In 1995 IBM commissioned a series of Task Forces to determine what it would take to make its constituents more successful. Since its inception, the focus of the Hispanic Leadership Symposium at IBM has been to do more outreach in the Hispanic community, supplement professional development of IBM's current workforce and explore future opportunities, which will increase IBM's reach of Hispanic consumers and businesses. The relationship is still fairly young, but I feel the benefits were clearly seen at this year's conference, where we actively recruited Hispanics into our work force and MBAs in general. We hope to be able to bring these companies together and further the dialogue.
Management is committed to it and so are the employees.