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10 Expedia procurement leaders
These ten current and former Expedia procurement leaders hold or have held vice president, director and head roles in global and corporate procurement, strategic sourcing, corporate services, real estate, marketing and contact center sourcing, and vendor management. A reader can learn how procurement leaders work at Expedia from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Brian Weber
LinkedInExperience: Director, Corporate Services Procurement · Expedia Group
Director, Corporate Services Procurement at Expedia Group since 2026. Former Director, Enterprise Hardware & Software Operations (2024–2025), Director, Strategic Sourcing & Talent Services (2021–2024) and Group Sourcing Manager, Strategic Sourcing (2015–2021) in Microsoft Procurement, with category portfolios including marketing services and corporate events.
Chad Nesland
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Global Procurement · Expedia Group
Vice President Global Procurement at Expedia Group since 2025, leading the global procurement team across category management, strategic sourcing, analytics and digital transformation. Former Senior Director, Center of Excellence (2023–2025) and Senior Director Strategic Sourcing (2013–2023) at Microsoft, and Senior Category Manager, Digital Marketing & Engineering Services at Microsoft (2012–2013).
Jo Harding FCIPS
LinkedInExperience: Former Senior Director, Strategic Sourcing (Non-IT Indirects) · Expedia Group
Former Senior Director, Strategic Sourcing (Non-IT Indirects) (2019–2020) and Director, Strategic Sourcing (Marketing & Real Estate) (2017–2019) at Expedia Group, based in London. Head of Indirect Procurement at Belron since 2024, and former Global Head of Category - Professional Services & Travel on contract at Anglo American (2022–2024).
Mamta Singh
LinkedInExperience: Director Vendor Management · Expedia Group
Director Vendor Management at Expedia Group since 2026, and former Senior Manager Vendor Management for customer and partner operations (2020–2026) and Sr Vendor Manager, Supply Operations (2016–2020) at Expedia Group. The profile describes managing large-scale vendor networks and negotiating high-value contracts.
Mark Niemann, MBA
LinkedInExperience: Head of Real Estate Sourcing, Global Procurement · Expedia
Head of Real Estate Sourcing, Global Procurement at Expedia since 2018, with a focus on indirect categories including real estate, facilities, security and marketing. Former Category Manager at Amgen (2002–2013) and Purchasing Agent at Immunex (1996–2002); the profile also lists a Sr. Procurement Manager role at T-Mobile from 2013.
Reagan Smith
LinkedInExperience: Former Head of Global Corporate Procurement · Expedia
Former Head of Global Corporate Procurement at Expedia (2022–2025), based in Austin. Chief Procurement Officer at Iron Mountain since 2025, and former Vice President, Global Procurement at Visa (2018–2022), Director, Indirect Technology & Software OEM Procurement at Dell Technologies (2017–2018) and Sr. Director, Technology & Product Sourcing & Supplier Management at Visa (2013–2016).
Sam Sharon
LinkedInExperience: Head of Contact Center Sourcing · Expedia Group
Head of Contact Center Sourcing at Expedia Group since 2022, and former Senior Manager, Global Partner Operations (2017–2022) and Senior Analyst, Global Partner Operations (2015–2017) at Expedia Group. The profile describes a sourcing and vendor management leader with a record in contract, rate and dispute negotiation.
Stephanie Palos
LinkedInExperience: Global Sourcing Marketing Director · Expedia
Global Sourcing Marketing Director at Expedia since 2023. Former Sr. Manager, Global Sourcing - Marketing at Twitter (2021–2022), Sr. Manager, Strategic Sourcing - Digital Marketing at WarnerMedia (2018–2021) and Manager, Strategic Sourcing Marketing at Warner Bros. Entertainment (2015–2021), with a background in digital media sourcing.
Tracy Takeuchi
LinkedInExperience: Former Senior Director, Global Procurement · Expedia Group
Former Senior Director, Global Procurement at Expedia Group (2009–2017), leading a globally based sourcing and procurement operations team serving more than 12 brands and corporate shared services, and overseeing category management and transactional functions. Former First Vice President, Enterprise Support Services at JPMorganChase (1998–2009) and Corporate Travel Manager at Nordstrom (1995–1998).
Choose the right perspective
Match the procurement area named in the person's title to the question you bring. Check whether the person's Expedia role is current before asking about how the team works today.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How should a procurement team split work between category managers and business partners?
- 02How do procurement leaders build working relationships with the internal teams they support?
- 03How do procurement leaders measure the value their team adds beyond savings?
Reaching Expedia procurement leaders
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