Event details
CDW is a leading multi-brand provider of information technology solutions to business, government, education and healthcare customers. The company is committed to cultivating a welcoming work environment and inclusive culture that allows all coworkers to feel a sense of belonging, be valued and have the confidence to do great things.
Join leaders from CDW to learn more about the company’s culture, benefits, and key roles they are hiring for right now! Panelists will also discuss how CDW has supported their career development and supported them along the way.
Attendees will learn:
What a career in sales at CDW really looks like and how you can excel within the company.
How to take advantage of different career opportunities and initiatives within the technology industry.
How CDW has created a platform through their business resource groups and networking opportunities.
This event will be recorded and posted here following the event. We'll also email the recording directly to everyone who registers.
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Meet the speakers
Tamara Fletcher, PhD
Director of Diversity Equity and Inclusion at CDW
Tamara Fletcher, PhD is Director of Diversity Equity and Inclusion at CDW, where she is responsible for establishing a diverse and inclusive culture. She leads CDW’s strategic efforts by engaging leadership in their commitment and involvement of Diversity and Inclusion, developing and facilitating Inclusion Education and Awareness strategies, designing and developing CDW’s Diversity and Inclusion communication strategies, and leading organizational projects designed to attract, retain, engage and mobilize diverse talent. She also maintains strategic oversight of CDW’s twelve Business Resource Groups (BRGs). Fletcher began her CDW career in 2005 as an Account Manager within CDW-Government’s State and Local Segment. After a year in sales, she joined the Sales Operations division where she quickly advanced into leadership as Supervisor of the CDW’s Acount Manager Sales Assistant Program. In 2011, Fletcher was promoted to Sales Support Manager, where she became responsible for the administrative support of CDW’s entire sales organization. She has been in Diversity Equity and Inclusion since 2013. Fletcher graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio with a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry in 2005. She obtained her Masters of Business Administration from Indiana Wesleyan Univerisity in 2011. In 2016, she received her PhD in Organizational Leadership through the Business Psychology department of The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. Her dissertation was entitled “Beyond The Barriers: Exploring the Impact of Feedback on Breaking the Glass Ceiling for African American Women”. She is also a 2019 Fellow of the Chicago Urban League’s IMPACT Development program. Presently, outside of work, Tamara sits on the President’s Advisory Board of Link Unlimited in Chicago, IL, and serves as a founding member of the Chicago Music Award winning Gospel Singing Group, Divine Inspiration.
Katrina Williams
Head of Sales & ITS Capability for CDW
Katrina Williams is the Head of Sales & ITS Capability for CDW, a leading provider of technology solutions to business, government, education and healthcare. In this capacity, Williams leads the Sales & ITS capability teams, including CDW’s Sales Academy, Sales Leadership Academy, Seller’s Edge, Associate Consulting Engineer (ACE) Program and Consulting Excellence Program, all of which are responsible for ensuring that CDW’s sellers, consulting engineers and solution architects acquire the knowledge and build the skills necessary to be successfully serve CDW’s customers. Prior to joining CDW in 1999 as an account manager, Williams was director of marketing at with Best Wishes, a Chicago-based retailer. Williams has held various positions at CDW, each increasing in responsibility, including rising to sales manager in 2003 and sales director in 2006. In 2011, Williams took on the role as director of sales capability. In addition to leading the company’s sales academy and field sales programs, Williams ran the Seller’s Edge program. Williams received a Bachelor of Arts in Marketing Communications from Columbia College Chicago, and earned her MBA at Roosevelt University.