Procurement professionals in Developer tools
Pairs from Vercel, GitHub, GitLab and JFrog make up most of this developer tools procurement group, with Kong's global head of procurement and Perforce Software's Director of Procurement rounding it out. Several hold or held head of procurement titles, at GitHub, OpenSea, ON24, Kong, Optro and Vercel, which suits a software company buying cloud and SaaS, negotiating with infrastructure vendors, or setting up procurement as it grows.
Professionals to explore
Adrienne Ruhaak
LinkedInExperience: Manager of Procurement · GitLab
At GitLab, Adrienne Ruhaak has been Manager of Procurement since 2025, after Procurement Category Manager there (2022-2025). At Signet Jewelers, Adrienne was Strategic Sourcing Analyst (2017-2018), Strategic Sourcing Senior Analyst (2018-2019) and Strategic Sourcing Manager (2019-2021), so questions on category management for software and services at GitLab fit well.
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Aleshia Hansen
LinkedInExperience: Former Director, Procurement · GitLab
Procurement strategy across $105M in annual spend, while supporting an acquisition, is what Aleshia Hansen describes owning as Director, Head of Procurement at Optro (since 2023). At GitLab, Aleshia was Sr Manager, Procurement (2019-2020) and Director, Procurement (2020-2023), and was earlier Head of Product Partnerships at Edmentum (2018-2019) and IT Sourcing, Associate Manager at General Mills (2015-2018).
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Christina Nguyen
LinkedInExperience: Senior Procurement Analyst · Vercel
Day-to-day questions on buying software and services at Vercel fit Christina Nguyen, Senior Procurement Analyst there since 2026, after Procurement Analyst (2025-2026). Christina was Strategic Sourcing Analyst (2023-2025) and Buyer (2022-2023) at Robinhood and Senior Buyer, R&D at ServiceNow (2021-2022).
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Christopher Kelley
LinkedInExperience: Former Head of Procurement · Vercel
Christopher Kelley became Head of Procurement at Vercel in 2026, after Sourcing Director - Corporate Services at Uber (2018-2026). At Salesforce, Christopher was Category Manager - Contingent Workforce Program (2012-2016), Senior Category Manager - Contingent Workforce Programs (2016) and Director, Procurement (2016-2018), a fit for questions on setting up procurement at a developer tools company.
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Dana Shefer
LinkedInExperience: Evaluating and buying developer software fits Dana Shefer, Tech Procurement Lead · Bright Data; Former Technology Procurement Business Partner · JFrog
Evaluating and buying developer software fits Dana Shefer, Tech Procurement Lead at Bright Data since 2025. At JFrog, Dana was Global Procurement Buyer (2021-2023) and Technology Procurement Business Partner (2023-2025), describing the work as sourcing and evaluating software tools, and Dana was Technical Procurement Buyer at Tempo Beverages Ltd (2018-2021).
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Elinor Harush
LinkedInExperience: VP Procurement · JFrog
Elinor Harush became VP Procurement at JFrog in 2025 and also holds Senior Director, Head of Global Procurement at Payoneer (since 2024). Elinor's other Payoneer roles were Director, Head of Global Procurement (2021-2024), Senior Procurement Manager (2018-2021) and Procurement Manager (2016-2018), and Elinor describes building scalable procurement processes, a fit for scaling procurement at JFrog.
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Lauren Pukacz
LinkedInExperience: Global Head of Procurement · Kong
Global Head of Procurement at Kong since 2022, Lauren Pukacz held the same title at IPsoft (2017-2020). Lauren was Senior Global Director Procurement at Talkdesk (2020-2022), and at The New York Public Library was Procurement Manager (2013-2015) and Director Strategic Procurement and Risk Management and Associate Director of Procurement (2015-2017), a fit for procurement and risk questions.
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Nate Munson
LinkedInExperience: Director of Procurement · Perforce Software
Nate Munson became Director of Procurement at Perforce Software in 2022, the year Nate notes Perforce acquired Puppet. At Perforce Puppet, Nate was Purchasing Analyst (2014-2016), Sr. Procurement Manager (2016-2018) and Sr. Mgr of Procurement (2018-2022), and was Purchasing Analyst, Concur Travel & Expense Administrator at Webtrends (2013-2014), a fit for merging procurement after a deal.
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Ned Morris
LinkedInExperience: Former Director - Head of Procurement · GitHub
Director - Head of Procurement is the title Ned Morris has held at three companies: GitHub (2016-2021), OpenSea (2021-2023) and ON24 since 2023. Ned was Senior Category Manager - Network and Co-Location Infrastructure at Salesforce (2011-2016) and Area Manager, OSP Engineering at AT&T (1998-2006), and cites hybrid cloud infrastructure and building internal procurement, a fit for first-procurement-hire questions.
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Tochi Emeka
LinkedInExperience: Former Strategic Sourcing Manager - Procurement (GitHub Microsoft) · GitHub
In 2026, Tochi Emeka joined Zoox in Senior Strategic Sourcing, after Senior Director of Global Procurement (2021-2026) and Director of Global Procurement (2020-2021) at Braze. Tochi was Strategic Sourcing Manager - Procurement (GitHub Microsoft) at GitHub (2018-2020) and in Procurement - Global Infrastructure (Twitch Amazon) at Twitch (2015-2018), and describes building out company-wide procurement programs in software.
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Choose the right perspective
For standing up a procurement function, Ned Morris, Lauren Pukacz, Christopher Kelley and Aleshia Hansen are the picks, with Elinor Harush at the vice president level. Tochi Emeka fits infrastructure sourcing, Dana Shefer and Christina Nguyen software and SaaS buying, Nate Munson procurement after an acquisition, and Adrienne Ruhaak category management.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you negotiate cloud commit discounts when usage grows faster than forecast?
- 02When does a developer tools company need its first procurement hire, and what should that person own first?
- 03How do you review and approve the flood of SaaS tools that engineers want to buy?
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