PLA is responsible for managing overall daily financial and business operations which include all technical purchasing, legal and license agreements, accounting, and asset management tracking.

• Technical Purchasing  includes advising, recommending and market researching computer configurations, peripherals and networking components. For all technical purchasing requests, please send mail to help-purchase@cc.gatech.edu
• Legal and license agreements includes serving as liason between CoC Faculty and GT Legal to ensure execution of legal agreements.
  
• Track of all TSO accounts, Startups, and revenue accounts
• Asset Management includes Managing $15 Million inventory assets.

 
Contacts:

• Tonya Gordon ( Lead), Program Manager, 404-385-0364, tonya@cc.gatech.edu
• Nyree Pugh, Purchasing Coordinator, 404-385-3126, npugh@cc.gatech.edu

Charter and Mission:

• To manage TSO's financial and business operations to ensure effective cost control; and to identify and eliminate hidden costs.To provide excellent customer service in technical purchasing while ensure the most cost effective means.
• Streamline purchasing processes, ensure requests are responded to within 1 business day
• Manage Vendor relations to ensure volume discounting and mutual beneficial gain. 
• Effectively communicate all purchasing, licensing, and asset tracking procedures to faculty, staff and students.
• 100% accountability for inventory tracking
• Work with Divisions to lead/train/empower lab managers to be accountable for their equipment.
• Streamline and bridge processes between helpdesk, enterprise, academics, and research to ensure standardization in purchasing process.