Daniel Barrett

Vice President of Sales
Elance-oDesk

Daniel leads the sales organization at Elance-oDesk, driving the company's expansion in the mid-size and enterprise markets, having previously held senior sales leadership roles at Linkedin and Google, both in the US and internationally. An expat for most of his life, Daniel is passionate about creating a workplace for the world, unlocking economic opportunity at scale for millions of freelancers worldwide.

Daniel holds a Bachelor in Economic Sciences from the Universite Libre de Bruxelles and a BBA in Business Administration from the International Management Institute of Brussels, Belgium.

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Day 2: Thursday, November 13, 2014

Sunday, January 11th, 2015

11:55 How Procurement & Marketing Create Value Through Online Staffing

Today someone in your marketing department will hire a freelancer online. Marketers love that they can get creative projects completed faster than ever before―often with better results―by directly hiring talent online. But are they compliant?

In this presentation, you’ll learn:

Why marketing “going rogue” is presenting a unique set of challenges for procurement teams
How to gain visibility, control, and compliance of your entire body of independent contractors, including online freelancers
How procurement and marketing can each create value and achieve strategic objectives by implementing systems that allow for today’s preferred method of hiring by marketers

Presented by Elance-Odesk

14:05 Roundtable Discussions

Table 1: In-Depth: Optimizing Marketing Campaign Deployment – Improving Control and Transparency, Budget and ROI

Hosted by: Catherine Burke, Managing Director, Banner Managed Communication

Table 2: In-Depth: How Procurement & Marketing Create Value through Online Staffing

Hosted by: Daniel Barrett, Vice President of Sales, Elance-Odesk

Table 3: Trends In Payment Terms And Their Impact On Marketing Spend

Hosted by: Duke Diep, Commodity Manager, Western Digital Technologies, Inc.

Table 4: The Pros and Cons of Holding Company Contracts

Hosted by: Tina Sokol, Divisional Category Manager - Americas Agencies, Novartis

Table 5: Category Focus: Merchandise and Promotions

Hosted by: Amelia Simonet, Sourcing Agent, 3M

Table 6: Category Focus: Events and Corporate Sponsorships

Hosted by: Antonio Humphreys, Senior Manager, Global Procurement, Adobe Systems Inc.

Table 7: Category Focus: Social

Hosted by: Peter Friedman, CEO, LiveWorld