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Javon Coleman
Marketing Chair
Javon is the Executive Consultant for Diverse Services, supporting World Wide Technology’s (WWT) Global Service Provider group. World Wide Technology is currently the largest Minority-Owned Business in the United States. In this role, Javon ensures the inclusion of diverse suppliers and resources in WWT’s supply chain is in direct alignment with WWT’s customer’s goals and expectations. Javon works directly with WWT’s customers to fully understand the depth and breadth of their overall corporate diversity goals, strategies, and requirements, then work with WWT internal leadership teams to incorporate these additional aspects into their solutions. Javon provides WWT’s customers with insightful industry knowledge, best practices in supplier diversity, platform expertise, and timely guidance on government regulation changes.
Prior to this role, Javon served as Senior Supplier Diversity Manager at World Wide Technology (WWT). Javon was responsible for the daily management of WWT’s global supplier diversity efforts, direct practices, processes, and strategy. In addition, Javon assisted WWT’s customer and internal business units in driving and developing supplier diversity needs and initiatives. As the company’s point of contact for all RFPs, RFIs, and RFQs with diversity requirements, Javon worked closely with the company’s sourcing managers to ensure WWT’s compliance and inclusivity in our practices. Javon worked with all internal business units on developing training and strategies for including diverse partners in their areas of expertise.
Alongside this, Javon developed strategic relationships with WWT’s diverse suppliers, partners, and diverse business national certifying bodies to ensure the success and sustainability of small and diverse business enterprises.
Javon earned his Bachelor’s degree in Business Finance from Southeast Missouri State University and his Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Missouri Baptist University. Javon is pursuing a Doctoral degree in Organizational Leadership from Walden University. In 2022 Javon was certified by The Alliance of Supplier Diversity Professionals (ASDP) as a Certified Supplier Diversity Professional (CSDP).
Javon, a St. Louis, MO native, serves on multiple charitable organization’s board of directors, including Angels Arms’ as committee chair and junior board member for The Little Bit Foundation. Javon has a passion for community and inspiring the next generation of business leaders.
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