Focused on becoming the highest-impact public research university in the world, the PPS team is committed to transforming the practice to provide a client centric procure to pay service model; anchored on professionalism and providing the greatest client experience to the University while allowing colleges, schools, and units to focus on their core business.

Prior to joining The University of Texas at Austin, Anasagasti was the executive director of procurement operations at Houston Community College System. In addition, he served as procurement director at Jackson Health System and was the assistant division director responsible for all IT procurement at Miami-Dade County, Florida.  Before a career in procurement. Anasagasti led the IT organization for a privately held startup operating charter schools across the United States. 

Anasagasti holds a Master of Education with two concentrations in Curriculum and Instruction, and Instructional Technology from the University of South Florida. He completed his undergraduate studies at Florida International University and holds dual Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Anthropology.

His professional memberships include the National Institute of Government Procurement (NIGP), National Association of Educational Procurement (NAEP). In addition, Anasagasti presents at conferences and events on procurement matters regularly and is involved with numerous professional groups including E&I Cooperative, TOAL, the National Procurement Institute, the Universal Public Procurement Certification Council, and others.

Offices Overseen

The offices of Procurement, Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) and Small Business (SB) Program, Business Contracts, and Payment Services are unified under the Procurement and Payment Services portfolio.  Together they are responsible for supporting the request through expense procurement lifecycle. As a single business unit, the departments are working to simplify the process, improve business functionality in support of campus and increase collaboration and training while improving communication and transparency to serve our campus partners more effectively.