In this episode of “Contingent Workforce Radio,” Erika Novak, VP of executive management at Beeline, talks with Michael Beckwith, category manager for staff augmentation at Xcel Energy, a major U.S. electricity and natural gas company.

Michael has worked in the staffing and contingent labor industry for over a decade. In the podcast, he talks about how to develop and nurture relationships with internal and external stakeholders to strengthen your contingent workforce program.

Topics Erika and Michael discuss include:

• Why you should work to understand your suppliers’ and MSPs’ goals, not just your own
• How a “growth mindset” can help you quantify and qualify the health of your relationships
• What happens when you dedicate more of your time to your highest volume stakeholders and highest volume suppliers

In this session of “Contingent Workforce Radio,” Erika Novak, VP of executive management at Beeline, talks with Lou Holcomb, senior manager of global talent acquisition operations and programs at UKG, a global provider of HR, payroll, and workforce management solutions.



In the podcast, Lou, who has more than a dozen years in the HR and contingent workforce industries, shares a real-world example of what happens “when things don’t go according to plan.”

In this session of “Contingent Workforce Radio,” Erika Novak, VP of executive management at Beeline, talks with Geoff Dubiski, global talent acquisition leader for contingent workforce strategy at Intuitive, a global leader in precise, minimally invasive surgical technology.



In the podcast, Geoff, who has worked on all sides of the contingent workforce industry - MSP, VOP, RPO, consultant, and corporate CW program strategies - shares his insights on elevating the strategic value of your contingent workforce program. 

In this episode of “CPO Open Mic,” Mike Schiappa, chief procurement officer at Beeline, talks with Terrence Clark, president and CEO at The New York & New Jersey Minority Supplier Development Council.

In the podcast, Mr. Clark discusses his work with more than 1,300 Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs), the 155 corporate members of NYNJMSDC, and thousands of businesses nationwide. He explains how his organization helps minority owned and operated businesses develop relationships with major public and private organizations to become valued contributors to their supply chains.

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In this episode of CPO Open Mic, Mike Schiappa, Chief Procurement Officer at Beeline, reopens the discussion he began in 2021 with Dr. Elouise Epstein, Digital Procurement Expert and author of “Trade wars, pandemics, and chaos: How digital procurement enables business success in a disordered world.”

In the podcast, Dr. Epstein discusses her research for a new book on digital transformation and shares her insight on the ways technology is – and is not – transforming enterprise procurement.

“Billions of dollars are going into ‘procure-tech.’ If you want to learn how a company operates, procurement is a great opportunity.”

These are just a few things you’ll learn when you listen to this episode of Mike Schiappa’s “CPO Open Mic” podcast.

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In this episode of CPO Open Mic, Mike Schiappa, Chief Procurement Officer at Beeline, talks with Casey Jacox, Sales & Executive Leadership Coach, Speaker, Podcaster, and Author of the book, “Win the Relationship, not the Deal.” 

In the podcast, Casey shares his insights as to how three attributes – curiosity, humility, and vulnerability – create more effective leaders and generate more profitable relationships. In the 30-minute episode, he outlines six common sense strategies to succeed in life and in business. 

He and Mike also discuss how Casey’s background in staffing influenced his consulting career and what his experience as a college quarterback taught him about the relationship of practice and preparation to success.

In this episode of CPO Open Mic, Mike Schiappa, Chief Procurement Officer at Beeline, talks with Avis Yates Rivers, CEO of Technology Concept Group International and board member of the National Center for Women in Information Technology and the Women’s Business Enterprise Council.

In the podcast, Avis shares her insights on the long-overdue need for diversity in the tech workforce. She describes the roles of non-profits and corporations in breaking down barriers to “diverse voices and ideas and approaches to problem-solving.”

She and Mike also discuss supply chain challenges and the importance of managing “tail spend,” which can include up to 80 percent of a typical company’s suppliers and, too often, all the company’s diverse suppliers.

In this special episode of “CPO Open Mic,” Mike Schiappa, Chief Procurement Officer at Beeline, is joined by our very own CEO Doug Leeby. The two of them discuss the news of Stone Point Capital’s investment in Beeline, which will power the next phase of our growth.

In this episode of “CPO Open Mic,” Mike Schiappa, Chief Procurement Officer at Beeline, talks with Christopher Dwyer, Senior Vice President of Research at Ardent Partners and managing director of the Future of Work Exchange.

In the podcast, Chris shares his insights on the “Great Resignation” and explores the “talent revolution” that may be one of its causal factors. He and Mike also analyze the growth of the extended workforce and make some predictions.

In this episode of CPO Open Mic, Mike Schiappa, Beeline’s Chief Procurement Officer, talks with Dan Khublall and Ryan Kretchmer, leaders of major product strategy initiatives at Beeline. In the podcast, Khublall and Kretchmer discuss their transition from Global 2000 (Thomson Reuters) and FORTUNE 500 (MetLife) companies to Beeline, where they now develop advanced technology to support contingent workforce programs like those they formerly led. Kretchmer and Khublall describe how Procurement’s role in talent acquisition is changing. They detail the reasons some companies are falling behind and what Procurement teams can do to increase their strategic importance within their organizations. Topics Mike and his guests discuss include: