David Hargraves Bio

David A. Hargraves, is the Vice President, Clinical Supply Chain at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, an ~$10b international healthcare delivery network where he is responsible for all clinical strategic sourcing, procurement operations, consolidated service center operations,  and Value Analysis.   David is also the Vice President of Operations for BioTronics Inc., an equipment management service provider covering 140,000+ medical devices with a value exceeding $1 billion.

Prior to UPMC David worked in supply chain leadership positions with Alcoa and Ariba.  David is a Certified Purchasing Manager, received his MBA from Waynesburg University, a B.S. in Organizational Leadership from Duquesne University, and A.S. degree in Biomedical Engineering Technology from Penn State University.

David is an adjunct professor with Chatham University where he teaches a graduate level course in sustainable supply chain management.   David recently served as the President of the Large Hospital Consortium, an organization of healthcare teaching institutions, who assist each other in the implementation of proven and workable supply chain concepts.  David is also an active member of AHRMM and ISM and recently presented “Optimization of Distribution and Receiving in Healthcare” at the AHRMM’s 49th Annual Conference & Exhibition in Boston and “Advanced Research Techniques for Supply Market Analysis” at the ISM International Conference in San Diego.