Krista Freimuth
About Krista Freimuth
Krista Freimuth serves as an I/S Asset Manager at Mutual of Omaha, where she has worked since 2019. With a background in procurement and IT capacity planning, she has extensive experience in contract negotiation and vendor management.
Work at Mutual of Omaha
Krista Freimuth has served as an I/S Asset Manager at Mutual of Omaha since 2019. In this role, she manages a budget exceeding $10 million annually for IT procurement services and vendor management. Freimuth coordinates project efforts with both internal and external resources, emphasizing hardware and software life cycle management. Her responsibilities include ensuring licensing compliance and management, along with contract negotiation and vendor management.
Previous Experience in Corporate Procurement
Prior to her current position, Krista Freimuth worked at First Data Corporation as a Buyer in Corporate Procurement from 2007 to 2012. She also held the role of Infrastructure IT Capacity Planner at First Data Corporation from 2012 to 2016. Additionally, Freimuth served as an IT Procurement Manager at RH Donnelley/Dex Media from 2003 to 2007 and worked as an Infrastructure Capacity Planning Analyst at CSG International from 2016 to 2018.
Education and Expertise
Krista Freimuth studied at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, where she earned a Leadership Development Certificate in 2001. She also attended Dale Carnegie for 11 months in 1996. Freimuth later pursued a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology at Bellevue University from 2014 to 2018. Her educational background supports her expertise in contract negotiation, vendor management, and IT procurement.
Contract Negotiation and Vendor Management
Throughout her career, Krista Freimuth has demonstrated proficiency in negotiating and managing multi-million dollar contracts with major companies, including VMWare, Red Hat, Cisco, and IBM. Her experience includes working with the Cloud Business Office as a Business Systems Consultant, where she created documentation for AWS account implementation requests.