Your Instructor . . . Dick Locke



Mr. Dick Locke heads the Global Procurement Group and became affiliated with Nahabit & Associates, Inc. in 1994. Dick formed the Global Procurement Group in January of 1993. Prior to forming the Global Procurement Group, he spent fifteen years in Hewlett-Packard Procurement. The last eight years at H-P were in management positions in the International Procurement group. While living in Tokyo, he founded and managed H-P's International Procurement Operations in four Asian countries: Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Singapore. Later, he managed H-P's procurement offices in Mexico, Britain, France, Germany, Israel, and Canada.

Prior to starting the International Procurement program at H-P, he managed H-P's first company-wide semiconductor procurement team. This team brought together engineers and business professionals under the strategic direction of a company-wide users group, and made major improvements in the quality, cost, flexibility and assurance of supply at H-P.

Before joining H-P, he held various engineering and management positions with Applied Materials.

His education includes a BSEE with a concentration in computer science from Stanford University, and an MBA with a concentration in international business from Santa Clara University.

He is the author of Global Supply Management: A Guide to International Purchasing, published by McGraw-Hill, and has served on the advisory board's for both Electronic Buyers' News and iSource.



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