My Business Matches Hires New Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer

San Antonio, TX, July 9, 2015 (Newswire.com) - My Business Matches, the leading cloud based business matchmaking company, names Jesse Crawford as Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer.  Mr. Crawford, former Senior Manager of Global Diversity and Inclusion-Supplier Diversity at Verizon, will be responsible for developing, and executing MBM’s strategic initiatives to expand the company’s presence in the national and global marketplace.

"Jesse has tremendous industry expertise with a proven track record of successfully advocating for potential vendors/suppliers who wanted to join the global supply chain at his former company," said Jeff Vigil, President and CEO of MBM. "His expertise, professionalism, and commitment to driving results will be vital in achieving our company's strategic imperatives to become the premier business matchmaking company globally."

As a 23-year telecommunications industry veteran, Mr. Crawford has proven leadership experience in directing outreach, serving on nonprofit board of directors, community relations, quality management, supplier diversity, global sourcing and procurement, and regulatory affairs.  Most recently, Mr. Crawford, was named among Texas' Top 100 Leaders in Corporate Supplier Diversity by Women’s Enterprise USA Magazine and won the Corporate Advocate of the Year award by the Women's Business Council-Southwest.

Mr. Crawford is recognized as a true champion for diversity in both the community-at-large and industry. He served on the Corporate Advisory and/or Board of Directors for the Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce, Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Women’s Business Council-Southwest, Minority Business News, Billion Dollar Roundtable, and the U. S. Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce’s Corporate Brain Trust Advisory Board. In addition, Crawford has previously served as the Chairman of the Board for the Urban League of Greater Dallas and North Central Texas.

"I am very excited to join Jeff and his awesome team which is truly revolutionizing business match making worldwide.  We will continue to focus on expanding our tool and technology to further assist buying entities, corporations, advocacy organizations, government agencies, business chambers, and small and diverse owned businesses as they participate in our unique data rich and success oriented matchmaking sessions. The goal will be sustainable and measureable partnerships which will positively impact the economic, procurement, civic, and business objectives of all."

Mr. Crawford graduated with Summa Cum Laude and Magna Cum Laude honors and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and an Associates Degree in Business Management, both from Northwood University.