Southeast Plano Business Alliance
In the fall of 2009, a small group of businesses joined forces to improve business opportunities through local relationships. These relationships continue to grow and we would like to include your business.
Our Mission is Simple:
SEPBA is an alliance of businesses unified to improving business opportunities, developing local relationships, and positively impacting our community and the environment.
Procurement Executive Forum: February 8, 2012
One of the primary goals of the Southeast Plano Business Alliance is to expand business opportunities for our member companies. In order to accelerate these efforts, we will be jump starting 2012 with a Procurement Executive Forum where sourcing representatives from Alcatel-Lucent, Raytheon, General Electric, Texas Instruments and other large area companies will meet with SEPBA members to identify local suppliers and further diversity initiatives by working with MBWE organizations.
A maximum of 30 SEPBA member companies will be able to participate in the Procurement Executive Forum to be held at the Hilton Garden Inn Plano/Richardson. Registrants for the forum will be required to complete a 4-step registration form including providing a current company profile. These profiles will be used by the large company sourcing representatives to learn more about your company in advance of the event.
You’ll be able to select up to 3 target companies where you’ll have 3 minutes to earn the right for a potential follow-up meeting. The two hour event will feature three roundtables that will take approximately 30 minutes each where 6-8 member companies will meet with a procurement representative from one of the target companies. No PowerPoint, just your best 3 minute introduction by one of your executives or salespeople. Only one representative from each SEPBA member company, please.
Don’t delay! Deadline to register is February 1st.
Southeast Plano Business Alliance
Procurement Executive Forum
February 8, 2012
Hilton Garden Inn Dallas/ Richardson
3:00-3:30PM Orientation
3:30-5:00PM Roundtables
5:00-6:00PM Networking Hour
Procurement Representatives/ Companies:
Mark Artigues - Sr. Director Supplier Diversity, Alcatel-Lucent
Cindy White, CPPO, CPPB - Director of Purchasing, Collin County Community College District
Denise Rosenbluth -Director, North America Sourcing , GE Energy
Raymond Weaver, RTSBA - Purchasing Director, Plano Independent School District
John Jank & Mike Zajaczkowski – Raytheon Company
Shannon Suber - Director, MWBD, Texas Instruments
CLICK HERE to register!
Our 2012 Initiatives Are Focused On:
- Training through partnership with UT Dallas and Collin County Community College
- Energy through formation of a utility co-op and Renewable Energy collaboration
- Executive Forum to facilitate peer-to-peer functional relationships
- Membership through social events, site visits, success stories, and member perks
Meeting Schedule:
Alliance meetings are held on the 2nd Tuesday of the month from 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM for lunch and will rotate among Alliance Members on a voluntary basis.
Volunteer Leadership:
Council Chair
Trent Waterhouse – Lineage Power
Council Co-Chair
Amie Thompson – Magnolia Lodging
Council Treasurer
Camille Ussery - ViewPoint Bank - Chair Plano Chamber of Commerce
Council Secretary
Leng Smith – Lineage Power
Council Membership
Karen Armendariz - Creation Technologies
Council Committee Chair
Abel Andrade - Regal Research and Mfg Co
Strategic Planning
Jerry Smith – I2R
Senior Advisor
David Ellis – Plano Economic Development
Join Us:
Membership in the Southeast Plano Business Alliance is free and provides a unique opportunity for you to learn from others, share your expertise, and gain visibility for your firm in a vibrant community that encompasses knowledge from multiple industries.
For more information about the Southeast Plano Business Alliance, please contact Jamee Jolly at jjolly@planochamber.org.