CARL GOMBERG is a Lead Solution Analyst in Premier’s ITS Cost Management business unit focused on Supply Chain products and initiatives. Since 2008, he has worked to support the adoption, implementation and education of Healthcare Supply Chain Standards throughout Premier, its membership, its Supplier Community, and the industry at large. Mr. Gomberg has been with Premier since 2007 – leading projects related to Standards, Cross Reference, Safety Product Catalogs, ERP Item Catalog Maintenance and Master Data Management – and has 24 years’ experience in Healthcare Supply Chain and Data Management. Prior to joining Premier, Mr. Gomberg served as Supervisor of Analysis, Training & Quality Control at Sharp HealthCare in San Diego, CA, overseeing Item Data Management, Purchasing Operations, ERP User Training and Data Analytics in their Central Materiel Management department. Mr. Gomberg served for four years as co-chair of the GS1 US Healthcare Community Advisory Board (CAB), has been an active member of the GS1 US Healthcare Executive Leadership Committee (ELC) since 2015, and was chair of the Healthcare Supply Chain Association’s Committee for Healthcare eStandards (CHeS) from 2018 through 2021.