Kate Vitasek is an international authority for her award-winning research on highly collaborative relationships. Vitasek, a Faculty member at the University of Tennessee, has been lauded by World Financial Review as a Power Influencer and by World Trade Magazine as one of the “Fabulous 50+1 People Influencing Global Commerce,” Kate is passionate in her quest to help organizations learn how to crack the code on collaboration by unpacking the art, science and practice of collaborative relationships. She has shared her insights on CNN International, Bloomberg, NPR, and Fox Business News and is the author of seven books including: Vested: How P&G, McDonald’s and Microsoft Are Redefining Winning in Business Relationships, Contracting in the New Economy, and Vested Outsourcing: Five Rules that Transform Outsourcing. Follow Kate on LinkedIn or learn more about her at www.katevitasek.com