Briefing: Small Business Contracting with Fortune 100 Companies

Title: Briefing: Small Business Contracting with Fortune 100 Companies
Location: 428A Russell Office Building
Description: The Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship and The Senate Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee
invite you to a briefing with the Billion Dollar Roundtable on:

SMALL BUSINESS CONTRACTING:
“Best Practices from Fortune 100 Companies on Working with Women and Minority Owned Businesses in your state”

Panelists:
Billion Dollar Roundtable, President and CEO, Sharon Patterson
Boeing, Director Strategic Work Placement, Joan Robinson-Berry
Johnson Controls, Director of Diversity Business Development, Reggie Layton
Dell, Senior Manager of Global Supplier Diversity, Ying McGuire
Chrysler, Director of Supplier Relations, Sig Huber

About the Billion Dollar Roundtable
The Billion Dollar Roundtable was created in 2001 to recognize and celebrate corporations that achieved spending of at least $1 billion with minority and woman-owned suppliers. The BDR promotes and shares best practices in supply chain diversity excellence through the production of white papers. In discussions, the members review common issues, opportunities and strategies. The BDR encourages corporate entities to continue growing their supplier diversity programs by increasing commitment and spending levels each year. The BDR inducts new members bi-annually.

Billon Dollar Roundtable Members: AT&T, Avis Budget Group Inc., The Boeing Company, Chrysler Group LLC., Dell, Inc., Ford Motor Corporation, General Motors Corporation, Honda North America, IBM Corporation, Johnson Controls, Inc., The Kroger Co., Lockheed Martin Corporation, Microsoft, Procter and Gamble Company, Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Verizon Communications, Inc., Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Panelist Biographies
Sharon H. Patterson, Billion Dollar Roundtable
Sharon Patterson is President and CEO, of the Billion Dollar Roundtable, an organization whose member companies purchase more than $1.0 Billion annually from minority and women-owned companies. She also leads Amica Group Inc., a privately owned company that is engaged in business management activities and supplier diversity initiatives. Sharon was previously Director of Supplier Diversity for Kraft Foods (KF) where she developed and implemented policy and strategy, lead teams and communicated with all levels of management. Additionally, she chaired the Altria Group Supplier Diversity Task Force. The company was awarded the coveted NMSDC Corporation of the Year award and was previously a member of the Billion Dollar Roundtable. Sharon was also involved in procurement activities and developed and implemented synergy strategies. Sharon also had a long career in commercial lending with major Chicago based banks and worked with a consulting firm that catered to diverse businesses.

Joan Robinson-Berry, Boeing
Joan Robinson-Berry is responsible for ensuring Boeing fulfills its contractual obligations by driving an enterprise strategy for work placement with small and socio-economically disadvantaged businesses as well as in support of international offset programs, with business agreements that deliver the best value to Boeing and its customers. Robinson-Berry also represents The Boeing Company as its Small Business Liaison Officer (SBLO). In this role, she is responsible for integrating more than $5 billion dollar in goods and services purchased annually from small and diverse suppliers across Boeing Commercial Airplanes; Boeing Defense, Space & Security; Phantom Works and Shared Services Group. As SBLO, Robinson-Berry is responsible for maintaining and improving Boeing relationships with the federal government on matters related to small business subcontracting and supplier diversity. She works with agencies and organizations including the Department of Defense, NASA, the Defense Contract Management Agency, the Small Business Administration, and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Robinson-Berry is responsible for developing strategies and integration plans to enhance Boeing’s relationship with Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions and industry affiliates, specifically focusing on innovative research partnerships key to Boeing strategic business objectives.

Reginald K. Layton, Johnson Controls
Reginald K. Layton is responsible for overseeing all diverse purchasing activities of Johnson Controls company-wide. Mr. Layton’s role is to impact the decision making of the executive leadership team regarding Johnson Controls’ future direction, strategies, and tactics in supplier diversity. He has created and championed policies and processes to track and improve the company’s diversity purchasing performance. Some of the programs he has launched include: web-based supplier matching and internal tracking/external reporting systems; department and vendor training programs; and advanced purchasing strategies to grow diverse businesses rapidly via joint ventures, divestitures; lead supplier arrangements and strategic alliances. Mr. Layton was named Minority Business Enterprise Advocate of the Year in 2003 and Minority Supplier Development Leader of the Year in 2008 by the National Minority Supplier Development Council.

Ying McGuire, Dell
Ying McGuire is responsible for driving several billion spend with diverse suppliers. For the past few years, she led the Dell team and transformed its supplier diversity from a domestic initiative to a global strategy. Ying has over a decade of global leadership experience, both as a woman, minority business owner, and as a corporate America marketing and procurement professional. Her 10 year tenure with Dell has included a variety of leadership roles, most recently partnering with senior executives to help drive companywide strategic initiatives. Recently, DiversityBusiness.com named Ying as an America’s Top Diversity Advocate. DiversityPlus Magazine named Ying as a 2009 and 2010 Champion of Diversity. She is also the Minority Business Enterprise Advocate of Year by the Southwest Minority Business Council.

Sigmund E. Huber, Chrysler Group
Sig Huber is responsible for: improving supplier and industry relationships, communications and events, supplier risk management, supplier assessments, supplier diversity, contract administration, training and development, audit compliance and various other strategic areas within Global Sourcing at Chrysler. Sig also oversees the procurement of all parts and services for MOPAR. Sig was actively involved in Chrysler’s restructuring activities in 2008 and 2009 and in that capacity he worked closely with the US Treasury Auto Taskforce and Fiat due diligence and integration teams. Prior to joining Chrysler, Huber was Assistant General Manager for External and Corporate Affairs for Toyota Engineering & Manufacturing North America. Huber was with Toyota for nine years and started his career there as Senior Legal Counsel. He later transitioned into business jobs and held a variety of positions within purchasing and government affairs.
Start Time: 14:00
Date: 2010-06-24
End Time: 15:00