David Brown

David is a former management consultant and procurement executive with extensive experience in strategic sourcing and outsourcing focusing on indirect categories. He brings broad knowledge of procurement functions including category management, organizational assessment/design, vendor management, contract management, vendor risk and P2P systems.

David started collaborating with OnDemand in 2006 when he embarked on his independent consulting career. As an independent consultant, he led 20 projects in the US and Europe across multiple industries including financial services, consumer products, gaming, government, hotels, HVAC service, manufacturing, non-profit, retail products and transportation. 

In addition to his independent consulting career, he was most recently VP Strategic Sourcing at Ameriprise Financial, where he led a team of 13 in the US and India supporting category and contract management in the Marketing, Real Estate, HR and Travel verticals. He also held positions as Manager of Sourcing & Category Management at ICG Commerce (now Accenture), and VP Global Sourcing at Deutsche Bank. He was a founding employee of Zeborg, a procurement technology and services startup, and a consultant with Mitchell Madison Group.

The combination of corporate, top tier and independent consulting background gives David a unique perspective on how to best create value and will serve clients well as he helps them to connect with top project and interim talent.

David holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Virginia. He is married with 2 children and lives in Princeton, NJ and serves as on the board of a local day care where his children attended.