Firat Ozkan is a Senior Procurement Manager at Intuit. In his current role, Firat manages software and mobile technology categories with $100M annual spend. He is also responsible for leading the Supplier Innovation program to drive innovation from strategic suppliers. Firat has been with Intuit since 2002. He worked on implementation of Oracle 11i, Global Procurement policy, processes and tools. He managed the Buyer Team to drive process improvements, and reduce costs. Prior Intuit, Firat was a Project Manager at Science Solutions. Firat worked with President of the company to lead IT projects. Firat is active in professional associations, including Bay Area Procurement Council and Oracle Applications Group. He was a speaker at Oracle Open World 2006. Firat holds a Masters in Business Administration, a Masters of Science in Information Technology from University of San Diego as well as a Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University.