Cynthia Meyer

Cynthia Meyer has over forty years of sourcing, purchasing and inventory management experience in a broad range of commodities, including forms, facilities services, fleet vehicles, furniture and furnishings, print production, electrical and electronics, and industrial fittings.  She was introduced to the exciting and ever-changing world of information and telecommunications sourcing when she was hired by FedEx in Memphis, Tennessee.  During her ten years with FedEx, Cynthia embraced the opportunity to learn from the best FedEx IT employees, including working directly with Rob Carter, FedEx’s CIO.  Embracing her passion for IT sourcing, Cynthia joined Alliant Energy in Madison, Wisconsin, where she negotiated three interrelated contracts totaling over $250 million for a multi-vendor project for Automated Metering Infrastructure.  Following four years with Monsanto in St. Louis, Cynthia now works as the Manager, IT Contracts & Procurement for SPX Corporation (www.spx.com), having worked through over 500 contracts in 11 months in support of a major spin off and leveraging her 22+ years of IT sourcing expertise to develop an ITIL-based governance framework for supplier management.