From Procurement to Project Team Member: Caleb Knapton joins the FST Team as Procurement Analyst

Caleb and his daughters enjoying the outdoors

After working in Procurement at UVA Finance for the last few
years, Caleb Knapton knew that the FST team would be a perfect fit for him.
“[Joining the project team] is a great way to leverage my experience into what
is essentially the future of UVA Finance, and [it allows me to have] a position
that provides me with a voice (even a small one) in what that future will look
like.”

 In his new role for a little over a month now, Caleb is
settling into working as Procurement Analyst for the project’s Functional
workstream. “So far, there is a lot of catching up to do, given the amount of
progress that has already been made in the last year,” he says. “But it’s
great to see the support this project has, and the teamwork that is enabling so
many different moving parts to work together.”

Despite having to do a little catching up, Caleb seems
happy to be part of a process that is so important to the future of finance at
UVA: “It’s encouraging to be a part of what is essentially a start over for
many processes and procedures that were less than desirable, and to be able to
make changes in the right direction.”

As a Procurement Analyst, Caleb will collect and analyze
data, work on reports, and will also be involved with testing, documentation,
and training. He’ll be working closely with Addie Coe and the Business
Solutions and Analysis Team within Procurement and Supplier Diversity and will
also work with Sue Clements and the Spend Team.

Outside of work, Caleb enjoys spending time with his wife,
four kids, and their dog. “We spend a lot of 

Caleb's four children

time in sports, watching movies,
chasing around our 1-year-old, and listening to endless talks from my son about
LEGO, ‘Star Wars,’ and ‘The Avengers.’” 
He also says his family is very involved with their church and has
recently been traveling to see different colleges for his oldest daughter. As
for personal hobbies and interests, Caleb loves playing and watching sports:
“I watch WAY too much European soccer,” he says. He also tries to read as much
as he can and to spend lots of time outdoors.

And those of you who worked with Caleb in UVA Finance
might not even know this, but he has a twin! “I have an identical twin brother,
but we are almost nothing alike.”