A special salute.RBC RBC red blood cell. RBC or rbc abbr. red blood cell RBC, n See red blood cell count. RBC red blood cells; red blood (cell) count (see blood count). Royal Bank salutes Nancy Knowlton, President, Co-CEO and Co-founder of SMART Technologies Inc. in Calgary (www.smarttech.com), and winner of the 2002 Canada Export Award. One of only a handful of women leading multimillion-dollar technology companies, Nancy has been a recipient of numerous awards, including the Canadian Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Award, and ranks in the top 10 of Canada's Top 100 Women Business Owners Many online and offline organizations have been created to collect information about businesses around the world owned and operated by women. Many other organizations have been created to assist the women that own and operate those businesses. . With ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001 certification, SMART Technologies is the industry pioneer and market leader in collaborative technologies, creating tools -- such as interactive whiteboards -- that make information sharing See data conferencing. easier. A testament to its exporting success is the fact that its innovative products are now distributed in over 65 countries. Since co-founding the company in 1987, Nancy has formed a successful strategic alliance with U.S. computer giant Intel Corporation (company) Intel Corporation - A US microelectronics manufacturer. They produced the Intel 4004, Intel 8080, Intel 8086, Intel 80186, Intel 80286, Intel 80386, Intel 486 and Pentium microprocessor families as well as many other integrated circuits and personal computer networking that has resulted in joint product development and marketing efforts. Nancy attributes her company's considerable success to a number of factors, including a keen sense of what customers (both end users and resellers) around the world want. "Our skilled workforce and government programs supporting research and development make Canada an ideal business climate for companies seeking to innovate and compete globally," she adds. "RBC Royal Bank was also very accommodating in terms of financing our receivables, particularly in the early years, which was instrumental in our growth as well. And our account manager was fantastic; others saw inventory, and not a bankable bank·a·ble adj. 1. Acceptable to or at a bank: bankable funds. 2. Guaranteed to bring profit: a bankable movie star. deal, whereas she saw our business potential." |
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