Ward Karson
COO
Entrepreneur. Procurement industry leader and subject matter expert.
Ward is a 30 year industry veteran of Indirect Spend Sourcing across the technology, digital gaming entertainment, life sciences, and financial services industries. As a co-founder of Raindrop, Ward leverages his wealth of Strategic Sourcing and technology industry experience to focus and streamline corporate spend management application requirements.
Classically trained in TCO methodology, his passion and personal Sourcing philosophy is referred to as “Predictive Sourcing”, which Raindrop integrates to provide clients a holistic enterprise view, improving organizational spend and output effectiveness.
Ward is a born-and-raised Chicagoan and classic car collector. As a life-long suffering Cubs fan, Ward has lived in San Francisco for over two decades and has learned to put up with Karl the Fog, cold summer weather, and good sports teams.
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