Administration & Finance Division
Spotlight: Contracts, Procurement and Risk Management
Contracts, Procurement, and Risk Management is a department within the Administration and Finance Division of Cal Poly. Our goal is to provide excellent customer service to the campus and off campus community. Contracts, Procurement, and Risk Management provide services related to purchasing goods and services, administering contracts for the University, and managing campus risk and liability.
Our office includes a staff of four buyers who specialize in various commodities ranging from public works projects to office supplies. Greg Melnyk serves as the Procurement Manager and can assist in a variety of specialized campus projects and issues related to purchasing. The newest addition to our staff is Dru Zachmeyer. Dru is the Contracts Manager and serves as your first contact for any University related contracts.
Contracts, Procurement, and Risk Management is working hard to improve the way we serve our campus and advance the CSU system as a whole. We recently participated as the beta campus to upgrade our Peoplesoft financial system to version 9.0. Cal Poly is also working hard at become a leader in accessible technology to benefit all students, staff, faculty, and the community.
David Leo Carroll, CSP, ARM
David joins Cal Poly as Risk Manager with an enthusiasm for school safety and a background of service to public education. Before coming to Cal Poly, he was Executive Director for a schools insurance cooperative in Colorado, and served as risk manager at Fresno State. He is a Certified Safety Professional and has attained the Associate of Risk Management designation. David earned his B.S. degree in Occupational Safety and continues to be a student of risk management. He enjoys spare time with his family, sports and music.
Dru Zachmeyer, Contracts Manager
Dru joined the Contracts, Procurement, and Risk Management team in June as Traci Kuchta’s replacement. Dru left a successful commercial real estate practice with CB Richard Ellis in Fresno to return to his alma mater (B.A. magna cum laude ’99). Prior to working in the real estate industry, Dru practiced law as an associate at McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard, Wayte & Carruth, in Fresno, where he specialized in insurance coverage litigation. Dru is a graduate of the UCLA School of Law (J.D. ’03) and is currently licensed as a California attorney and real estate broker. His hobbies include hiking, fly fishing, motorcycling, basketball, volleyball and his two Great Danes, Judge and Thor. In the summer of ’98, Dru and his best friend rode their motorcycles 14,000 miles from Paso Robles to New York City and most everywhere in between. His wife, Merri-Lee, is a Registered Nurse who works in the neonatal intensive care unit at Sierra Vista Hospital. They live in one of the new condos at Bella Montana and love it.
Open Forums
In order to provide information and training to the campus community Contracts, Procurement, and Risk Management hosts quarterly open forums. These forums are a way for us to reach out and inform the campus of changes, updates, and information. Topics range from how to host an event to purchasing products from California Certified Small Business’ and DVBE (Disabled Veteran Business Entities). Email invitations are sent out prior to the forum and a bulletin will be posted on the AFD homepage under News & Information (link this). All staff and faculty are encouraged to attend. Stay tuned for information on our next Open Forum.
Achievement of Excellence 2008
For the fifth straight year Cal Poly has been awarded the nationally recognized “Achievement of Excellence in procurement” Award. The AEP award recognizes organizationally excellence in Procurement and is awarded to those entities that demonstrate excellence in procurement, innovation, professionalism, e-procurement, productivity, and leadership attributes.
Furthermore, Cal Poly has been recognized as one of only five universities nationally to have won this award four or more times. The award sponsored by a number of nationally recognized organizations, such as the National Purchasing Institute, Institute for Supply Management, to other entities such as counties cities, states, and universities