Diversity Supplier

High Tech Connect is proud to be a woman- and minority-owned business.

Many of our clients have Supplier Diversity Programs to qualify for government contracts and support corporate diversity initiatives. We are certified by the following organizations:

Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC)

The Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), founded in 1997, is the nation’s leading advocate of women-owned businesses as suppliers to America’s corporations. WBENC is a resource for the more than 500 U.S. companies and government agencies that rely on the WBENC certification as an integral part of their supplier diversity programs.

Northern California Minority Supplier Development Council (NCMSDC)

The Northern California Minority Supplier Development Council’s mission is to provide Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) in Northern California and Hawaii with nationally recognized certification and to connect corporate members with NCMSDC-certified minority suppliers. In addition, they assist certified MBEs in developing business opportunities with corporations, universities, healthcare entities, and government agencies.

Small Business Administration (SBA)

High Tech Connect is also certified as a California Small Business, entitling our company to benefits under the state’s Small Business Participation Program. The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) was created in 1953 as an independent agency of the federal government to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of our nation. Small business is critical to our economic recovery and strength, to building America’s future, and to helping the United States compete in today’s global marketplace. Although SBA has grown and evolved in the years since it was established in 1953, the bottom line mission remains the same. The SBA helps Americans start, build and grow businesses.

Women Minority Business Enterprise (WMBE) Clearinghouse

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) created the Women Minority Business Enterprise (WMBE) Clearinghouse to implement guidelines designed to encourage, recruit and utilize Women- and Minority-owned Business Enterprises (WMBEs).