Bio
Brian Selander is the CEO of Government Sourcing Solutions, for many years a leading public procurement consulting firm helping governments and educational institutions deliver savings and value through competitively awarded cooperative agreements. Mr. Selander’s public service includes time as Chief Strategy Officer to a Governor, Communications Director to a United States Senator, multi-state director on a presidential campaign and state legislative aide.
Brian is part of an award-winning executive team of former state chief procurement officers and senior state leaders with decades of experience overseeing billions of dollars in procured goods and services. They have lived through the enormous pressures that public procurement leaders face and are committed to making the hardest job in government easier. Government Sourcing Solutions was founded over 15 years ago when Pennsylvania’s head of procurement saw an opportunity for states, counties, cities and universities to better leverage the competitively bid contracts he and his fellow NASPO members had been putting in place in their states though innovative strategic sourcing projects. Procurement teams at every level of government were being required to tackle increased challenges with shrinking staff and needed to leverage no-cost solutions like cooperative purchasing and insights from leaders around the country to deliver results.
His private sector leadership includes years as the President of a fintech direct to consumer (DTC) company that scaled from launch to a multimillion dollar monthly rental rate within weeks. He was the “Offensive Coordinator” of a digital sports network he helped launch and grow to a nine figure valuation that was Fast Company’s #3 Most Innovative in the World in video and was Managing Director at a management consulting firm where he led business development efforts through the company’s successful acquisition by a multi-billion dollar global IT firm.
Brian is on the advisory boards of growth equity fund Catalyst, multiple fast-growing companies and the non-profit Hugh O’Brian Youth Foundation - HOBY. He was the first annual Entrepreneur in Residence at venture capital fund SeventySix Capital.
Mr. Selander graduated summa cum laude from Rutgers University, earned a Masters with a 4.0 from the University of Pennsylvania where he taught for several years, completed the Senior Executive Fellows Program at Harvard and an MBA at Quantic School of Technology.
