Lawrence is Head of Procurement at Transamerica, a diversified financial services company that provides insurance, savings, investment, and retirement solutions that empower millions of customers across the US. He was inducted into the SIG Sourcing Supernova Hall of Fame in 2018 for visionary leadership in strategic sourcing, procurement, supplier innovation, and digital transformation. With 35 years of industry experience, he designed enterprise-wide technology sourcing strategies, built global sourcing and vendor management programs from the ground up, and institutionalized world-class practices that earned the prestigious Global Excellence in Outsourcing award from IAOP, three Future of Sourcing innovation awards from SIG, and a Boeing Knowledge Network award for Talent Management, among other honors. While primarily focused on the buy-side, he has also supported multibillion-dollar business development efforts, including Boeing’s largest IT sale.

A member of the SIG University Advisory Board, IAOP Think Tank, and Forrester Sourcing & Vendor Management Leadership Board, he helped create many of the industry’s leading practices and regularly advances thought leadership as a keynote and breakout speaker at conferences. He has been a guest on nationally syndicated and local radio shows (e.g., The Jim Bohannon Show, Biz Talk Radio), television programs (e.g., Fox Morning News), and podcasts (e.g., Art of Procurement, Negotiations Ninja Podcast, Sourcing Industry Landscape), and has also been interviewed by reporters from Information Week, Le Matin, CPO Strategy, Forbes, and Computerworld, among other publications.

The bestselling author of 27 books, he co-wrote The Contract Professional’s Playbook and contributed to the Outsourcing Professional Body of Knowledge and Strategic Sourcing in the New Economy, among other works. Collaborating with Sound Partnership Strategies and Third-Party Risk Institute, he developed the acclaimed Contract Professional’s Playbook, De-Risking Your Contract, and RFx Response Mastery eLearning programs.

He is heavily involved in serving his community too, volunteering as a mentor with the Global Mentorship Initiative, MSIS program at the University of Washington, and other worthy organizations where he counsels college graduates entering the workforce, helps military personnel transition to the corporate world, and guides early career professionals through interviews and job progressions. In 2022, Lawrence was honored with a Top DEIB Leader Walk the Walk Award for his commitment to genuine diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.

Marcus Garrett serves as director leading the SSG Supplier Management Global Strategy and Operations organization which is responsible for leading supply chain strategy & systems, contracting risk and operations, supplier quality & performance management, and global procurement operations serving Boeing’s international sites.

Prior to this, Marcus served as the director leading a procurement operations group that sourced services to enable the company's corporate operations; including those supporting employee benefits, human resources, freight & logistics and financial functions with a total spend portfolio of just over two-billion. In addition, responsibility included managing a service delivery organization delivering in excess of 180,000 transactions annually while maintaining a positive customer satisfaction score.

Marcus has over thirty years of experience in the supply chain management discipline spanning various leadership positions in the company and industry supporting government, commercial, information technology, business outsourcing, and bio-technology sourcing.