Kate Vitasek

Lauded by World Trade Magazine as one of the “Fabulous 50+1” most influential people impacting global commerce, author, educator and business consultant Kate Vitasek is an international authority for her award-winning research and Vested® business model for highly-collaborative partnerships.

Her practical and research-based advice for driving transformation and innovation through highly-collaborative and strategic partnerships has been widely published in over 300 articles in respected academic and trade journals as well as in seven books, including: Vested: How P&G, McDonald’s and Microsoft Are Redefining Winning in Business Relationships, Contracting in the New Economy: Using Relational Contracts to Boost Trust and Collaboration in Strategic Business Partnerships, Vested Outsourcing: Five Rules that Transform Outsourcing and Getting to We: Negotiating Agreements for Highly Collaborative Relationships.

Kate has appeared on Fox Business News, CNN International, NPR, Forbes Breaking News and Bloomberg Radio for her commentary on strategic partnerships. She is a popular keynote speaker and executive trainer/coach in the art, science and practice of developing strategic partnerships that enable organizations to go beyond simply saying strategic partnership into truly developing successful Vested partnerships that have the power to deliver transformational and award-winning results for the companies that follow Vested's proven Five Rules.

Vitasek is a widely recognized expert. Honors include:
- inducted into the Sourcing Industry Group’s “Hall of Fame”
- named as a World Commerce and Contracting “Fellow”
- being on the Global Sourcing Association’s “A-List”
- honored as a “Woman of International Influence” by Global Executive Women
- recognized as a “Woman on the Move in Trade and Transportation” by the Journal of Commerce
- called a “Rainmaker” by DC Velocity Magazine

Prior to her renowned work on Vested - Kate was blazing trails in the supply chain industry as Founder of SC Visions - a boutique consulting. In 2009 she was honored as a finalist for a Stevie Award for woman entrepreneur of the year. Under her leadership, SC Visions was named "One of the Top 10 Coolest Supply Chain consulting firms" by ARC Advisory Group and was the smallest firm to make Supply Chain Brain's "Top 100" list of service providers.