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For Immediate Release
National Minority Supplier Development Council Honors David Steward for his Commitment to Minority Business Development
St. Louis, Missouri – June 20, 2003 – World Wide Technology (WWT) announced today that David Steward, chairman of World Wide Technology, was among three executives honored by the National Minority Supplier Diversity Council (NMSDC) for their significant long-term achievements in minority business development.
The awards were presented during the NMSDC Leadership Awards Dinner Dance in New York City on May 13th. More than 1,300 people attended including CEOs and executives of Fortune 500 corporations and minority business owners from across the country. Reuben Mark, chairman and chief executive officer of Colgate-Palmolive Company, served as Honorary Chairman for this gala event and Chris Carter, award winning wide receiver, was the Master of Ceremonies.
Harriet R. Michel, president of NMSDC said, "High achievement and decades of commitment to the power of solid alliances between minority businesses and their corporate partners are what distinguishes this year's honorees. As individuals they are recognized as leaders in America's business community. Collectively they represent strength, perseverance, vision, forthrightness and commitment to our mutual goal that all Americans deserve a chance to take full part in our nation's economic progress."
Mr. Steward serves on numerous committees and boards including Civic Progress of St. Louis, Greater St. Louis Area Council of Boy Scouts of America, United Way of Greater St. Louis and Webster University. Mr. Steward was recently appointed by the governor to the Missouri Technology Corporation.
About NMSDC
The NMSDC Network, which includes 39 affiliated regional councils, matches more than 15,000 certified minority businesses (Asian, Black, Hispanic and Native American) with its more than 3,500 corporate members, that want to purchase their goods and services. In 2001, member corporations' purchases from minority businesses exceeded $63 billion. Additional information about the National Minority Supplier Development Council can be found on the NMSDC Web site at www.nmsdc.org.
About World Wide Technology (WWT)
Founded in 1990, WWT Holding is a leading electronic procurement and logistics company in the information technology industry. WWT Holding, with its industry-specific operating companies - WWT, Telcobuy.com and SDE Business Partnering-specializes in helping customers rapidly build and deploy technology infrastructure in a timely, cost-effective manner.
WWT's electronic procurement and logistics capabilities combine procurement services and logistics functions with state-of-the-art information systems technology, building upon WWT's success as a premier value-added reseller in the information technology industry. This allows partners to focus on core competencies while maximizing supply chain efficiencies. Both customers and partners benefit from having WWT, a proven distribution and logistics company, manage their inventory while at the same time gaining access to WWT's web-based procurement, inventory management and deployment management applications.
WWT has headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, with remote sales and distribution facilities in Plano, Texas; Austin, Texas; Livermore, California; Aberdeen, Maryland; Nashville, Tennessee; Detroit, Michigan; Reno, Nevada; and McLean, Virginia. For more information, please visit us at www.wwt.com.