Supply chain inclusion has the potential for being the greatest equalizer. Socially responsible companies can harness supplier diversity programs' power to reach out to minority-owned businesses and create jobs in underserved and underrepresented communities. These concentrated efforts distribute the economic fruits of success to a larger talent pool and amplify entrepreneurship opportunities for the whole community.

But, what does it take to have a successful supplier diversity program? On this episode of TechTalk Tuesdays, we talk to Bryan Wiggins, Program Manager,  Supplier Diversity, Global Procurement Services at Cisco, about what makes a supplier diversity program stand out, why supplier diversity is an "approach," not a "category," and what 2020 has meant for supplier diversity programs.

Bryan Wiggins is a Supplier Diversity Program Manager in Global Procurement Services at Cisco. He's been with Cisco for over 12 years and in procurement for the last ten years. He is also a former US Army Helicopter pilot and Persian Gulf War veteran. He has impacted his community by mentoring minority-owned businesses, and he applies his strong sense of fairness and passion for equal opportunity to everything he does.

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