Peggy Chang Barber is the Americas CEO and General Counsel for The International Association for Contract and Commercial Management (IACCM), a non-profit that serves as the home for over 55,000 professionals across 175 countries and 20,000 corporations. Peggy is a passionate advocate for the importance of contracting to business success, having spent much of her career in strategic contracting - leading complex negotiations, managing teams of attorneys and contracting professionals, and driving global contracting simplification and analytics initiatives at Hewlett Packard. Peggy also served as lead commercial counsel when Hewlett Packard separated into 4 companies between 2014 and 2017 and created the contract separation strategy that enabled expedited execution. She enjoys working collaboratively to develop innovative solutions to complex challenges that drive contracting and commercial excellence. A member of the Texas and Washington DC Bar Associations, Peggy is based in Houston, Texas, and welcomes the opportunity to connect with others who are passionate about excellence, people, contracting and leading the way to the future. Less   View all posts

Saugat has been an achievement driven technology leader, expertly skilled in visioning and setting strategic direction, mapping out pathways to success, and supporting the largest logistics leader (3PL) in realizing business objectives through integration of cutting-edge technologies. Excel in optimizing return on investment(ROI) while enabling standardization, improving processes, enhancing performance and streamlining service delivery. He has been a Strategic & Tactical Planner prioritizing and contributing technology solutions that offer insightful data, inform decision making, automate processes, increase market reach, impact sales and support growth. Saugat has been adept in playing the role of Business & IT Liaison dedicated to encouraging a collaborative exchange between diverse internal and external resources, facilitating synergies, and empowering success to align technology initiatives with business goals. Saugat has been Experienced in Consulting & setting-up teams to run large turn- key projects in the B2B and B2C segment. Saugat has got Proficiency in supporting and sustaining a positive work environment that fosters team performance with strong communication and relationship management skills. Saugat is Passionate about people management and mentoring with a strong focus on long term people development program. Saugat is a Confident Communicator adept at cultivating valuable relationships with key stakeholders, influencing executive leadership, translating abstract concepts, and conveying complex plans in easy-to-understand terms. He is an Inspirational and Disciplined Manager practiced in building and developing responsive teams that consistently produce timely, cost-aligned deliverables Less   View all posts