Nina Vaca, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) founded Pinnacle in 1996 as an information technology services provider to the Fortune 500. Today, the company’s client base includes industry leaders in the telecommunications, financial services, health care, technology, consumer products and business process outsourcing sectors. Under Ms. Vaca’s leadership, Pinnacle has become the second fastest growing firm in a $20 billion dollar industry, and now includes approximately 4,500 consultants across 45 states. Pinnacle is one of the most widely recognized and honored companies nationwide, garnering over 38 national and local awards over the past 7 years. As the recipient of the prestigious Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Award for Technology in 2005, Ms. Vaca is also the first two-time winner of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s Business Woman of the Year Award and has also appeared in Fast Company Magazine as one of the Top 25 Women Business Builders. And in 2007, Ms. Vaca appeared as one of the 100 most influential Hispanics in America by Latino Leaders Magazine.