Blake Vogt is a Executive Director in the Private Equity Group. Since joining Blackstone, Mr. Vogt has been involved in the development and coordination of Blackstone’s eSourcing program within Private Equity’s Portfolio Operations Team. Before joining Blackstone in 2012, Mr. Vogt worked at Emerson where he held various positions in the Global Supply Chain Organization including eSourcing Specialist, Global Commodity Manager, Director Strategic Sourcing, and Director eSourcing and Systems where he was responsible for administrating the eSourcing toolset and processes across the enterprise globally. Mr. Vogt received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering Technology from the University of Southern Illinois and an M.B.A. from St. Louis University.