Ash Shetty is the county’s new Chief Procurement Officer and Director of Office of Procurement. Ash is tasked with overseeing a team of almost 40 procurement and compliance professionals that works on the acquisition of goods and services for the County Government using a wide variety of purchasing methods and procedures. His team manages a portfolio of more than 2,600 contracts with public funds exceeding $5 billion dollars. The Office of Procurement integrates compliance and other regulatory requirements into procurement operations across approximately 34 departments.
Ash, a Montgomery County resident, formerly worked for Gantner as Vice President. At Gantner, he worked with Chief Procurement Officers and their teams to address critical functional challenges. Prior to working at Gartner, Ash was a Senior Consultant at Ernst and Young. Ash received a degree in Business Administration from Georgetown University and studied International Management at University of Oxford.