Janice Marquardt moved into procurement from engineering in 2010 at a small Midwest manufacturing company. After moving to the utility space in 2013, she worked her way from the procurement front lines to becoming their first VP of Supply Chain in 2020. She started doing e-auctions in 2015 and by 2018 her team of 2.5 was running 2,000 auctions annually. Janice founded Passwall Solutions in 2023, where she focuses on solving supply chain problems and helping supply chain teams create and capture value. Passwall Solutions has helped multiple clients elevate their procurement teams from simply cutting POs to truly strategic sourcing and has guided multi-billion-dollar e-auction program implementations. Janice authored the award-winning, bestselling book Transform Procurement: The Value of E-auctions and contributed to the internationally bestselling anthology Femme Led: Hard-Learned Lessons From Women in Leadership. Janice can be reached on LinkedIn, at Janice@passwallsolutions.com or her website, www.passwallsolutions.com.