Ash Shetty is the Chief Procurement Officer Montgomery County, Maryland. He is a strategic procurement leader known for strengthening organizational resilience through modern operating models, smarter risk management, and enterprise-aligned sourcing strategy. At Montgomery County, he reshaped a $7.7B procurement program into a forward-looking, technology-enabled function that improves continuity, safeguards critical operations, and delivers measurable financial and operational stability. His earlier work at Gartner advising Fortune 500 companies honed his expertise in designing resilient global procurement architectures and guiding executive teams through complex transformation. He is recognized for elevating procurement as a strategic advisor, tying supplier decisions, technology adoption, and category strategy directly to long-term organizational strength and agility.