EventsTriTech SBDC
“With TriTech’s help, we were successful in raising money. Nobody helped us as much as TriTech did.”-Alan Gillengerten, Ginni Designs, Inc.
“As a direct result of TriTech, Corent closed $125K of investment.” - Feyzi Fatehi, Corent Technology, Inc.
“TriTech helped us to develop a strategy that achieved our funding goals.”- Rakesh Mahajan, Netaphor Software Inc.
“TriTech helped us define our presentation and brought in the angel investors that ended up investing in our company.”- Amro Albanna, Qmotions
“I can see the difference between entrepreneurs who have been coached by TriTech and those who have not. Be as prepared and professional as you can before presenting to angel investors.”- Frank Peters, Chairman, Tech Coast Angels
The Center for Applied Competitive Technologies
The RCCD Norco CACT recently teamed with the Manufacturing/Engineering Department to win two important grants. The first grant was an award from the National Science Foundation in April of 2008 to fund the development of a program to train "Automated Systems Technicians for the Logistics Industry".
The second grant is also an award from the National Science Foundation. It is called a planning grant.It will fund the efforts of an RCCD-led team to develop a plan to compete for a grant potentially worth $5,000,000 over five years.
During this year's funding cycle, the National Science Foundation issued two planning grants: one to RCCD and the other to Mid-South Community College in Memphis, Tennessee.
Every summer, junior high and high school students converge on the RCC Norco campus for the Summer Innovation Institute at the Center for Applied Competitive Technologies. Generously funded by the National Science Foundation, the Summer Innovation Institute
Thanks again to generous funding from the National Science Foundation, four summer camp students were selected to represent RCC at the 2008 National Science Foundation Principal Investigators Conference in Washington D.C. last October.
Many local businesses have expressed a dire need to keep their valued employees occupational skills on a par with newly developed technological advances that they have installed to remain competitive in a broadening and tenacious global marketplace.
One such local firm, Goodrich Aerostructures of Riverside, CA, has been actively participating in a training regimen with our RCCD Norco CACT for a good part of the current century.
Customized Solutions
“The instructor did a bang-up job in turning our staff into Project power users. We are looking forward to the follow-up sessions to keep our skills at high operational levels and manage our business’ success.”- Avi Shah, CFO and owner of Portrait Homes
“Participants found classes to be very informative and fun. They liked their instructor”
“RCC’s Customized Solutions was able to help us subsidize the cost of the training with State funds by assuming the burden for administering the State funding.”- Juanita Z. Rodriguez, HR Manager, CertainTeed Corporation
Procurement Assistance Center
“The Riverside Community College District Procurement Assistance Center assisted with Central Contractor Registration (CCR), U.S. Small Business Administration Profile (SBA Profile), SeaPort-e proposal, Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) compliance and Small Disadvantaged Business certification.”- VSolvIT
“After the first meeting, I knew we "hit a jackpot". Debbie is extremely knowledgeable, and willing to help. She guided us patiently,and with confidence” - Payal Kamdar, C.E.O.
“Once again I wanted to thank you for all the help you have given me over the last couple of months. It has been invaluable.”- Mark Gautreaux, C.E.O., Gautreaux Enterprises LLC
The Center for International Trade development
“After going to meetings that Mr. Robert Corona from the Center for International Trade provided. I felt it was important to get one of his speakers Eddy Sumar involved with our company. Mr. Sumar presented his strategic planning program for company growth to my management staff. The excitement after the meeting had everyone on board. I would not have known about Mr. Sumar without attending the EWDP program. Thank you for your help and support. I am looking forward to this year and additional programs.” Thanks again, Doug Norrdin, President, Global West
“This program is what Wonwoo needed to gain a competitive advantage and it is going to help us grow at least 10 percent this year,”-JP Hong, President of Wonwoo USA a Korean manufacturer and wholesaler of surveillance equipment located in Ontario.
