1-800-GeeksOnTime Wins 2005 Stevie(TM) Award for Best Overall Company of the Year; CEO Venus McNabb Finalist in Two Additional Categories; Winners Announced Today in New York City.LYNDEN, Wash. -- 1-800-GeeksOnTime today was named a Stevie Award winner in the category of "Best Overall Company of the Year - Service Business - Up to 100 Employees." Venus McNabb, CEO/founder of 1-800-GeeksOnTime was a finalist in the categories of "Best Entrepreneur - Service Business - Up to 100 Employees," and "Best Young Entrepreneur." The Stevie Awards The Stevie Awards were created in 2002 to honor and generate public recognition of the efforts, accomplishments, and positive contributions of companies and business people worldwide. annually honor outstanding women entrepreneurs and are considered to be among the most prestigious competitions recognizing women in business. In the course of six years, McNabb, 29, developed one of the largest privately held on-site computer service companies in the nation. With more than 1,200 repair persons, 1-800-GeeksOnTime provides residential and business IT solutions to customers in all 50 states. The company has earned a reputation for excellence by delivering fast, affordable service to more than 45,000 customers nationwide. 1-800-GeeksOnTime's revenues have doubled or tripled every year since it was created and are now in the millions. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. McNabb, "We've set out to build a different type of proactive, customer-oriented service for IT solutions with 1-800-GeeksOnTime, and it's gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. to receive this type of national recognition for our efforts. We're proud to be associated with a national group of entrepreneurs who have accomplished such extraordinary things while building their businesses," McNabb added. The Stevie Awards for Women Entrepreneurs are governed by a board of distinguished judges and advisors that features many leading women entrepreneurs and figures in American business. Hundreds of nominations from women-owned companies in virtually every industry were submitted for consideration. Details about The Stevie Awards for Women Entrepreneurs and the full list of finalists are available at http://www.stevieawards.com/women/. Background 1-800-GeeksOnTime was founded in 1999 by then-22-year-old entrepreneur Venus McNabb. With more than 1,200 technicians, the company offers national on-site computer services Data processing (timesharing, batch processing), software development and consulting services. See service bureau, SaaS and ASP. for corporate and individual users. As a result of its proactive approach to computer maintenance, the company has doubled and tripled its revenues each year since its creation. McNabb and the 1-800-GeeksOnTime SMART Car were recently featured on ABC's "Good Morning America Good Morning America is a weekday morning news show that is broadcast on the ABC television network. The show was adapted from The Morning Exchange, a morning show created by and airing on the ABC affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio, and was launched nationally as ." McNabb has been recognized as one of the top 12 entrepreneurs under 35 for 2003 by BizAZ magazine and was invited for membership in the International Who's Who The International Who's Who is a guidebook to notable people worldwide. It has been published annually since 1941 by Europa Publications, an imprint of Taylor and Francis. Historical Society, one of only 27 people out of 30,000 worldwide submissions to be so honored. Last fall McNabb was honored as Best Young Entrepreneur in The 2004 Stevie Awards for Women Entrepreneurs, which recognizes the accomplishments of women small-business owners in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . She was a finalist in Inc. Magazine's Company of the Year 2004 Awards. McNabb was named as one of the "Up and Comers" for 2005 by BizAZ Magazine. She was named as one of 2005's top "40 under 40" entrepreneurs by Business in Vancouver Magazine Vancouver Magazine is an English-language lifestyle magazine focused on Vancouver, British Columbia and the Lower Mainland. Vancouver Magazine describes its mission as informing, guiding and entertaining residents of a "dynamic, international city. . The company won a 2005 American Business Award for its outstanding customer service. 1-800-GeeksOnTime can be reached at 1-800-433-5766, or www.GeeksOnTime.com. Technicians are skilled to service platforms and devices that include Apple, Linux, Palms, PCs, LANs and enterprise systems. The Smartest Choice tour Web site is www.thesmartestchoice.us. Editor's Note: Venus McNabb, 1-800-GeeksOnTime founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , will be in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Dec. 16-22 for media interviews. Photos available upon request. |
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