Gary Lambert was appointed Assistant Secretary for Operational Services on March 21, 2011. Prior to accepting his appointment as the head of Massachusetts’ Operational Services Division, Lambert spent eleven years as a senior member of CGI’s Spend Management Solutions Service Line Group where he served as Vice President for Spend Management Solutions prior to starting GLC Solutions. At CGI, Mr. Lambert oversaw Spend Management initiatives with a focus on the public sector. He was the solutions architect for the Commonwealth of Virginia’s nationally recognized, award winning eVA eProcurement system. He was key contributor to the design and development of the AMS Advantage Procurement solution, recognized as one of the leading end-to-end procurement solutions in state government today. Additionally, Mr. Lambert provides thought leadership and subject matter expertise in the area of public sector spend management, and procurement.

Before going to work in the private sector, Mr. Lambert spent almost 20 years working for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts where he served as the Deputy State Purchasing Agent for the Massachusetts Operational Services Division. In this capacity, Mr. Lambert worked as the Chief Operating Officer for a division charged with overseeing commodity, service, information technology, and health and human service procurements on behalf of the Commonwealth with annual expenditures of approximately $2 billion. He also developed and maintained the Commonwealth Procurement Access and Solicitation System (Comm-PASS), an Internet-based solicitation distribution system and was the champion behind the multi-state eMall pilot program. Other duties during his tenure with Massachusetts included developing policy and regulations for human and social service delivery systems as well as managing the operations of 20 Commonwealth of administration and finance agencies. Mr. Lambert is a frequent speaker on the subject of spend management, and has been featured in publications such as Government Technology Magazine and Washington Technology Magazine.

Mr. Lambert earned his bachelor’s degree with honors in Political Science from Suffolk University.