British Columbia Construction Association (BCCA) has appointed Sue Connors to the position of BidCentral CEO, effective immediately.
Connors has a deep background in developing and implementing growth strategies for global ecommerce marketplaces and B2B platforms. Prior to her appointment at BidCentral, Sue was vice president of business development at RevenueWire where she was responsible for revenue growth, global expansion and strategic channel development.
During her tenure, RevenueWire became an award winning industry leader in performance marketing and online payment processing. Before RevenueWire Connors was VP of sales and seller management for global bookselling giant Abebooks.com, which was acquired by Amazon in a deal estimated at $120,000,000 USD.
In her new role at BidCentral, Connors will be responsible for aggressively expanding the public and private industrial, commercial, and institutional pre-bid and project content in the platform, with additional focus on developing services and partnerships to improve the user experience.
In the past year BidCentral made a significant business model change, opening Premium project access to all companies working in B.C.’s construction sector regardless of association membership status – a first in 20 years of platform operations.
“BCCA takes procurement seriously and BidCentral is our commitment to the industry,” says BCCA president and CEO Chris Atchison. “With so much construction underway and planned for B.C., it’s more important than ever that BidCentral operate to its maximum potential. We’re thrilled to have Sue’s technology and platform experience to guide us forward at this crucial time.”
Based in Victoria B.C. within the BCCA offices, BidCentral operates in partnership with the regional construction associations, where it is supported locally by project services staff who are local project expert and serve the needs of association members.
“BidCentral is ready to grow,” says Connors. “It’s got a solid foundation of 20 years of project data, an established brand, expert staff, and thousands of contractors, manufacturers and suppliers accessing it. With 50,000 projects and $24.65 billion tendered through BidCentral to date, I’m looking forward to expanding our services and reach, further solidifying BidCentral as B.C.’s largest construction bidding marketplace.”
