October/November 08
W.W. Grainger’s Nancy Conner honored
 Chicago, IL - Nancy Conner, diversity procurement manager for industrial facility supplies distributor W.W. Grainger, has received the 2008 corporate support award of the Women’s Business Development Center (WBDC). The honor was presented at the WBDC’s twenty-second annual entrepreneurial woman’s conference in September.
WBDC co-president Hedy M. Ratner notes that Conner was honored “for her steadfast personal commitment, and W.W. Grainger’s commitment, to the development and growth of women- and minority-owned businesses.”
Conner has an outstanding record of support for diverse suppliers. She’s a founder of the “Corporate Bridges” entrepreneurial education program for MBEs, sponsored by the Chicago Minority Business Development Council (CMBDC), an NMSDC affiliate. She serves on the national board of directors for the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), and is active locally with both the WBDC and the CMBDC.
WBDC is a not-for-profit organization established in 1986 to work with WBEs in the Chicago area. Its annual awards recognize women entrepreneurs and their advocates. For more information on WBDC and its programs, check out www.wbdc.org.
Duke Chung is a “Top 35”
Vienna, VA - Duke Chung, president and CEO of customer service software firm Parature, was named to the Bisnow on Business “Top 35 under 35” list of rising young entrepreneurs in the Washington, DC area. Selected from 120 nominees, Chung was recognized for his firm’s success with on-demand, online distribution of the software it develops.
Chung has a BS in ops research and IE from Cornell University.
Fortune 500s meet at Billion Dollar Roundtable
 Milwaukee, WI - In August, Billion Dollar Roundtable (BDR) member Johnson Controls hosted more than a hundred leaders, strategic planners and procurement officers from Fortune 500 companies at the third Supplier Diversity and Business Development Showcase. The event is held just once every five years.
All thirteen current members of the Billion Dollar Roundtable attended,
as did representatives from more than sixty other firms, many of them NMSDC members.
A number of themes were developed during the discussion. They included the need to transition programs from supplier diversity compliance to supplier development; to create senior executive advisory committees to help develop strategies; and to hold more companies accountable for fulfilling their commitment to minority business development.
Each member of the BDR spends upwards of $1 billion annually with minority- and women-owned businesses.
In 2006 NMSDC member companies accounted for $100.3 billion in purchases of goods and services from minority-owned businesses. Their spend topped $360 billion in the five preceding years.
NMSDC sponsors mission to Australia
New York, NY - NMSDC leaders and representatives of corporate sponsors visited Australia this September. The trip supported the launch of the Australian Indigenous Minority Supplier Council (AIMSC), which aims to build native-Australian-owned businesses using a supplier diversity model. The NMSDC delegation’s visit was designed to help promote indigenous minority supplier development in Australia’s government and corporations.
The mission was sponsored by NMSDC corporate members Cisco Systems, Coca-Cola, GlaxoSmith-Kline, IBM and Pfizer. It included stops in Canberra and Sydney. Participants visited with elders of the indigenous community, toured indigenous business enterprises and met with senior corporate procurement execs and government officials from Australian state and local territories.
Mission leaders also testified before a federal government committee on Aboriginal affairs, describing the gains made in minority supplier development in the U.S.
With the launch of AIMSC, there are now four organizations around the world modeled on NMSDC. The Canadian Aboriginal Minority Supplier Council (CAMSC) was launched in 2005, followed by Minority Supplier Development United Kingdom (MSDUK) in 2006 and Minority Supplier Development China (MSDC) earlier this year. For more on NMSDC visit www.nmsdc.org.
U.S. Department of Commerce hosts MED Week
Chicago, IL - This August, the Chicago regional office of the U.S. Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) hosted the twenty-sixth Chicago Minority Enterprise Development (MED) week. A series of seminars and one-on-one matchmaking sessions promoted MBE growth, and an awards evening recognized recent accomplishments by companies large and small.
Chicago MED week attracted more than 2,000 MBEs, corporate professionals and government representatives. The goal was to create $100 million in contract opportunities.
A number of awards were presented at the closing gala. They included:
CEO leadership circle of excellence awards: Jim Skinner, vice chair and CEO, McDonald’s; John W. Rogers, Jr, founder, chair and CEO, Ariel Investments; and Ellen M. Costello, CEO, Harris Bankcorp.
Minority technology firm of the year, local: John Sterling’s Synch-Solutions; regional: Michael Gaines’ Computer Resource Solutions, Inc.
Regional directors’ awards for MBE advocacy: supplier diversity professional of the year: Margaret Klinsport of Allstate; minority business advocate of the year: Phillip Barreda; Chicago Minority Business Development Council lifetime achievement award: Emmett Vaughn, Exelon Corp.
August/September 08
CMSDC names United Technologies Connecticut corporation of the year
Hartford, CT - United Technologies (UTC) has been named 2008 corporation of the year by the Connecticut Minority Supplier Development Council (CMSDC). The company was honored for its increased MBE spend. Over the last five years, UTC has spent more than $1.3 billion with diverse suppliers, averaging 18 percent yearly growth.
“UTC is committed to growing our existing suppliers, encouraging promising new suppliers and ideas, and strengthening a culture that values diversity and the innovation it brings,” says Anand Stanley, UTC director of supplier development. “Supplier diversity is not a program; it’s the way we do business.”
At the award presentation, CMSDC president Dr Fred McKinney noted that “UTC consistently performs with excellence in the area of minority supplier development. The high-level support for the UTC supplier development program demonstrates the strategic importance of minority business development.”
CMSDC is an affiliate of the NMSDC. Its membership consists of local and national Fortune 500 corporations, government agencies, universities, financial institutions, associations and organizations. The organization works to help small MBEs develop into companies that add value to prospective clients.
UTC, based in Hartford, CT, is a diversified company that provides high-tech products and services to the building and aerospace industries.
HBE TechMD is a small business award finalist
Round Rock, TX - Dell and the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) sponsor
a small business excellence award program for technology-oriented companies. TechMD, a Hispanic-owned business enterprise (HBE), was one of the top ten finalists.
Also recognized was TecAccess, (Rockville, VA). This company was lauded for its business focus. It employs people with physical, emotional and intellectual disabilities, including veterans with disabilities, to work in IT roles that help federal government agencies and large corporations design and use technology that is more accessible and user-friendly for all.
More information is available at www.dell.com/ceaward.
TIG DiversityNXT awards honor telecom diversity
Las Vegas, NV - In June, DiversityNXT: Ahead of the Evolution became part of NXTcomm08, the telecom industry conference. Presented by the Telecommunications Industry Group (TIG), the conference offered leadership sessions and networking opportunities.
At a gala DiversityNXT event, an outstanding individual and two firms were recognized for their supplier diversity accomplishments. The Trailblazer award went to Stephen G. Welch, SVP of business development for Assia Inc, president of Value Propositions and former chief procurement officer at SBC, for exemplary leadership as a long-term diversity pioneer in the telecom industry.
The NXTGen corporation award went to CommScope for its use of diverse suppliers in its supply chain, providing a solution to a business challenge in next-generation telecom.
The NXTSolution supplier award went to Avion Systems for creating the most innovative solution to solve a customer problem, demonstrating value and reducing costs in the next-generation arena. Kanchana Raman, president and CEO, accepted the award. For more information on DiversityNXT, visit www.diversitynxt.org.
NMSDC president announces retirement
New York, NY - In January 2009, Harriet R. Michel, president of the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC), will retire after twenty years in office. She was named president of NMSDC in September 1988.
During her tenure NMSDC corporate membership nearly quadrupled, and corporate member purchases from minority-owned businesses increased from $10.5 billion to more than $100 billion. The organization’s staff increased from eight to twenty-two and its annual budget grew from about $2 million to $16 million.
“I’m very proud of what the NMSDC has accomplished in my twenty years with the organization,” says Michel. “We have created programs to assist our corporate members in improving their minority supplier development processes, offered valuable training for supplier development professionals, and provided thousands of minority business owners with the opportunity to compete for corporate contracts.
“While it saddens me to leave NMSDC, I have the comfort of knowing that the organization is as strong as it’s ever been. It will certainly remain an invaluable asset to corporate America and minority business owners.”
For more information about NMSDC, visit www.nmsdc.org.
USPAACC recognizes fast-growing Asian businesses
Washington, DC - The U.S. Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce (USPAACC) recently recognized the fifty fastest-growing Asian-owned businesses. Recognition was based on percentage revenue growth from 2004 through 2006; of the fifty fast growers, twenty-eight are technical firms.
“We congratulate our fifty fastest-growing Asian American businesses
for generating robust growth over the years,” says USPAACC education foundation national president and CEO Susan Au Allen. “This is yet another indicator that through innovation, hard work and ingenuity, Asian Americans are at the forefront as engines of growth in our national economy.”
The recognized technology firms are: Altum, AppLabs, ASI System Integration, Astir IT Solutions, Avineon, Binary Group, Global Business Dimensions, HTC Global Services, Indotronix, International Corp, Information Technology Experts, iTech US, Lancesoft, Lanmark Technology, Logistic Solutions, Metasys Technologies, Miracle Software Systems, Nexage Technologies USA, Northbound LLC, PERI Software Solutions, Planned Systems International, Software Paradigms International, Super Micro Computer, Sutherland Global Services, Syntel, VIVA USA, VXI Global Solutions, Westech International and Zones.
For more information, check out www.uspaacc.com.
VHA Inc announces new supplier program
Irving, TX - National not-for-profit healthcare alliance VHA has unveiled a new supplier diversity initiative to help member healthcare providers establish new supplier
diversity programs and enhance existing programs.
VHA, which recently joined NMSDC, is asking its member hospitals to increase the services they contract from
veteran-, minority- and women-owned businesses.
“When you have an economically healthy community, you have a healthy hospital,” says Lamont Robinson, director of business development and supplier diversity at VHA. “Supplier diversity allows hospitals to improve the communities they serve by supporting their local economies.
“Pursuing supplier diversity has become a smart, revenue-generating business imperative that helps our hospital members and their local communities.”
VHA has also created a supplier diversity best-practices checklist for developing new programs. To learn more about the VHA supplier diversity program, check out the “join us” link at www.vha.com.
Woman business owner heads association
Bryan, TX - WBE Rebecca Boenigk, chair and CEO of Neutral Posture, a company that makes office seating, was recently named president of the Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturer’s Association. Boenigk is the first woman to hold the position.
Women’s Enterprise USA recently recognized Boenigk as a top woman business owner who advances the cause of supplier diversity through mentoring and other work.
Boenigk currently serves on the WBENC board of directors (www.wbenc.org) and is a past chair of the Women’s Enterprise Leadership Forum. She serves on the board
of directors of the Institute for the Economic Empowerment
of Women.
She’s also active on the Enterprising Women advisory board and the Texas Buildings & Procurement Commission Vendor Advisory Council.
She has also been part of the Texas Governor’s Business Council and the U.S. SBA National Advisory Council.
June/July 08
MBE talks business with the president
Washington, DC - Several small and medium business owners, including MBE Anthony R. Jimenez of
MicroTech, LLC, met with President George W. Bush
in April to discuss the government’s economic stimulus package and how
it will affect small and
mid-sized businesses.
Discussions lasted more than an hour. They covered small business incentives, housing costs, fuel costs, the impact of the economy on business and more.
The president noted that “A lot of folks from different backgrounds and different states... were talking about the effects of the pro-growth economic package... and how that package is causing them to make capital investments that they might not have made in the year 2008.”
WBENC announces new directors
Washington, DC – The Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) has appointed four new members to its board of directors.
Newly appointed are Nancy Allen, president and CEO of the Women’s Business Development Center, Florida regional partner of WBENC; Susan M. Repka, executive director for the Women’s Business Enterprise Alliance, the Houston, TX regional affiliate of WBENC;
Mary G. Tacher, VP and acting general counsel at JC Penney; and Sharon Castillo,
principal and founder of SB Services, a management consulting firm.
Linda Denny, WBENC president and CEO, notes that “WBENC is truly fortunate to have new board members with such outstanding qualifications. They bring expertise that will help guide WBENC in its second decade.”
The new directors will serve terms of up to three years on the fifty-seven member WBENC board.
Harrah’s named Nevada’s SD firm of the decade
 Las Vegas, NV - The Nevada Minority Business Council (NMBC) selected Harrah’s Entertainment as its first-ever corporation of the decade for fifteen years of dedication to supplier and workforce diversity and inclusion.
“It was our pleasure to induct Harrah’s Entertainment into the minority business hall of fame,” says NMBC president Dianne Fontes. “The company’s continuing support throughout the years reflects its commitment to be a star supporter of diversity and equality among minority businesses.”
Fred Keeton, Harrah’s VP for external affairs and chief diversity officer, and Tony Gladney,
VP of national diversity, were awarded medals of excellence for their contributions to the company’s supplier and workforce diversity efforts.
For more information on the NMBC, see www.nmbc.org.
 Harrisburg U brings in M/WBEs for major project
Harrisburg, PA - When the trustees of Harrisburg University of Science and Technology planned its new academic center, they set a goal of 20 percent MBE participation, 5 percent higher than the school’s usual MBE spend goal, and 5 percent WBEs to work on the construction.
Combining tier one and tier two suppliers, the goal was met several months before completion of construction.
 AACA recognizes Vaughn
Chicago, IL - In March the African American Contractors Association (AACA) presented its community achievement awards for 2008. Emmett T. Vaughn, Exelon director of diverse business enablement, was given the outstanding business development and corporate outreach award.
The AACA is a 2,500 member group representing black construction firms and contractors in Illinois. For more on AACA call (312) 915-5960.
April/May 2008
WPO launches in London
 New York, NY - The Women Presidents’ Organization (WPO) has started a new chapter in London, England. This is the first introduction of the WPO in the UK.
The WPO is an organization for accomplished woman entrepreneurs whose businesses gross at least $2 million in annual sales, or $1 million for a service-based business, or the equivalent in local currency.
The presence of the WPO in the UK will support the growth of accomplished women presidents and encourage female entrepreneurs, notes London chapter facilitator Sue Stockdale.
The number of women entrepreneurs in the UK is currently growing at only half the rate for men, Stockdale points out. WBEs account for just 12 to 16 percent of all UK businesses. But she hopes that through the WPO, women presidents will make connections that will help them advance their businesses.
In ten years, WPO has grown to some seventy-eight chapters and 1200 members in the U.S., Canada, Peru, and now the UK. Stockdale is one of the professional facilitators who coordinate local WPO chapters. She is also the founder of Mission Possible (www.missionpossible.co.uk), a resource organization for UK women entrepreneurs.
“We are so proud to be able to connect women presidents and CEOs from across the globe,” says Dr Marsha Firestone, president and founder of the WPO. “The growth of the WPO internationally is a testament to the success of, and increase in, women-led companies worldwide.”
Turner awards $1.3 B
 New York, NY - Turner Construction Co, a major national general construction firm, awarded 3,000 contracts totaling $1.3 billion to minority- and women-owned business enterprises during 2007. This is the third year in a row that the company has awarded more than $1 billion in contracts to M/WBEs.
“We are very proud to have achieved this milestone as we celebrate the fortieth anniversary of Turner’s formal community affairs program,” says Hilton Smith, Turner SVP for community affairs.  “Our longstanding record of achievement in expanding opportunities for minority- and women-owned contractors across the country is critical to the success of Turner and of our industry.” Since 1979, Turner’s total number of contracts withM/WBEs has surpassed 47,000, at a value of more than $16 billion.
For example, for a recent $107 million Turner project for Clarian Health (Indianapolis, IN), 27.6 percent, nearly $28 million, was awarded to M/WBEs, Smith notes.
New MBE created
 Dearborn, MI - WorkforceLogic and ASG Renaissance have joined together to create Workforce Renaissance, a management services company that will combine payroll, vendor management and HR consulting services with minority recruiting and retention and management of diversity spending.
Workforce Logic, a WBE, provides payroll processing, HR consulting and supply-base management services. ASG Renaissance, a woman- and Hispanic-owned business, provides integrated marketing communications, human capital, consulting and diversity services.
Workforce Renaissance will also offer the services of Mosaic Advantage, a group of minority- and service-disabled-veteran-owned businesses offering a variety of technical services. “We formed Mosaic Advantage to highlight and promote the combined services and capabilities of these proven program participants,” says Lizabeth Ardisana, CEO of ASG Renaissance.
Disney names Campbell
 Lake Buena Vista, FL - Eugene Campbell was recently promoted to VP of community relations and minority business development at the Walt Disney World Resort.
Campbell joined the Walt Disney Company in 1999 as a senior manager in the alliance development organization. He became director of the Walt Disney World minority business development department in 2003, where he achieved the goal of using 100 percent minority-owned firms for the construction of the “Echoes of Africa” exhibit at Epcot Center.
Last year, Campbell became director of community relations. His new role expands his previous appointments.
Campbell is active with the National Black MBA Association, where he is Central Florida chapter president emeritus, and with Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. He also chairs the board of directors for the Minority/Women Business Enterprise Alliance, Inc, and for the Disney entrepreneur center.
Solidus Technical Solutions to supply MIT Lincoln Lab
Leominster, MA - WBE Solidus Technical Solutions was recently named a supplier on MIT Lincoln Laboratory’s blanket contract. Solidus will provide engineering, programming and administrative support services on a laboratory-wide basis, as well as engineering staff with expertise in EE, physics, math and CS.
Solidus is noted for strength in real-time systems engineering and software development.
Its areas of expertise include radar systems, signal processing, modeling and simulation, massively parallel processing and systems integration, as well as air traffic control, fault tolerant systems, battle management, mission planning, intelligence systems and
homeland defense.
February/March 2008
Toyota holds 2007 Opportunity Exchange
Cincinnati, OH - Last November, nearly 800 M/WBEs attended the eighteenth annual Toyota Opportunity Exchange minority business conference and trade fair. The event gives MBEs from across the nation the chance to network with each other and to develop relationships with some 300 Toyota tier 1 suppliers. Since 1990, the Opportunity Exchange has generated more than $100 million in new contracts.
Bob Johnson, founder of Black Entertainment Television, was the keynote speaker.
Merrill Lynch gives Business Consortium Fund $1 million for MBE loans
New York, NY - Last fall, the Business Consortium Fund (BCF) received a $1 million grant from Merrill Lynch. The nonprofit fund is affiliated with NMSDC, and the loans will benefit minority businesses.
"We were proud to present
this grant to the Business Consortium Fund, an
invaluable source for minority entrepreneurs," says Sandye Taylor, VP of supplier diversity at Merrill Lynch.
NMSDC president Harriet R. Michel declares that "Merrill Lynch recognizes the value of minority suppliers and the importance of their ability to obtain adequate financing to grow their businesses. This contribution will help Asian, black, Hispanic and Native American business enterprises to build capacity and create jobs."
Entrepreneurs interested in learning more about the Business Consortium Fund can visit www.bcfcapital.com or contact their local NMSDC regional councils. A list of councils is available at www.nmsdc.org.
NRC exceeds diversity spend goals in 2007
Washington, DC - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) reported that in fiscal year 2007 the agency exceeded its annual goals in four targeted categories for small business procurement. In that period the commission spent some $61.9 million with small businesses. Small disadvantaged businesses received contracts totaling $19.6 million; WBEs got $12.9 million, and HUB Zone small businesses $6 million.
An agency analysis shows that the NRC has contributed significantly to the growth of at least thirteen minority-owned firms large and small over the past three years; these firms continue to provide valuable services to the agency.
The NRC's office of small business and civil rights oversees its small business procurement program. "Diversity and equality can only be achieved by full participation of everyone in the small business community," says Luis Reyes, executive director for operations.
Through its small business program, he explains, the NRC seeks to identify qualified firms, provide them with appropriate business opportunity information and advocate within the agency for their participation. For more information contact Mauricio Vera, NRC small business program manager, at mxv@nrc.gov.
WBENC announces new directors
Washington DC - Last November the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) announced the appointment of eight new members to its board of directors.
The three new corporate members are Shari Francis, manager of vendor development for Office Depot; Melinda Painter, director of worldwide procurement at Dell; and Diane Pinkney, senior manager for purchasing quality and compliance at Philip Morris USA.
The new WBE members are Donna Mullen Good, CEO of the Center for Women and Enterprise; Ella Koscik, CEO of Management Decisions; Gail Warrior-Lawrence, president and CEO, The Warrior Group; Roz Lewis, executive director of the Georgia Women's Business Council; and Pamela O'Rourke, president, ICON Information Consultants.
Founded in 1997, WBENC is the nation's leading third-party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women. The average WBENC-certified company has revenues of $7.5 million, forty-nine employees and fourteen years of experience. More than sixty WBE firms have revenues of more than $100 million, and seven certified WBEs bring in $1 billion and higher.
Nearly 250 U.S. corporations are active members of WBENC. Representatives of thirty-six corporations sit on the WBENC board of directors, along with nine reps from its regional partner organizations and nine from certified WBEs.
December 2007/January 2008
Michigan women put on business conference and expo
Ann Arbor, MI - Organized by the Michigan Center for Empowerment and Economic Development (MICEED), the seventh annual Michigan women's business conference and expo took place this past October at the Rock Financial Showplace in Novi, MI. Reps from more than a hundred large corporations, seventy-five certified WBEs, fifty women's organizations, agencies of local and state government and university personnel attended.
The two-day event included workshops, a leadership forum and a full day of company-to-company networking where WBEs got to meet purchasing reps from the attending firms. There was also an auction where WBEs bid on one-on-one business lunches with decision makers from a dozen big companies, including GM, Ford, Chrysler, Toyota, Kellogg Co and Charter One Bank.
NMSDC presents supplier diversity awards
Miami, FL - Many companies were recognized for their work in supplier diversity at the thirty-fifth NMSDC annual conference this past October.
UPS was named corporation of the year. Its spend with minority businesses in 2006 rose to $341 million, an 82 percent increase over its 2005 spend. The company contracted with 1,342 certified first-tier MBEs in 2006.
Michael Robinson, director of global supplier diversity at IBM Corp, was named minority supplier development leader of the year. The award recognized innovative development activities and leadership across industry groups and around the country.
Four MBEs were recognized as national suppliers of the year for excellence in business acumen and community service. They are: JOBS Training and Placement, Los Angeles, CA (businesses with sales less than $1 million); Metasys Technologies, Inc, Duluth, GA (firms with $1 million to $10 million in sales); Eclaro International, New York, NY (businesses with sales between $10 and $50 million; and Dakkota Integrated Systems, LLC, (firms with sales greater than $50 million).
To read all about it, check out www.nmsdcus.org.
October/November 07
U.S. Hispanic Chamber appoints new board members
Washington, DC - The United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC, www.ushcc.com) recently appointed six new members to its board of directors. This year's appointees are Elizabeth Vasquez Gallagher, president and CEO of SAVI Construction; Sally Fernandez, president and CEO of various Tucson, AZ-based technology and marketing companies; Nina Vaca, CEO of Pinnacle Technical Resources, Inc, an IT services provider to Fortune 500 enterprises; Juventino Cano, CEO of Cano Container Corp; Alex Garcia, CEO of El Taller Colaborativo, which provides architectural, engineering, planning, landscape architecture and construction management services; and David Hernandez, CEO of energy retailer Liberty Power Corp.
The USHCC represents the interests of more than two million Hispanic-owned businesses in the U.S. It also serves as the umbrella organization for 200 local Hispanic chambers in the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico and Mexico.
SDG&E announces high supplier diversity goals
San Diego, CA - In 2006, Sempra Energy and its utility subsidiaries SDG&E and Southern California Gas Co (SoCalGas) spent a combined total of $251 million, more than 23 percent of purchases, with M/WBEs. Now Debra L. Reed, president and CEO of SDG&E and SoCalGas, has announced a new plan calling for 30 percent of Sempra's annual procurement allocation to be spent with diverse suppliers by 2015.
"We are proud that SDG&E and SoCalGas combined to achieve the highest percentage of diverse-supplier spending of any natural gas or electric utility in the state of California last year," Reed notes. "We are implementing this new plan because it is good for our business, our employees and the communities we serve."
For more information on Sempra Energy's diversity programs, visit www.sempra.com/diversity.htm.
Workforce development group adds leader to board
Schaumburg, IL - The National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity Education Foundation (NAPE, www.napequity.org.) has added Sandra Westlund-Deenihan to its board of directors. Westlund-Deenihan is president of Quality Float Works, Inc, a manufacturing firm, and an ardent proponent of new solutions to close the skills gap in the manufacturing industry.
NAPE is a consortium of state and local agencies, corporations and national organizations that collaborate to improve the achievements of students.
Indira Vishnampet gets award
Houston, TX - Indira Vishnampet, CEO and founder of Hydus, Inc, has received the outstanding woman entrepreneur of the year award from the Indo American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Houston.
Hydus is a multinational corporation that provides IT solutions in enterprise apps integration, composite business apps and information architecture. With delivery centers in Houston, TX, Vancouver, BC, Canada and Hyderabad, India, the company has successfully implemented projects for Fortune 500 companies since 2000.
Within three years of startup Hydus became a multi-million dollar firm; it has grown 600 percent in the last three years.
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