Doug Carlson, a Nebraska native, serves at the University of Nebraska as the Associate Vice President and Director of University Services where he operates as the Chief Procurement Officer and Director of Facilities, Planning, and Capital Programs. As the Chief Procurement Officer in University of Nebraska history, his team is directly responsible for 3000 annual contracts worth $900 million in annual spend, creating 275,000 purchase orders, and paying 240,000 invoices annually. As the Director of Facilities, Planning, and Capital Programs, his team is responsible for 400 active construction projects worth $1.2 billion, as well as 31 million square feet of building space, across 900 buildings and 44,000 acres of land.