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Our Commitment to Empowering Public Servants
Learn how we are staying true to our mission of serving public entities at no cost.
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Welcoming Harrison Hughes
Learn about Pavilion's newest Account Executive!
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Welcoming Chris Alder
Meet Pavilion's newest Lead Product Manager!
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Welcoming Anne Jordan
Meet Pavilion's newest Partnerships Manager!
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Thousands of public contracts now available on Pavilion from the OpenGov community
Public servants can now purchase more efficiently with access to thousands of contracts on Pavilion from the OpenGov community.
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Welcoming Tiffany Chen
We are thrilled to announce the arrival of Tiffany Chen to Pavilion, where she will be stepping into her new role as the Head of Product Marketing.
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Welcoming Gavin Crynes
We proudly welcome Gavin Crynes to the Pavilion team as our Business Operations Manager.
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Welcoming Evan Schmitz
Evan's track record in scaling high-growth companies, including Door Dash, QuinStreet, and Helix, adds a dynamic dimension to our Analytics team.
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Welcoming Sierra Bailey-Van Kuren
Learn about Pavilion's new Senior Product Designer. Sierra joins us from Curology, where she specialized in marketing, web, and UX design.
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Pavilion recognized as a GovTech 100 company
We are honored to be recognized by Government Technology magazine as one of the top 100 companies making an impact for government agencies
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Welcoming Maya Ziv
Maya Ziv, a recent Stanford University graduate, joins us as Pavilion's newest Software Engineer. In this interview, Maya delve's into why she joined Pavilion, her favorite hobbies, and more!
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How we moved off of OpenAI for semantic search in only 2 weeks
See how the Pavilion Engineering team deployed and evaluated an open source alternative to OpenAI's text embeddings in 2 weeks
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Welcoming Loren Brown
Get to know Pavilion's newest Customer Success Manager, Loren Brown. In this interview, she dives into her passion for making positive change, love for teaching salsa courses, and more!
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Euna Solutions Announces Technology Partnership with Pavilion to Fast Track Procurement for State and Local Government
Euna Solutions partners with Pavilion to integrate Euna Procure with the platform, streamlining public sector procurement.
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Welcoming Govind Wakhlu
Govind Wakhlu joins the Pavilion team as the Vice President of Product and Design. He brings expertise from being a product leader at Turo, Meta, and Doma, along with his time as a founder of his ventures.
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Painless Procurement?
This episode of Voices in Local Government focuses on more efficient ways for local governments to buy the products and services they need to better serve their communities.
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Five minutes with ... Mariel Reed
Get to know Pavilion cofounder and CEO Mariel Reed in an interview with Supply Chain Digital.
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Point Procurement at the Goal, With Mariel Reed
We examine the ever-evolving relationship between state/local procurement and finance.
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A new look at local government procurement with Mariel Reed
Listen to Jim Hunt interview Mariel Reed on the Amazing Cities and Towns Podcast, sponsored by Bearing Advisors. They discuss how private businesses can work on local government issues using technology.
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As a founder, you’re always Communicator in Chief
Four entrepreneurs asked about strategic communication in a Masters of Scale episode.
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In Her Own Words: Mariel Reed mixes public procurement and parenting
Learn from Pavilion CEO Mariel Reed as she explains how becoming a parent while launching a business during COVID-19 helped her build a healthier work-life balance and redefine what it means to build a legacy.
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‎Government Coins: Season 4 | Ep. 1 - What is a Shareable Contract with Mariel Reed
Discover how Mariel Reed, CEO of Pavilion, is helping to reduce the cost of selling into the $2T state and local public sector for businesses.
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Introducing Pavilion
We’re excited to introduce an updated look and a new name: Pavilion. Formerly known as CoProcure.
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Bringing more (and more diverse) government suppliers online
At Pavilion, we're working to significantly increase the number and diversity of businesses selling to the public sector by reducing the cos
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When it comes to meaningful work, public procurement is “all that”
Public procurement shapes the lives of all Americans. It's government's 'sexiest' problem, hiding in plain sight with glasses and a sweater.
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Supporting public entities during the COVID-19 panedmic
In the chaotic PPE market, Pavilion and Project N95 are teaming up to improve supplier diligence and verify trusted providers.
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Announcing Pavilion's $22M Series A
Pavilion raised $22M Series A led by Forerunner, joined by existing investors and marketplace founders.
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Alicia Chen, former Dropbox engineering leader, joins Pavilion as cofounder
Alicia Chen, former Dropbox CTO, joins Pavilion as cofounder and CTO. She studied CS at Stanford and has experience in education and criminal justice.
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Pavilion raises $1.5M to build a marketplace for shareable contracts
We're thrilled to announce that we raised $1.5M for Pavilion, led by Leadout Capital and joined by Neo. We’re excited to begin working with Alison Rosenthal of Leadout and Ali Partovi of Neo, who bring extensive operating expertise and share our vision to improve how local governments spend $1.5T each year.