Supplier Diversity / Procurement

Spotlight on Mentoring: Dragonfli Group LLC & United Healthcare Group

Spotlight on Mentoring with Dragonfli Group LLC & United Healthcare Group Mentee: Dragonfli Group LLC, Glenn Ballard, Founder, President, and CEO, certified DOBE and LGBTE. Website: www.dragonfligroup.com Mentor: UnitedHealth Group (UHG), Titus Martin, Associate Director Supplier Diversity Website: www.unitedhealthgroup.com, https://www.unitedhealthgroup.com/suppliers/supplier-registration/supplier-diversity.html Kathleen Castore, Disability:IN Supplier Mentoring & Development Consultant, has [...]

2022-03-10T11:30:50-05:00March 4th, 2022|Supplier Diversity / Procurement|

Top Global Champions for Supplier Diversity & Inclusion Survey

We are excited to join WEConnect International to rollout the 2022 Top Global Champions for Supplier Diversity & Inclusion Survey, to recognize corporations and large buying organizations that lead with global inclusive sourcing efforts. The survey includes questions on 2021 U.S. and non-U.S. diverse spend, for all officially recognized [...]

2022-03-02T10:22:03-05:00March 1st, 2022|Supplier Diversity / Procurement|

Forbes: Five Realistic New Year’s Resolutions For Small Business Owners

Small business owners often go into the new year with the goal of strengthening and expanding their business. Like all new year’s resolutions, these plans can be limited when business owners are hit with the day-to-day challenges of life. However, there are some realistic resolutions that small business owners [...]

Spotlight on Mentoring: UKG and WeCo

Spotlight on Mentoring With UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group) & WeCo Accessibility Services Mentee: Lynn Wehrman, President & Founder Website:  www.theweco.com Mentor: Mike May, Senior Director, Technology Partner Website: www.kronos.com Conversation: Kathleen Castore, Disability:IN Supplier Mentoring & Development Consultant met with Michael May from UKG and Lynn Wehrman from [...]

2021-12-13T17:58:14-05:00November 22nd, 2021|Supplier Diversity / Procurement|

Jackson Dalton of Blackbox Safety, Inc wins Disability:IN’s Pitch Perfect Challenge

On Tuesday, October 19th, Disability:IN hosted the final round of the Pitch Perfect Challenge. The challenge, which went through a Semi-Final round and then a Final round, involved eight Disability Owned Business Enterprises (DOBEs) as they pitched their ideas to supplier diversity corporate experts for the chance to win [...]

2021-10-21T17:31:29-04:00October 21st, 2021|Supplier Diversity / Procurement|

Spotlight on Mentoring: 2axend & Takeda

Mentee: Corey Axelrod, Founder & CEO, 2axend Website: www.2axend.com Mentor: Joyce Eriksen-Eggers, Director of Supplier Diversity, Takeda Pharmaceuticals Website:  www.takeda.com Conversation: Kathleen Castore, Disability:IN Supplier Mentoring & Development Consultant chats with 2axend and Takeda Pharmaceuticals to revisit their mentoring collaboration as they continue into a second year in the [...]

2021-09-08T22:21:51-04:00September 2nd, 2021|Supplier Diversity / Procurement|

Spotlight on Mentoring: DragonFly Technology & Goldman Sachs

Kathleen Castore, Disability:INs Supplier Mentoring & Development Consultant chats with Goldman Sachs and DragonFly Technology to ring in the New Year and discuss their mentoring experience to date. They have been paired since last June for the year-long 2020-2021 Disability:IN Supplier Diversity Mentoring Program. Today we spoke with Terri [...]

2021-02-09T17:09:43-05:00February 8th, 2021|Supplier Diversity / Procurement|
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