Calvin D. Wells ................................................... City of Houston Administration & Regulatory Affairs

Calvin D. Wells

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Calvin D. Wells was appointed by Mayor Lee P. Brown in 1998 to oversee the Strategic Purchasing Division of the City of Houston’s Administration and Regulatory Affairs Department. Prior to serving as the City Purchasing Agent, Calvin retired from Texaco, Inc. with over 20 years of corporate purchasing experience as Manager of Foreign Procurement. At Texaco he had oversight of domestic and international acquisitions, vendor selection and negotiations, financial controls, contract development and coordination, problem resolution and service relations. As City Purchasing Agent for the City of Houston and Deputy Director for the Administration and Regulatory Affairs Department, he implemented various cost avoidance procedures that saved the City of Houston 19 million dollars in supply and service contracts. During his career, he has developed several alliances leveraging viable businesses with the consolidation of 1,250 contracts into 583 within a 5-year period. Calvin holds a B.S. degree in Accounting and Business Management (double major) from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He received a certificate from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) in Executive Purchasing Development and an Executive Development certificate from the University of Houston. He is a member of the National Association of Purchasing Management and the Petroleum Accounting Society of Houston. He is married with two children.

Calvin D. Wells City Purchasing Agent City of Houston-Administration and Regulatory Affairs 901 Bagby, Room B113 Houston, Texas 77002 (Office) 832.393.8700 http://purchasing.houstontx.gov