Former procurement leaders from UnitedHealth Group, MGM Resorts International, and Sanofi join Zip to help enterprises navigate the shift to agentic procurement

Zip, the leading AI platform for enterprise procurement, today announced the launch of its Enterprise Transformation Office (ETO), a dedicated team of former Fortune 500 procurement leaders who will work directly with customers to drive large-scale procurement transformation.

The ETO is led by Jason Moore, Head of the Enterprise Transformation Office at Zip, who previously served as Senior Director of Enterprise Procurement at Discover. Moore has assembled a team of seasoned executives who collectively bring decades of experience running procurement at some of the world’s largest organizations:

• Peder Gustafson, former Chief Procurement Officer at UnitedHealth Group (Fortune 3), with additional CPO experience at Ameriprise Financial and VP-level procurement roles at Medtronic.
• James Czarnecki, former SVP and Chief Procurement Officer at MGM Resorts International, with 15+ years of experience in supply chain, process excellence, and enterprise transformation.
• Danielle McQuiston, former VP and Head of North America Procurement at Sanofi, where she oversaw more than $4 billion in spend and 100+ employees across all spend categories and business units including pharmaceutical, animal health, vaccines, and consumer health.
• Jason Powell, former Global Head of Procurement at Figma, who also held procurement leadership roles at Stripe and Asana.

The team is already advising Fortune 500 leaders across Financial Services, Retail, Consumer Packaged Goods, Travel & Hospitality, Manufacturing, Healthcare & Life Sciences.

“The leaders who transformed procurement at the world’s largest companies are now at Zip, helping their peers do the same,” said Rujul Zaparde, Co-founder and CEO of Zip. “As enterprises adopt agentic AI, they need not just powerful software, but also strategic partners who understand the complexity of change at scale. That’s exactly what our Enterprise Transformation Office delivers.”

“We’ve sat in our customers’ seats,” said Moore. “We’ve managed the politics, navigated the complexity, and led the transformation. Now we’re bringing that experience to every enterprise working with Zip.”

“With evolving market pressures, mature procurement functions are increasingly being viewed as strategic capabilities, driving significant value back into the business,” added Gustafson. “I’ve had the privilege to lead world-class procurement functions but doing so required the ability for stakeholders to easily, and intuitively engage, something only possible through a well-orchestrated process. Joining Zip is a perfect fit as it provides an opportunity to partner with procurement leaders on that same journey while sharing best-practices and lessons learned.”

The launch of the ETO follows a breakout year for Zip, which recently announced $6 billion in total customer savings, 50+ purpose-built AI agents, and new enterprise customers including LinkedIn, PIMCO, Block, and Mars.

About Zip

Zip is the world’s leading agentic procurement orchestration platform, empowering businesses to accelerate the procurement process, mitigate risk, and drive growth by offering a single front door to unify the teams, tasks, and tools involved in working with suppliers. With Zip, businesses can maximize employee adoption of purchasing policies and increase spend visibility and control. As the leading solution for optimizing business spend, Zip’s AI-powered platform is trusted by hundreds of leading enterprises worldwide, including AMD, Anthropic, Coinbase, Discover, Dollar Tree, HP, Instacart, Invesco, Lyft, Northwestern Mutual, Prudential, Reddit, Sephora, and Snowflake to maximize the ROI of every dollar. To learn more, visit ziphq.com.

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“The leaders who transformed procurement at the world’s largest companies are now at Zip, helping their peers do the same,” said Rujul Zaparde, Co-founder and CEO of Zip.