Negocios Now

NegociosNow www.negociosnow.com August 2013 Diciembre 2008 3 Welcome to Chicago! G roup O extends a warm welcome to the thousands of delegates to the the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce's National Convention, the largest gathering of Latino businesses in the country. "Group O is honored to serve as the 2013 USHCC Hispanic Business Enterprise (HBE) Convention Chair, and we look forward to welcoming attendees to the great city of Chicago!" said Group O CEO & President Gregg Ontiveros. "We're excited about the opportunity to share the tremendous work the USHCC and its members are doing to advance the interests of Hispanic-owned businesses across the country. With nearly three million HBEs representing $450 billion in revenue and growing, this is the right time to redouble our efforts in fostering entrepreneurship and developing relationships with our corporate partners." At the 2012 National Convention in Los Angeles, USHCC recognized Ontiveros as its HBE Hispanic Businessman of the Year. "Our goal at the convention is to share relevant, actionable ways for HBE attendees to build their businesses and for corporate and government members to connect with new partners to help them optimize their performance through diverse, sustainable business practices," he said. Ontiveros said he is pleased to serve in this role for this annual USHCC National Convention, which attracts thousands of attendees from its key constituencies, including HBEs, corporate and government members, and regional and local Hispanic chambers of commerce. The theme for this year's convention is "America's Business Future", which reflects USHCC's mission to advance the interests of the nearly 3 million Hispanicowned businesses nationwide and foster connections with its corporate and government members. Founded in 1979 by Robert Ontiveros, Group O is a diversified business process outsourcing provider that specializes in marketing services, business analytics, supply chain operations and strategic packaging solutions. A Corporate Plus member of the National Minority Supplier Development Council (nmsdc.org), Group Courtesy Gregg Ontiveros is President and CEO of Group O, wich is serving as this year's Hispanic Business Enterprise Convention Chair. O is a NMSDC National Minority Supplier of the Year honoree and has been recognized among the Top 5 Latino-owned Businesses by the USHCC. Headquartered in Milan, Ill., Group O employs more than 1,500, making it one of the largest Hispanic-owned companies in the United States. "We're confident that attendees will find the convention both engaging and productive," Ontiveros said, "and we look forward to wishing everyone a warm Bienvenidos a Chicago!"

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