Office of Procurement

Michael joined UW-Shared Services in October, 2019. He’s been involved in many phases of shared services from strategy and design to implementation and ongoing leadership of teams ranging from 20 to 150 people. Michael’s professional experience includes over 10 years implementing and leading shared services teams in various private sector industries: Hospitality, agricultural, manufacturing, oil and gas, and automotive.

In addition, Michael brings strong process knowledge and experience in many business service areas, including financial reporting, accounts payable and receivable, general ledger accounting, travel and entertainment, cost accounting, procurement, payroll and fixed assets. His passion is understanding customer expectations and developing a customer service mentality within his teams, in order to deliver exceptional service.

Michael has a Bachelor of Liberal Studies from the University of Iowa and Master of Business Administration from Marquette University.

Brent Tilton joined UW System as Director of Procurement in February 2018. Previously, he served as Director of Procurement and Materials Management at UW Stout for ten years. Prior to UW Stout, Brent worked at Silicon Graphics/Cray Research for twenty years in various technical and management roles. He has taught business policy and capstone courses as an Adjunct Instructor at Concordia University. Brent earned his MBA and Bachelor’s in Management degrees from Cardinal Stritch University and holds an Associate’s Degree in Electronics Technology.