Omid Ghamami is the founder of the PSCM Institute, a division of Purchasing Advantage. He spent 18 years at Intel Corp, where he ran Global Corporate Purchasing Operations for the $16B organization. He was named “THE Godfather of Negotiation Planning” for his reinvention of their procurement and negotiation strategies and results. He is the author of 2 best selling procurement books, and has authored a myriad of articles in prestigious global procurement journals. He has had articles written about him and his procurement leadership role by SAP and Fortune magazine. In 2019, CPO Strategy Magazine named him one of the top 5 Procurement Influencers in the world. In 2022, He was named on of the Top 10 Influencers In The World by Procurement Magazine. He is a regular guest speaker to the Masters program in Supply Chain Management at Harvard University, and many other Ivy League schools.

As an esteemed Adj. Professor of Business & Procurement, Mr. Ghamami founded the only procurement curriculum in the entire California Community College system, which is comprised of 116 community colleges. Mr. Ghamami is one of the most sought after public speakers in the world, as conference after conference has proven that his presentations are the main reason for conference success. He has consulted, trained, and worked with over half of the Fortune 500 in more than 29 countries over a period of almost 3 decades.