10 Cigna procurement leaders
Dawn Salan, Managing Director - Global Procurement and Third Party Management at Cigna, heads this group of ten Cigna procurement leaders, who include managing and senior directors of category management, strategic sourcing, technology procurement and procurement operations. A reader can learn how procurement leaders work at Cigna from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Daniel Carmody
LinkedInExperience: Category Management Managing Director · The Cigna Group
Daniel Carmody has been Category Management Managing Director at The Cigna Group since October 2024, within the company's global procurement and third party management organization. Daniel Carmody was Corporate Services, Managing Director at Cigna from 2020 to 2024 and Corporate Services, Senior Director from 2017 to 2020, and was earlier Senior Director, Head of Enterprise Reporting (2013 to 2017) and Operations Director, Information Strategy & Solutions (2005 to 2013) at Cigna.
Dawn Salan
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director - Global Procurement and Third Party Management · Cigna Healthcare
Dawn Salan has been Managing Director - Global Procurement and Third Party Management at Cigna since April 2011 and describes expertise in sourcing and supplier management strategies. Dawn Salan was Assistant Vice President - Corporate Procurement at The Hartford from 2007 to 2011 and Director - IT Acquisitions there from 2003 to 2007.
Farzaneh Samie
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director Global Procurement & Third Party Managment · The Cigna Group
Farzaneh Samie holds the role of Managing Director Global Procurement & Third Party Managment at The Cigna Group, which the profile dates from January 2020. Farzaneh Samie was Managing Director, International Markets Supply Chain Management at Cigna from 2015 to 2020 and Director, Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Management there from 2010 to 2015, and also held IT program and project director roles at Cigna from 2002 to 2012.
Jasmine Singh
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Strategic Sourcing Cigna · Cigna Healthcare
Jasmine Singh has been Senior Director Strategic Sourcing Cigna at Cigna Healthcare since January 2022, after serving as Director Strategic Sourcing there from 2020 to 2022 and Senior Manager Strategic Sourcing for business process outsourcing from 2017 to 2020. Jasmine Singh was an Account Leader at Cognizant from 2014 to 2017 and describes leadership work in the insurance technology and outsourcing industry.
Mike McKinney
LinkedInExperience: Category Management Senior Director · Cigna Healthcare
Mike McKinney has been Category Management Senior Director at Cigna Healthcare since June 2019, after serving as Category Management Director, Business Process Outsourcing at Cigna from 2015 to 2019. Mike McKinney was Procurement Operations Director at Cigna from 2010 to 2014 and lists outsourcing, consulting services, print, distribution and real estate sourcing among areas of skill.
Molly Martin
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director, Global Procurement - Category Management & Strategic Sourcing, Corporate Services · Evernorth Health Services
Molly Martin has been Sr. Director, Global Procurement - Category Management & Strategic Sourcing, Corporate Services at Evernorth Health Services since April 2024, after serving as Senior Director, Category Management & Strategic Sourcing - Corporate Services at Cigna Healthcare from 2019 to 2024. Molly Martin was Director, Sourcing Center of Excellence at Express Scripts from 2018 to 2019 and Director of Strategic Sourcing at Save A Lot from 2017 to 2018.
Sarika Sharma
LinkedInExperience: Director Category Management and Strategic Sourcing · The Cigna Group
Sarika Sharma has been Director Category Management and Strategic Sourcing at The Cigna Group since September 2025, after serving as Sr. Manager Strategic Sourcing at Cigna Healthcare from 2020 to 2025 and Strategic Sourcing Sr. Advisor there from 2013 to 2020. Sarika Sharma was a Business Analyst at PCC Technologies from 2012 to 2013.
Scott Decker
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Software and Technology Procurement · The Cigna Group
Scott Decker has been Senior Director, Software and Technology Procurement at The Cigna Group since March 2025, after serving there as Senior Director for procurement strategy, third party risk, governance and international vendor management from 2022 to 2025. Scott Decker was Director, Procurement Strategy, Risk, Governance, and Client Support there from 2019 to 2022 and held strategic sourcing manager roles for SaaS, software, cloud and IT professional services at Cigna from 2015 to 2019.
Shelly Burke
LinkedInExperience: Procurement Operations Senior Director · The Cigna Group
Shelly Burke has been Procurement Operations Senior Director at The Cigna Group since April 2024, after serving as Third Party Management Director at Cigna Healthcare from 2021 to 2024. Shelly Burke worked in workforce planning and strategy at Cigna from 2004 to 2021, was a Purchasing Buyer at Elliot Health Systems from 1998 to 2004, and describes a focus on spend management.
Tony Abate
LinkedInExperience: SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND GLOBAL CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER · CIGNA EXPRESS SCRIPTS
Tony Abate was Senior Vice President and Global Chief Procurement Officer at Cigna Express Scripts from April 2010 to August 2023, responsible for transforming and integrating two procurement departments, and has been Senior Vice President of Global Shared Services & Third-Party Risk Management at The Cigna Group since February 2023. Tony Abate was Corporate Director, Global Sourcing at AIG from 2003 to 2005.
Choose the right perspective
Pick the person whose spending area is closest to your question, since technology and software buying, corporate services, outsourcing, procurement operations and supplier management involve different work. Check the dates on each role to see how current the experience is.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What did you change first when you took on your current procurement role, and what did you learn from it?
- 02How do you decide which suppliers or spending categories get your team's closest attention?
- 03What have you learned from your own work about managing supplier risk while still getting good terms?
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