Chris Sample leads AECOM’s Global Procurement Services group; responsible for Procurement systems, reporting, analysis, training and governance.  Part of the team’s scope includes building a foundation for procurement activities across multiple disciplines of Procurement – Direct, Indirect, Federal.  He joined AECOM in 2008 and has led many sourcing projects as Strategic Sourcing and Category Manager as well as creating and managing the transactional procurement function and implementing eProcurement, sourcing and spend analysis systems. During that period AECOM has grown and transitioned from a holding-company model of 35,000 employees, to an industry leader in technical services and engineering of nearly 100,000 employees.

Prior to joining AECOM, Chris worked in Procurement at Ford Motor Company, where he also did vehicle engineering and program management.  He also worked as an Accountant for several Walt Disney feature film productions.