OGE Conference and Vendor Exhibition

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TRACY UPTON is a native Houstonian who graduated with her B.A. in Business and Mass Communications from Houston Christian University before starting her career in the energy industry at Devon Energy in Upstream Land. In 2011, she hired on at Shell and worked several onshore assets and commercial divestment deals before transitioning into the US Projects Contracts & Procurement group in 2020, where she became a focal point for influencing Shell’s Supplier Diversity within the US Shales business. Today, she sits on the US Supplier Diversity team dedicated to the engagement, development, utilization and growth of minority-owned, women-owned, LGBTQ-owned, veteran-owned and disabled-persons-owned business enterprises in all US lines of business in Shell USA. In her personal life, Tracy enjoys life adventures with her daughter Nixon, as well as playing sports, traveling and attending live music events.

TRACY UPTON is a native Houstonian who graduated with her B.A. in Business and Mass Communications from Houston Christian University before starting her career in the energy industry at Devon Energy in Upstream Land. In 2011, she hired on at Shell and worked several onshore assets and commercial divestment deals before transitioning into the US Projects Contracts & Procurement group in 2020, where she became a focal point for influencing Shell’s Supplier Diversity within the US Shales business. Today, she sits on the US Supplier Diversity team dedicated to the engagement, development, utilization and growth of minority-owned, women-owned, LGBTQ-owned, veteran-owned and disabled-persons-owned business enterprises in all US lines of business in Shell USA. In her personal life, Tracy enjoys life adventures with her daughter Nixon, as well as playing sports, traveling and attending live music events.

While the EiSi OGE Conference and Vendor Exhibition helps to introduce the vendor to potential customers and firmly establish relationships with current customers, the vendors still do not always understand how to become “preferred” or to sign up as MWBE vendors at an energy company. Many are seeking the ability to be included in the energy company’s procurement system. This presentation is intended to give the conference exhibitors a general idea of the requirements or preferences an energy company looks for when partnering with a new vendor/supplier. Q&A session included.

While the EiSi OGE Conference and Vendor Exhibition helps to introduce the vendor to potential customers and firmly establish relationships with current customers, the vendors still do not always understand how to become “preferred” or to sign up as MWBE vendors at an energy company. Many are seeking the ability to be included in the energy company’s procurement system. This presentation is intended to give the conference exhibitors a general idea of the requirements or preferences an energy company looks for when partnering with a new vendor/supplier. Q&A session included.