Season 4 | Ep. 13 - Doing Business with the City of Fort Lauderdale

Mr. Marcos possesses close to 30 years of public procurement professional experience, with 25 years at the executive/managerial level. He is known to be a transformational organizational leader, a subject matter expert in his profession, and recognized for his leadership in attaining organizational excellence in procurement. Throughout his career, he has implemented new technologies and software programs; re-engineered business practices; mentored employees and changed the organizational culture by encouraging employees to be innovators and forward-thinking; drafted laws, policies, and procedures all in an effort to achieve best practices and high performance in the various organizations he has worked for.

Mr. Glenn Marcos is the Chief Procurement Officer/Assistant Finance Director for the City of Fort Lauderdale. Before serving in his current capacity, he was the former Assistant Director of Purchasing for Broward County; Assistant Director and Director of Purchasing for the City of Miami; and Assistant Director of Purchasing for the City of Coral Gables.
Some of Mr. Marcos's career highlights include forming the Lauderhill Police Department in 1994 and both the City of Aventura and the Aventura Police Department in 1996. He also assisted in drafting the City of Miami’s current Procurement Law and authored the City of Coral Gables’ first Procurement Law. Mr. Marcos has also been involved in successfully implementing an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Financial Integrated system at the City of Miami, City of Aventura, Broward County, and Fort Lauderdale.

He has served as an expert witness and testified in legal matters of dispute and controversy in Court, interrogatories, and depositions. He also has been a speaker, moderator, and presenter for national, regional, state, and local public sector professional associations and chapters. Under his leadership, guidance, and stewardship his various procurement organizations have been recognized and bestowed with over 25 major awards for optimizing procurement practices, technology, professionalism, and efficiency.

Mr. Marcos holds a Master’s in Public Administration and a Bachelor of Science with a Degree in Criminal Justice with a minor in Mass Communication from Florida International University. He also attended law school at Nova Southeastern. He is currently nationally certified as a Certified Public Purchasing Officer (CPPO) and Certified Professional Public Buyer (CPPB), and state certified as a Florida Certified Purchasing Manager (FCPM) and Florida Purchasing Agent (FCPA).

https://www.fortlauderdale.gov/

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