Executive Bios

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Brad Birdwell
Managing Partner

Brad Birdwell brings more than 18 years of finance and operations leadership experience to Third Law Sourcing. His client-side experience includes executive roles in professional services, telecommunications and consumer packaged goods companies.

Most recently, Birdwell served as CFO of Xiocom, a global provider of integrated wireless broadband solutions. Prior to that he was vice president of finance for Chiquita Brands International, Inc. where he was responsible for financial planning and analysis, strategic planning, and management reporting for Chiquita’s $4.5 billion global consumer foods business. Birdwell has also served as vice president of corporate development and vice president of finance, treasurer at Deltacom, Inc., the largest CLEC in the Southeast, and he was a consulting manager with Deloitte & Touche.

Birdwell earned a bachelor’s in accounting from Auburn University, a master’s of accountancy from the University of Georgia, and an MBA with a concentration in finance from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

 
Scott Drobes
Managing Partner

Scott Drobes spent two decades leading IT and procurement organizations for companies in technology services, education, telecommunications and financial services industries.

Prior to Third Law Sourcing, Drobes served as CIO of Deltacom, Inc., the largest CLEC in the Southeast, and CIO of ExecuTrain, a global provider of training services. Drobes was also vice president of procurement for CheckFree Corporation, where he led the organization's transition from tactical purchasing to strategic sourcing.

Drobes holds a bachelor’s in computer science from the Georgia Institute of Technology and an MBA from Georgia State University, where he studied the Harvard Program on Negotiation and majored in business analysis.

Drobes is a member of the Honorary Board of Directors for Special Olympics Georgia.