About Us

Zachary Christensen joined the RFxPremier Cooperative Procurement Strategy team this year. Zac started his career in procurement at Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company after law school. While he practiced contract law for a few years, he considers himself a recovering attorney with a passion for public procurement.

After working in the State of Utah central procurement office as a contract analyst, he led the Utah State Board of Education’s procurement team as the director implementing the procurement module of the entity ERP system, drafting policies, procedures, and forms as a newly created public procurement entity.

Zac then served as the chief procurement officer for the University of Utah in addition to leading the accounts payables, travel, and general stores departments. During this time, Zac led the reimplementation of the travel management system, updated the accounts payables processes, and expanded the university’s use of cooperative contracts.

Zac has earned his CPPO, CPPB certifications from the UPPCC, and the NIGP-CPP certification from NIGP. He has demonstrated his passion for public procurement by serving on the board of examiners for the UPPCC, serving as the Utah Chapter of NIGP’s Vice President, President, and liaison, has served in the NIGP national Member’s Council, Chair of the Utah Education Procurement Advisory Council, has written four NIGP procurement courses, was a highly rated instructor, and presenter at webinars and national events. He has additionally published an article on protests in public procurement in the Utah Bar Journal.

Prior to joining RFxPremier as a Cooperative Procurement Strategy Official, Chad obtained his degree in Communications at Utah Valley University. He spent time in various supply chain / warehousing jobs that slowly evolved over the years to procurement centered work.

He spent the last 9 years in various roles in procurement at Utah Transit Authority, most recently as a procurement & contracts specialist. Chad lives in Spanish Fork, Utah with his wife and two daughters. He is fluent in all sports talk (except soccer) and loves fitness; he is a part-time jump rope trainer for Crossrope, a weighted jump rope company.

Jennifer Zepeda is a seasoned procurement and contracting professional currently serving as a Cooperative Procurement Strategy Official (CPSO) at RFxPremier since June 2023. In this role, she oversees the creation and award of national cooperative contracts, helping public entities navigate strategic procurement opportunities with efficiency and clarity. Prior to joining RFxPremier, Jennifer served as a Contract Manager for Iowa Medicaid and held key purchasing leadership roles at Kern Oil & Refining Company and Wonderful Orchards in Bakersfield, California. She brings deep expertise in contract oversight and vendor relations, along with a strong track record of driving cost-saving and transparent procurement strategies that deliver real value. 

Matt Limoges is a Cooperative Procurement Strategy Official with the RFxPremier team. Matt previously served as the Deputy Bureau Director for the State of Wisconsin’s State Bureau of Procurement. During his time with the State of Wisconsin Matt worked with all areas of procurement, with his main emphasis being centered on Information Technology Procurement. A graduate of the University of St. Thomas School of Law and North Dakota State University, Matt brings an innovative approach to the procurement function. Aside from nerding out over the procurement landscape, Matt enjoys spending time with his wife and two children, but you will most likely find him at the local golf course. 

Michelle currently works as a Cooperative Procurement Strategy Official for RFxPremier. Prior to her role with RFxPremier, she worked as a Cooperative Portfolio Coordinator for NASPO ValuePoint, and before that for the State of Maine in their Central Procurement Office as a Procurement Analyst. Michelle currently resides in Augusta, Maine. On the weekends you can find her traveling all over New England, watching her son and daughter play hockey, baseball, lacrosse, football and field hockey. 

Jared Ambrosier is an accomplished procurement professional with over 14 years of contracting experience, eight in leadership roles with the State of Michigan including three as the Chief Procurement Officer.  Overseeing 2.5B of annual spend, Jared has led procurement efforts in critical situations such as the Flint Water Crisis, the insourcing of prisoner food services, the Covid-19 pandemic and the Benton Harbor line replacement project.  Sitting on multiple boards and academic councils Jared has a passion for advancing procurement throughout the State of Michigan for both public and private sector organizations.

Travis Ball currently serves as Executive Director, Business Services & CPO at Texas A&M University-Commerce.  He oversees Procurement, Auxiliary Services, Logistics, Transportation Services, and Real Estate.  In addition to his primary role, he is also an adjunct instructor for the College of Innovation and Design.  Travis holds a Bachelors of Business Administration in Management from Texas A&M University-Commerce and a Master of Science in Management also from Texas A&M University-Commerce.

Travis is also a Past President of the National Board of Directors for the National Association of Educational Procurement (NAEP).

Bob currently serves as Director of Procurement for the Broward County Government, where he leads and administers the central procurement system. Before joining the County, he was the State of Maryland’s first Chief Procurement Officer, appointed by Governor Larry Hogan to reorganize and modernize Maryland’s procurement system. Before that he was Director of the Commonwealth of Virginia’s central procurement office and directed their enterprise “eVA” eProcurement program and with the CIO for the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (“VITA”).

He is a nationally Certified Public Purchasing Officer (CPPO) and has been certified as a professional procurement officer by both Maryland and Virginia. He has over thirty years in public and private purchasing working at all levels of state government, with procurement experience in all forms of IT, construction, transportation, facilities and other goods and services. He currently serves on the UPPCC Board and previously served as an officer on the NASPO Board and as a member on the ValuePoint Board.

Before joining the government, he was chief procurement officer for an international non-governmental organization (NGO) operating in over 20 countries, and worked briefly with Circuit City Stores, Inc. after twelve years in the U.S. Army Field Artillery, and the NATO Central European office responsible for strategic theater planning and operations. He has a BA from the Virginia Military Institute and holds certifications in Advanced Logistics Executive Development Course from the USA Logistics Management College, and Systems Management from the University of Southern California.