Jim Bergman – Speaker

VP, Training IACCM

With extensive contracting and negotiation experience in both supply management and sales contracting, Jim Bergman serves as Vice President of IACCM for APAC and the Middle East.  Prior to joining IACCM, Mr. Bergman was a contracts attorney for a Fortune 500 petrochemical corporation, Amoco Corporation, and was responsible for legal, tendering and negotiations support to the procurement staff.  He supported multiple locations globally, where he addressed commercial and legal issues in transactions valued up to and greater than $1 billion.

Mr. Bergman’s experience encompasses developing, negotiating and managing contracts for a wide array of projects with multiple clients in the petrochemical / oil and gas sector.  He has been extensively involved in establishing many successful and innovative customer-supplier commercial relationships.  He has also developed and delivered both public and internal training programs for the petrochemical / oil and gas sector in many topics regarding tendering, strategic sourcing, contracting, outsourcing, law and negotiations.

As a strategic management consultant, Jim has assisted numerous clients through all phases and steps of contract development, contract drafting, contract negotiation and contract management processes, demonstrating savings in excess of $300 million.  His audiences and clients have included attorneys, plus financial, operational and sourcing professionals from multinational corporations and the public sector, including Al-Majdouie Group, Apache, BHP Billiton, Borouge Abu Dhabi, BP, Carigali Hess, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Dana Gas, Delphi Automotive, DuPont, Egyptian Petrochemicals Holding, ExxonMobil, FedEx, GASCO, General Motors, Halliburton, Hess, Intuit, Japan Vietnam Petroleum, Johnson & Johnson, Lam Research, Makro, Maxis, Merck, Monsanto, Petrofac, Petronas, Petrovietnam Gas, PGNiG SA Egypt, RasGas, Samsung, Saudi Aramco, Schlumberger, Shell, the State of California, the State of Florida, the State of Texas, Sun Life of Canada, Warburg Dillon Read/Union Bank of Switzerland and WalMart, Vietnam Oil and Gas Group, and VRJ Petroleum Company.

Jim holds a Law Degree, an MBA, a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts degree.  In addition, he is licensed to practice law in Illinois, Texas and Oklahoma, as well as various US federal courts.