Pavilion news

Engineering
Automating ECS Scheduled Task Updates with GitHub Actions
How we automate ECS Scheduled Task updates using Github actions.
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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 Anne Jordan
Meet Pavilion's newest Partnerships Manager!
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Welcoming Chris Alder
Meet Pavilion's newest Lead Product Manager!
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Welcoming Harrison Hughes
Learn about Pavilion's newest Account Executive!
News
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 Gavin Crynes
We proudly welcome Gavin Crynes to the Pavilion team as our Business Operations Manager.
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Welcoming Tiffany Chen
Tiffany Chen will be stepping into her new role as the Head of Product Marketing.
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Welcoming Evan Schmitz
Evan's track record in scaling high-growth companies, including Door Dash, QuinStreet, and Helix.
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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.
Engineering
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
Loren is our newest Customer Success Manager, Loren dives into her passion for making positive change.
Press
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.
Press
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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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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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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Welcoming Vanessa Lauf
Vanessa Lauf is Pavilion’s Head of Platform Data. She will lead the team in acquiring contract and supplier data
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Welcoming Garret Meier
Prior to joining Pavilion, they were a full-stack, senior software engineer at Culture Biosciences and Mixmax.
News
Introducing Pavilion
We’re excited to introduce an updated look and a new name: Pavilion. Formerly known as CoProcure.
Our stories
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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Welcoming Lillian Zhao
Lillian is a proud graduate of Dartmouth College, and is an avid reader, as well as photographer!
Our stories
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.
Our stories
Why I'm building Pavilion
Alicia Chen, Pavilion cofounder and former Dropbox engineer, previously worked at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. She believes government ca
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Welcoming Shane Russell
Shane’s experience in developing software spans many sectors including eCommerce, healthcare, and entertainment.
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Welcoming Ryan Kirkpatrick
Ryan's background is in education and customer onboarding.
News
Pavilion and Bonfire announce partnership to offer the industry’s most comprehensive collection of active shareable contracts
Game-changing procurement partnership: How Bonfire and Pavilion are revolutionizing government buying with 84,000+ ready-to-use contracts
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Welcoming Dion Sanchez
Dion comes from ed-tech and will use his creative thinking to drive user engagement.
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Welcoming Logan Davis
Get to know our first engineering manager, Logan Davis!
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Welcoming Chloe Dichoso
Chloe's background is in education and health care administration.
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Welcoming Felix Lau
Before joining Pavilion, Felix was a full-cycle recruiter at Pinterest and Tubi.
News
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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Welcoming Siyuan Tu
Prior to joining Pavilion, Siyuan designed software tools at Netflix and Autodesk that empower creative studios around the world.
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Welcoming Jacob Cavallo
Jacob hails from the fast paced, high-stakes world of on-demand food delivery.
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Welcoming Becca Blazak
Becca got her start with Code for America and has partnered with state-level government in Australia to improve legal aid technology.
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Welcoming Yvonne Chen
Yvonne graduated from UCLA with a degree in CS, having led groups like ACM@UCLA focused on increasing technology accessibility
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Welcoming Mark Rossetti
Mark has used software to solve problems of the public interest
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Welcoming Andrew Jung
Andrew is a serial entrepreneur and varsity athlete. He started his first business, a food delivery startup, at Middlebury College,
News
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.