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2/15/2008 - Case Study: Dynamic Hispanic
She truly exemplifies the American Dream. Nina Vaca came to the United States from Ecuador with her parents as a young child and has achieved success through hard work and determination ever since.

1/1/2008 - Nina Vaca-Humrichouse Scholarship Fund
The Nina Vaca-Humrichouse Scholarship Fund provides an annual scholarship for a student specializing in multicultural studies with an emphasis on Latino recruitment and retention.

1/25/2008 - 2007 Latina Entrepreneur Of The Year
Two thousand seven was a banner year for Pinnacle Technical Resources.

2/1/2008 - SMU Announces Profiles in Leadership Award Recipients
Nina Vaca is one of SMU’s 2008 Profiles in Leadership Award recipients

2/29/2008 - Pinnacle among Ten Texas Inner City Companies Honored
Pinnacle is among ten Texas companies that have received the 2008 Inner City 100 Award for Excellence in Urban Business and is now a finalist for the National Inner City 100 list.

9/5/2007 - 2007 Ultimate Latina Leader Award Presented to Nina Vaca
The United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) and BMW of North America are honored to present the first 2007 Ultimate Latina Leader Award to Nina Vaca…

8/24/2007 - U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Announces New Board Members
The United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) Board of Directors recently appointed six new Board Members. The new members represent a distinguished and diverse group of business leaders.United

7/8/2007 - Q & A with Nina Vaca
To say that Nina Vaca has had a good year, or better yet, a good decade, is an understatement.

7/1/2007 - Pinnacle of Success
Nina Vaca sat at her desk, incredulous at the list her brother was reeling off; a list of things he had to get done in just a day’s time.

6/2/2007 - Pinnacle One of 2007's Fastest Growing Staffing Firms
Pinnacle Technical Resources is one of only seven staffing firms in the U. S. to be listed three years in a row on Staffing Industry Analysts' annual list of fastest growing staffing firms. Pinnacle, ranked number four this year, was ranked 4^th in 2006 and 3^rd in 2005.

6/1/2007 - 101 The List
Why she made the list: Under Vaca’s leadership, Pinnacle has grown twenty-fold during the past three-and-a-half years…

5/1/2007 - Truly Remarkable Women
Stories of down-to-the-core leaders from whom we can gain a better insight.

1/3/2007 - Embarking Upon the Pinnacle of Success, Nina Vaca Knows How to Make it Happen
In Nina Vaca’s opinion, the largest obstacles women in business face are the ones that turn up when female professionals lose sight of their plans.

1/2/2007 - Nina Vaca’s IT Revolution
Nina Vaca's IT business, Pinnacle 1, is reaching new heights.

4/1/2007 - Making The Right Connections
Some people discover their entrepreneurial flair after a long corporate career. Some, like Nina Vaca, are born with it...

1/1/2007 - 2007 - Inc. 5000
Pinnacle makes the 2007 Inc. 5000 list

1/1/2007 - Inc. Top Companies in Dallas - Fort Worth - Arlington, TX
Pinnacle is ranked No. 34 among the Top Inc. 5,000 Companies for the Metro Region -- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

4/1/2006 - Letting Go To Grow
How Nina Vaca is growing Pinnacle's revenue by letting others help her.

9/16/2005 - Staffing Industry's Hottest Private Firms
Pinnacle Technical Resources is named the nation's third fastest growing private staffing firm by Staffing Industry Analyst

5/1/2005 - 25 Top Women Business Builders
…What they're doing is striking out on their own, launching companies at a higher rate than any other group.

12/29/2006 - 5 Millionaire Tell How They Did It
When Nina Vaca came to Los Angeles from Quito, Ecuador, at the age of 2, her parents' goal was to build a family business that all of their children could be involved in.

10/19/2006 - Forty-Six Texas Companies Included in Deloitte’s 2006 Technology Fast 500
DALLAS, October 19, 2006 — Forty-six Texas-based technology companies are included in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies in North America based on percentage fiscal year revenue growth over five years (2001–2005) by Deloitte & Touche USA LLP.

11/1/2005 - Entrepreneurs Under 35
A Sense of urgency to do big things in the shortest possible time marks the meteoric careers of these Hispanic whiz kids.

7/21/2006 - MTBC Announces 2006 Titan Fast 50
DALLAS (July 21, 2006) - The Metroplex Technology Business Council (MTBC), the region’s most prominent organization supporting technology, today announced the 2006 Titan Fast 50 finalists.

10/1/2006 - Young Millionaires

Our 2006 picks prove age doesn't matter when building a successful business.

10/10/2006 - Finalist Latina Entrepreneur of the Year
Hispanic Business magazine is pleased to announce the 15 finalists for the U.S. Hispanic market´s most important benchmark award of entrepreneurial achievement: the EOY® Award.

2/2/2006 - Hispanic-Owned MBEs Take Their Place In The Growth Of Corporate America
"I started my company from my apartment living room when I was twenty-five," says Nina Vaca, chair and CEO of Pinnacle Technical Resources (Dallas, TX), an MBE/WBE IT services provider to Fortune 500 companies.

2/21/2008 - Technology Awareness Day Draws 300-Plus Local High School Students
BNSF and the Renaissance Cultural Center hosted the Ninth Annual "Technology Awareness Day 2008" (TAD) on Saturday, Feb. 16, at BNSF’s Technology Office Building in Fort Worth.

11/17/2006 - The Hartford's Business Owner's Playbook Series Heads to Texas
Insights from the Business Owner's Playbook will be brought to life in Dallas on Tuesday, June 19, as Albert Black, CEO and president of On-Target Supplies & Logistics, Ltd. and Nina Vaca, CEO and chair of Pinnacle Technical Resources, Inc., share their successes.

11/15/2006 - Latina Leadership in the Boardroom
HACR developed a partnership with the Harvard Business School (HBS), creating a comprehensive executive education program geared to Hispanics with the goal of increasing the effectiveness and presence of Hispanics in corporate boardrooms.

1/1/2007 - 100 WBEs Impacting Supplier Diversity
Women’s Enterprise USA magazine is pleased to announce “100 WBEs Impacting Supplier Diversity.”

12/21/2007 - CEO Interview

Nina Vaca is interviewed for CEO, a KERA television and radio series hosted by Lee Cullum featuring Texas chief executives from the corporate and not-for-profit sectors.

3/31/2008 - The Winner's Circle: Hispanic Business Magazine's Elite Women
Nina Vaca...proved Hispanic women can also be entrepreneurial by founding her own company and building it into a $200 million business.

6/1/2006 - How to Make a Million: Seize an Opportunity
MMF's in the news: as printed in the May 2006 issue of Kiplinger's Personal Finance

1/2/2005 - Alexis de Tocqueville Society Hosts Spring Member Recognition Reception
United Way of Metropolitan Dallas (UWMD) and the Alexis de Tocqueville Society (AdT) recognized donors on Thursday, May 13th at a private party at the Dallas residence of Myrna and Bob Schlegel.

1/1/2008 - Dept. of Communications Studies Annouces Advisory Board
The Communication Studies Advisory Council is a team of distinguished leaders, educators and Texas State alumni who join with the faculty of the Department of Communication Studies to maintain and further enhance the Department of Communication Studies at Texas State University-San Marcos.

5/2/2008 - Pinnacle Debuts at #6 among Top 50 Women, Minority-Owned Companies
The Top 50 Dallas-Fort Worth minority- and women-owned businesses saw tremendous revenue gains in 2007 for the most part, with at least 15 businesses posting double-digit growth rates.

5/4/2008 - Pinnacle Joins DMN's 100 Top Private Companies
For the first time, Pinnacle Technical Resources is listed by the Dallas Morning News as one of the 100 Top Private Companies in the Dallas area.