This week, the FCC’s Office of Communications Business Opportunities (OCBO) will host a Supplier Diversity Conference and Workshop focusing on private sector business opportunities for small-minority and women-owned businesses.
OCBO has invited representatives from telecommunications and technology firms from across the country to discuss their organizations’ contracting procedures and to provide insight on how small businesses should navigate the procurement process generally.
FCC Headquarters
Commission Meeting Room
445 12th Street, SW,Washington, D.C. on
445 12th Street, SW,Washington, D.C. on
Thursday, August 20, 2015
9:00 am - 4:30 pm
The morning session runs from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm and consists of a panel composed of supplier executives and diversity officers from some of the nation’s leading companies, including: Ed Roach, Cox Communications; L. Jay Burks, Senior Manager, Supplier Diversity, Comcast NBCUniversal; Natalie Robinson, Director of Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Diversity, CBS Television Corp., Eugene Agee, Vice President, Supplier Diversity, Sprint; Alithia Bruinton, Supplier Diversity Manager, AT&T; Fernando Hernandez, Director of Supplier Diversity, Microsoft; and Sharon Pinder, President and CEO, Capital Region Minority Supplier Diversity Council.
Joining the supplier diversity officers on the panel are several suppliers to some of those companies, including Tonee Bel, President, A Unity System; Charles Harrell, President, The IT Architect Corporation; and others. The panelists will discuss their companies’ contracting needs and how small businesses can distinguish themselves in the race for lucrative opportunities. Thomas Reed, Director, OCBO, and Dr. Ronald Johnson, President, Solutions4Change, and Treasurer, MMTC, will co-moderate.
Following the morning panel session, from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm, OCBO will coordinate one-on-one sessions between panelists and small business owners who wish to participate. In these confidential meetings, small business owners will get individualized advice on supplier strategies and information on current contracting opportunities. If you would like to register for the afternoon meetings, please submit a company profile no later than Friday, August 14, 2015, via email at [email protected] or submit a hard copy to OCBO at 445 12th Street SW, Room 4-A635, Washington, D.C. 20554.
All persons interested in attending this informative event in person are asked to register by contacting OCBO at (202) 418-0990 or via e-mail at [email protected]. Persons interested in participating via the Internet may do so by logging on to www.fcc.gov/ocbo.
This event will be streamed live. Reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request. The request should include a detailed description of the accommodation needed and contact information. Please provide as much advance notice as possible; last minute requests will be accepted, but may be impossible to fill. Send an e-mail to [email protected] or call the FCC’s Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), or 202-418-0432 (TTY).
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CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS
AT&T
CAPITAL REGION MINORITY SUPPLIER DIVERSITY COUNCIL
CBS TELEVISION CORP.
COX COMMUNICATIONS
COMCAST NBCUNIVERSAL
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
SOLUTIONS4CHANGE
SPRINT
THE IT ARCHITECT CORPORATION
A UNITY SYSTEM
