Howard Jaffe

Howard Jaffe is an accomplished Global Procurement Executive, with expertise in technology, corporate services, facilities, marketing, and more. He has negotiated over 275 efficient technology contracts, totalling over $3 billion in transaction value, and has transacted with top executives in Silicon Valley 100, Fortune 500, and government officials. As a fierce cost-cutter, Jaffe achieved $50 million in global hard-saving over three years by increasing quality and service levels via BPO, location-based efficiency, aggressive maintenance contract renegotiation, self-initiated strategic sourcing projects, demand management, and policy controls. Jaffe possesses 15 years of technical experience in systems administration, programming, release engineering, and data-centre technologies. He has also filed a patent with USPTO for a search algorithm method. Jaffe's expertise includes Contract Negotiation, Strategic Sourcing, Commodity Management, Vendor Management, Spend Analysis, Teaching Negotiation, Drafting Policy and Procedures, Business Process Outsourcing, Internet Technologies, Leadership, Professional Negotiator, Cost Cutting, eAuctions, Reverse Auctions, and Procurement Systems. He has experience in commodities such as technology(hardware, software, telecom), travel, real estate, marketing, HR services, and other niche, specialized solutions. Jaffe studied MBA in Strategy from San Jose State University and Computer Science from the University of Florida. He has worked as Head of Global Procurement and Supply Chain at Uber and Velti, a board of directors at Webshoz Inc, Director of Chief of Staff to CIO at Yahoo! Inc, Sr. Manager, Global Strategic Sourcing at Yahoo, Manager, SOX Operations at Yahoo!, Manager at Verity, and . at GE/Harris.