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Procurement Summit

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Agenda

2021 AHCC Procurement Summit
March 11, 2021
8:00 AM – Registration – Pastries and Coffee
  • Networking Opportunities—Visit the Resource Fair
 
9:00 AM – Welcome and Keynote Speaker
  • Welcome - Ernie C’de Baca, President/CEO, Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce (AHCC) and Tessah Latson, BEOC Director, AHCC
  • ​Keynote Speaker - Rafael Marrero, Founder and CEO, Marrero & Company, Miami Florida; introduced by Tessah Latson Garcia, Director, AHCC’s Barelas Economic Opportunity Center (BEOC)
 
10:00 AM – PepsiCo Break
  • Visit the Resource Fair and grab a snack and drink
 
10:30 AM – Rotating Breakout Sessions
  • Rafael Marrero, Marrero & Company (Two 30 minutes Sessions) – Topic: Federal Matchmaking 101
  • David Lowe, Marrero & Company (Two 30 minutes Sessions) – Topics: Finding and Reaching Federal Decision Makers
 
12:30 PM – Box Lunches on your own on the beautiful NHCC campus
 
1:15 PM – Panel of Successful Business Owners
  • Listen to the stories of local businesses who have grown by seeking and securing procurement opportunities; with Joshua Baca, U.S. Small Business Administration, NM District.  Moderated by Don Garcia, Procurement Specialist, AHCC
 
 
1:45 PM – Round Table Discussions
  • (5) Round Table Discussions between Business Attendees, the National Laboratories/Federal Agencies, Business Mentors and Rafael Marrero/David Lowe, Marrero & Company.
  • Round Table Themes:
1) Marketing to Primes (Rafael)
2) Marketing for Micro-companies (Moms and Pops) (Dave)
3) Top 3 Biggest Mistakes
4) Top 3 Capabilities Mistakes
5) To Bid or Not to Bid: That IS the question!
 
3:30 PM - PepsiCo Break 
 
3:45 PM – “Meet the Buyers” Resource Fair
  • Table Booths w/ Procuring State, City, County, National Laboratories and Federal Agencies and AHCC to Meet/Connect with Business Attendees.
When: November 13, 2019
Where: National Hispanic Cultural Center
Cost: $125 for Members or $175 for Non-Members
For more information contact Angelique Baca at 505.842.9003 or Angelique@ahcnm.org

Buyers' Resource Fair

National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Department of Energy
Sandia National Laboratories
Los Alamos National Laboratory
University of New Mexico
U.S. Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, Kirtland Air Force Base
Bernalillo County
U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Base
State of New Mexico Office of the State Purchasing Agent
City of Albuquerque, Purchasing Division
State of New Mexico, Department of Transportation (NM DOT)
U.S. Bureau of Land Management/New Mexico State Office, U.S. Department of the Interior
New Mexico Small Business Development Center (NM SBDC)
New Mexico Procurement Technical Assistance Center (NM PTAC)
U.S. Corps of Engineers
National Security Campus managed by Honeywell
Perikin
Montech Inc.
Fairfield Inn and Suites

Keynote & Breakout Facilitator, Rafael Marrero

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Rafael Marrero, a two-time Inc. 500 honoree, is a Stanford and Cornell University trained senior corporate executive, acclaimed management consultant and supplier diversity practitioner. Mr. Marrero has more than 33 years of enterprise-wide, comprehensive management experience in both the public and private sectors, in business development and operational environments. His experience and knowledge include cradle-to-grave management of business processes and strategies, supplier management and revenue capture. Marrero was most recently the VP of Corporate Vendor Management, Contracts, Supply Chain and Procurement for MasTec (NYSE:MTZ), a Fortune 500 company. Marrero also served as Program Manager in charge of Latin America for By Light Professional IT Services , a leading project management company for the US Department of Defense (DoD). In 2016 he was honored as MBE Supplier of the Year by the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC). Mr. Marrero is a best-selling author and considered the nation’s leading Hispanic business-to-government (B2G) growth strategist and B2B supplier diversity expert.
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rafaelmarrero.com

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