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Small Business Person Of The Year - October 21, 2004
Santa Ana, Calif. – Rubina Chaudhary, president of MARRS Services, Inc. of Fullerton has been named Minority Small Business Person of the Year for the Santa Ana District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).

The official SBA news release may be found here: SBA - Santa Ana, Ca


Fullerton Exec Receives Minority Business Award - October 22, 2004
"Rubina Chaudhary, president of MARRS Services in Fullerton, is the 2004 Minority Small Business Person for the Santa Ana district office of the U.S. Small Business Administration. The honor was announced Thursday at the annual Minority Enterprise Development breakfast in Ontario, Ca."
- By Jan Norman, Full Article - OC Register Oct. 22, 2004

MARRS Acquires PSC2.com - November 22, 2002
In effort to revolutionaize the process of scheduling and cost control services, MARRS has aquired and formed a team to develop a series of online critical path tools. Inital online application deployment (iSchedule^TM) is scheduled at www.PSC2.com

Mom Engineers Success - July 25, 2002
"Making Their Mark: Why.. Rubina Chuadhary [President of MARRS Services Inc].. and other minority women are today's fastest-growing group of business owners."
- By Steve Smith, OC Metro : Cover Story, July 25th, 2002

"Rubina Chaudhary's humble beginning resulted in MARRS Services, a firm that provides management, engineering, and training services in the public works and environmental fields."

"With guidance and inspiration.. [Rubina] Chaudhary started MARRS Services and has never looked back."

"Women in Business, 2001, was a national study conducted by the Small Business Administration (SBA) that revealed that women business owners have developed into a powerful economic resource. According to the report:

• Women-owned businesses generated $819 billion in revenue.
• Women-owned businesses employed more than 7 million workers.
• Women-owned businesses had nearly $150 billion in payroll.
• Women-owned businesses represented about one-quarter of all non-farm businesses and almost one-third of all sole-proprietorships.
• Women's share of total self-employment increased from 22 percent in 1976 to 38 percent in 2000.
• In 1999, only 12 percent of self-employed women were minorities."



The full story can be found on the OC Metro website at: Making Their Mark