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		Patrick Houston
		New York

Based in New York, Pat Houston is a Partner at Booz & Company focused on the consumer and media industries. He specializes in operational and organizational transformation with particular emphasis on sourcing, supply chain initiatives. Mr. Houston has over 15 years of global consulting experience and is the leader of the firm’s Strategic Sourcing functional offering in North America.

A recognized thought leader, Mr. Houston has co-authored several industry-related articles including:

• "Amazon Your Industry: Extracting Value from the Value Chain" (strategy+business)
• "The Last Mile to Nowhere: Flaws and Fallacies in the Internet Home Delivery Schemes" (strategy+business)
• "Marketing and Operations: Can This Marriage be Saved?" (strategy+business)
• "Scale vs. Utilization" (Purchasing Today)
• "Off the Table, Into the Pocket: Driving Purchasing Savings to the Bottom Line"

Mr. Houston received a dual master’s degree, with distinction, from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management (MBA) and the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (Masters in Manufacturing Management). He also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering, summa cum laude, from the University of Southern California.