A new year has begun, which means a new year of traveling (at least for me) is upon us. I will be hitting a number of major US cities again this year, and am always interested in meeting with companies who have new and innovative offerings in the sourcing, procurement, and related supply chain space (especially if your offering includes optimization or sophisticated analytics capabilities).

Therefore, if you are in, or near (< 50 miles), a major US city [and Phoenix, AZ; San Francisco, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Denver, CO; Chicago, IL; Indianapolis, IN; Boston, MA; Las Vegas, NV; Newark, NJ; Pittsburgh, PA; and Dallas, TX; in particular] and would like to brief me, or just talk to me, in person, please e-mail me at thedoctor<at>sourcinginnovation<dot>com, and I will add you to my list of companies to reach out to when I know I will be in the area. Please note that I will likely be hitting at least four of the parenthesized cities in the next two months, so the sooner you reach out, the better. Those of you who won the blog lottery (I know who you are and you've already peaked my interest) may already have an email from me, with SI or Sourcing Innovation in the subject line. If you do, I'd greatly appreciate a response regarding your interest one way or the other.

Just like Jason "The Prophet" Busch, I don't believe in "pay-to-play", so please feel free to contact me if you have a story for me to tell. ([shameless plug alert] You can also contact me if you need consulting advice and think I am the consultant for you - but please direct those requests through my company email address, which you can find on the ToP KaTS site.)

And for those of you just getting back from vacation (I hope you enjoyed it!), Happy New Year!