Stanley Vitikas

Stan Vitikas is a Professor of Practice in Supply Chain Management for the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. He has a B.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from The Ohio State University, and an MBA in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin. Mr. Vitikas has over 30 years of industry experience, including 23 years at Intel Corporation in various management positions in Global Supply Management for direct and indirect materials, and nine years at Texas Instruments as a Contract Specialist and Supply Chain Manager in Defense Electronics. His expertise includes Global Sourcing, Contract Negotiation Strategy & Tactics, Corporate Business Principles/Ethics, and spends analytics. His various job responsbilities have taken him to more than 30 countries, leading organizations and collaborating with suppliers and country-based factory and manufacturing operations teams.  At Arizona State, Mr. Vitikas teaches classes in Sourcing Research and Analysis, Negotiation Strategy, Procurement and Contracting, and International Business.