, Supplier Diversity How does supplier diversity impact a community -- and specifically schools and universities -- both socially and financially? David and Titus (making his debut!) deep dive into the definition of supplier diversity and what it means as a "holistic value creation" for educational institutions and the communities in which they operate. Helpful Resource...
Dec 12, 2022•18 min•Season 2Ep. 6
E&I Host: Joe Castelluccio, Director, Business Development Guest: Maria Moore, SVP of Global Marketing and Strategic Alliances at HireRight HireRight recently launched its 15th Annual Benchmark Report based on the responses of over 2,300 human resources and risk professionals worldwide who shared their experiences of background screening, talent acquisition, and remote working over the past year, as well as some predictions for the future. In this episode, Joe and our guest Maria deep dive i...
Nov 14, 2022•27 min•Season 2Ep. 5
E&I Host: Joe Castelluccio, Director, Business Development Guests: Deborah Jackson, Founder and CEO of Arrow Payments Colleges and universities are like little cities where each department operates with their own business processes and software. Managing the payment systems for each of these locations is extremely complex when you consider all the different ways schools receive payments for things like tuition, dining, libraries, athletics, parking, and donations. It's even harder to ensure ...
Oct 26, 2022•27 min•Season 2Ep. 4
E&I Host: David Manz, Category Business Manager, Construction, Energy & Facilities Guests: Brooke Taylor, National Key Account Manager at Duracell, and Scott Ruhl, National Account Manager at Batteries Plus Bulbs Take a look around you. What's something you know you have a lot of of, but don't often see? How far can you walk through your house, your office, your facilities without walking past a battery? For many of us, the thought behind which batteries we choose may not go beyond selec...
Sep 26, 2022•19 min•Season 2Ep. 3
E&I Host: Joe Castelluccio, Director, Business Development Guests: Naomi Emmons, Deputy Chief Procurement Officer at the University of Kentucky; Rick Gay, Director of Procurement Services at Spring Branch Independent School District; and Taylor Nemeth, Head of Payments at PaymentWorks With 74% of organizations reporting they were the target of an actual or attempted payments fraud in 2020, the problem is well known -- but not well understood. In this episode, Joe (in his debut episode!) and ...
May 23, 2022•35 min•Season 2Ep. 2
E&I Hosts: Saul Alvarado, Vice President, Construction, Energy & Facilities and David Manz, Category Business Manager, Construction, Energy & Facilities Guest: Matt Robeson, National Enterprise Account Manager for K-20 at Carrier Since March 2020, Congress has allocated $264.5 billion for private, public, K-12, and higher education spending in response to the pandemic. Much of these funds can be used for your facilities project -- including construction -- if you are able to justify ...
Jan 06, 2022•35 min•Season 2Ep. 1
