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The 2020 NMSDC Conference +
Business Opportunity Exchange (BOE) is now virtual!
October 26 – 29, 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic continues to disrupt the supply chain and has caused particular devastation within the minority business community. This session takes a deep dive into how minority businesses have been impacted and explore what leaders can do to help stabilize operations for diverse suppliers.
Adrienne C. Trimble
Host
President and CEO
National Minority Supplier Development Council, Inc.
Adrienne Trimble is the President and CEO of the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC). She is a known thought leader for advancing corporate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives. Prior to her role with NMSDC, Ms. Trimble was General Manager, Diversity & Inclusion at Toyota Motor North America, responsible for leading and executing diversity & inclusion strategies across Toyota’s North American operations.
Paul Ashley
Moderator
Director, Strategic Engagement, Global Procurement
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Paul D. Ashley is a seasoned procurement executive with over 20 years of Industry Experience. Paul is currently Director Strategic Engagement within the Global Procurement group at Bristol- Myers Squibb. In his role, Paul is responsible for strategic advising on global category strategies, performance management, professional development, communications and Market Intelligence.
Shelley Stewart Jr.
Moderator
Chair
Billionaire Dollar Roundtable
Shelley Stewart Jr. retired as the Chief Procurement Officer at E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. In that role, he reported directly to the Chief Executive Officer in leading procurement, global sourcing and logistics, as well as real estate and facility services, with a focus on delivering benefits through a strategic approach to supplier management and assuring efficient facility utilization and maximizing the real estate footprint.
Tony Abate
Speaker
Anthony (Tony) Abate
Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer
Cigna
Tony Abate is a nationally known and respected procurement executive in the Insurance and Financial Services industry with a track record of leading large organizational transformations to radically reduce the cost of operations across Fortune 100 companies. He has been able to combine his deep financial background and experience with his career in the Procurement discipline to create business partnerships that drive value across very complex enterprises.
Clifford A. Bailey
Speaker
NMSDC National Minority Business Enterprise Input Committee (NMBEIC)
President & CEO
TechSoft Systems, Inc.
Clifford A. Bailey is President & CEO of TechSoft Systems, Inc. an IT Support Services Provider specializing in network management and monitoring, cybersecurity, and outsourcing. TechSoft Systems also specifically emphasizes providing and integrating Internet Security to clients for applications and content. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, since 1983, TechSoft Systems offers a wide range of services to maximize customers’ technological investments.
Farryn Melton
Speaker
SVP, Chief Procurement Officer (CPO)
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS)
Her team is responsible aligning with company’s business strategy to optimize value, drive efficiency and manage the company’s external spend. With revenues in excess of $35B, her team is responsible for managing the company’s external spend of ~ $12B from early research to distribution. In addition to Global Procurement and Supplier Relationship Management, she is responsible for strategy-to-pay processes, global travel and fleet operations. She leads a diverse team of over 400 + colleagues around the world and manages large external partnerships.
Brad Pomerleau
Speaker
Vice President, Indirect Sourcing and Procurement COE
Target Corporation
Brad Pomerleau is accountable for creating competitive advantage and achieving operational excellence through cost and process optimization for Target through its indirect sourcing and procurement organization. Brad leads his global team by effectively and efficiently managing the end to end “source to pay” function across 33 categories including construction, corporate services, marketing, property management, supply chain and technology. Brad is also responsible for the Supplier Diversity function
within Target.
Guy Schweppe
Speaker
Senior Vice President
Technology and Software Procurement
Dell
Ian Shea
Speaker
Managing Director, Head of Sourcing
JP Morgan Chase
Ian Shea and his team help the firm buy the goods and services from 3rd party suppliers that are needed to both run and grow the bank. The Sourcing & Procurement team is focused on leveraging the bank’s size and scale with the best suppliers from a quality, risk, cost and diversity perspective. Ian and his team spend most of their time managing the supplier onboarding process in driving the highest value to the bank as efficiently as possible.
Shelley Stewart, III
Speaker
Partner
McKinsey & Company
Shelley is a leader within McKinsey’s Marketing & Sales Practice and focuses primarily on serving B2B clients. He has worked with numerous privately held and publicly traded companies across the automotive, chemicals, diversified industrial, technology, and medical-device industries to help clients identify opportunities for accelerated growth, design new go-to-market models, improve effectiveness of sales-force deployment, and improve margin through comprehensive pricing programs.
Ken Yearwood
Speaker
Associate Partner
McKinsey & Company
Ken is a leader within McKinsey’s Procurement & Product Development Practice, with broad Operations expertise and a focus on clients across the advanced industries sectors. He partners with aerospace, automotive and other industrial companies to enable global operations transformations and create value, especially through digital procurement tools. In addition, Ken co-leads McKinsey’s Supplier Diversity Service Line.