As a participating supplier in Share 2015, long time businessman Don Williams, vice president of Weatherspoon and Williams, LLC considered the event one of the top supplier diversity events in quite some time. “It was well organized and the right matches seemed to have been taking place,” he pointed out.
Williams is referring to the March 12 supplier diversity event held at the Rivers Casino coordinated by UPMC, PNC, CONSOL Energy, the Eastern Minority Supplier Development Council, Allegheny County’s MWDBE Department, and the Rivers Casino. “Most people I communicated with had positive feedback concerning the corporations or organizations they spoke with during the matchmaking segment. Now the challenge is assuring that business is obtained as a result of their participation. It’s about getting paid because the bottom line is how many contracts will be received as a result,” said Williams.
Share 2015, labeled as the first of its kind event held in Pittsburgh, according to Rob DeMichiei, executive vice president and Chief Financial Officer of UPMC gathered the region’s top corporations, institutions and minority-owned, woman-owned and other diverse businesses in the region to expand opportunities and increase growth among area MWDBEs.
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