Ron Holifield

RRon Holifield is the Co Founder of Civic Marketplace, which is working to transform how public procurement is done with the development of the leading edge, AI enabled procurement marketplace. 

Prior to Civic Marketplace he served as CEO of SGR, which helps local governments recruit, assess, and develop servant leaders. Clients include over 700 local governments in 47 states, Ron has also provided strategic consultation to some of the leading companies in America, including American Express, Xerox, IBM, PeopleSoft, Verizon, Aramark, Space Imaging, NASA and many more.

Ron previously served two decades in City Management with six cities, ranging from 1,800 residents to over 200,000. Ron is a recognized leader in innovation and initiatives to run government using private business principles. While still active as a City Manager, “Texas Business Magazine” named DeSoto as one of the “10 Best Managed Cities in Texas”.

Ron’s second book, 4th Dimension Leadership: a Radical Strategy for Creating an Authentic Servant Leadership Culture is available on Amazon and he is a contributor to the book Building Brands and Creating Cultures of Authentic Servant Leadership. Ron is currently working on his next book, Procuring the Future which is focused on changing how local governments think about procurement to make it more strategic and mission centric and leverage it as an economic development driver.