{"id":12265,"date":"2021-04-29T08:57:54","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T13:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sterling.com\/?p=12265"},"modified":"2021-04-29T08:57:54","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T13:57:54","slug":"sterling-earns-certification-as-woman-owned-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sterling.com\/stargazer\/?p=12265","title":{"rendered":"Sterling Earns Certification as Woman-Owned Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>North Sioux City, S.D., April 29, 2021<\/strong> \u2013 South Dakota-based IT company Sterling has achieved certification as a Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) and a Woman Business Enterprise (WBE) by the National Women Business Owners Corporation (NWBOC), one of three certifying bodies approved by the Small Business Administration (SBA). According to the NWBOC, \u201cCertification ensures that a private, for-profit company is truly owned and controlled by a woman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This certification is accepted by more than 1,000 corporations, representing America\u2019s most prestigious brands, in addition to federal, state, and local government agencies. The distinction was conceived to address the long history of under-representation of women in enterprise and specifically in the awarding of government contract work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are honored to be officially designated as a Woman-Owned Enterprise,\u201d stated Jean Moore, owner of Sterling. \u201cOur goal is to employ great people while also being committed to diversity and inclusion. Forty-seven percent of our employees are women (despite lingering stereotypes that a high-tech industry would be disproportionately male), and more significantly, 46% of Sterling\u2019s management-level and highly compensated positions are held by women. That is personally very gratifying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>-#-<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>About Sterling<\/u><\/strong><strong> |<\/strong>\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sterling.com\/\">www.sterling.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>For almost two and a half decades, Sterling Computers has been helping to address customers\u2019 most complex IT requirements. An award-winning value-added reseller plus (VAR+), Sterling offers a simplified IT experience and a single point of contact for the federal government, the public sector and commercial businesses. Headquartered in North Sioux City, South Dakota, with satellite offices elsewhere, Sterling leverages elite teams across its organization and its superior partnerships to assess, design, implement, and manage long-term scalable IT solutions. From client to cloud, Sterling delivers a unique value that exceeds customer expectations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sterling Contact <\/strong><strong>|\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Patricia Bornhofen, Corporate Communications, Marketing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>605-242-1206 <\/strong><strong>|\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:patricia.bornhofen@sterling.com\"><strong>patricia.bornhofen@sterling.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Sioux City, S.D., April 29, 2021 \u2013 South Dakota-based IT company Sterling has achieved certification as a Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) and a Woman Business Enterprise (WBE) by the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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