Richard Crane is currently the Sr. Vice President of Commodity Management at Philips Healthcare, located in Andover, MA where he is responsible for sourcing and commodity management of direct material across all divisions of Philips Healthcare globally, and for indirect spend across all Philips businesses in North America.   

Prior to joining Philips, Richard was Vice President of Supply Chain Management at Siemens Corporation where he was responsible for driving productivity and cost savings across all Siemens businesses within North America.  He began his career with Siemens in 1992 where he has held several procurement, supply chain, and project management roles across the company in Siemens Communications, Siemens Medical Solutions, and Siemens AG - Automation & Drives. 
 
Richard Crane holds a BA in Business Economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara, and an MBA in Transnational Management from Fordham University.