Kris Oswold

Hybrid Certification Implementation, NMSDC; Vice President of Global Supplier Diversity at UPS (retired); Owner, Bidra Verdi LLC

Kris Oswold is a leader in global business process design and organizational transformation.  With over 33 years at UPS, Kris built a career designing and executing global organizational change.  As the Vice President of Global Supplier Diversity at UPS, Kris brought a process-centric, and data-driven, perspective to the role.  Under her leadership, UPS more than tripled spend with small and diverse businesses, and broadened engagement and collaboration across the UPS enterprise.

Prior to leading Supplier Diversity, Kris had responsibility to design and execute a variety of UPS business processes across the globe, including customer support, technical support, billing, accounts receivable and human resources operations.  In addition to pioneering enterprise-level process ownership at UPS, Kris has opened and operated UPS Global Business Services offices in the US, Europe, Asia, and Africa.

After retiring from UPS in April 2023, Kris founded the consulting firm, Birda Verdi LLC, as a vehicle to allow her to continue to contribute value to diverse-owned businesses. In May 2023 she took on the project to lead the Certification Modernization effort for the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC).

Kris has a BA in Political Science from the University of Washington and is an alumni of Emory University’s Executive Education program.  Kris sits on the Advisory Board of the UW’s Consulting and Business Development Center and is a member of the board of directors NMSDC Business Consortium Fund. Kris is a former board member of WEConnect International, the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council, and the Georgia Minority Supplier Diversity Council. She lives in Seattle, enjoying the wonders of the Pacific Northwest.