Grow thru innovation, sustainability & tech: Brian Tippens

Brian Tippens ==> Global Leader in Sustainability, Diversity & Small Business

 

Brian currently leads Hewlett-Packard‘s Global Procurement Sustainability & Innovation organization. In this role, Brian manages and sets the strategic direction for a global program which works to ensure that minority-owned and other under-represented businesses have an opportunity to become HP suppliers or service providers. He also oversees strategic supplier development and sustainability across HP’s tens of billions of dollars in global indirect and professional services procurement.

 

Brian serves as an adjunct professor of Legal Studies at Kaplan University, & is a former University of San Francisco faculty member. He currently serves as a board member or advisor to several organizations, including Australia-based biofuels provider Mission NewEnergy; the Canadian Aboriginal Minority Supplier Council (CAMSC); Texas Business Alliance (TBA); WEConnect International; The Shell Center for Sustainability at Rice University; & the International Program Committee of the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC).

 

Brian holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of San Francisco & a Juris Doctor from the McGeorge School of Law.