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3 September 2010

Finalists for Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Award Announced

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03 September 2010—

Ernst & Young LLP announced the finalists for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award in the Utah region. This group of exceptional entrepreneurs was selected by an independent judging panel made up of regional business, academic and community leaders. The winners will be revealed at a gala event on June 12, 2009 at the Salt Palace Convention Center Grand Ballroom in Salt Lake City.

“For the past 23 years, Ernst & Young has honored outstanding entrepreneurs through our Entrepreneur Of The Year program,” said David Jolley, Ernst & Young LLP Entrepreneur Of The Year program director for the Utah region. “These entrepreneurs make a tremendous difference within our communities and for our larger economy. We thank them for the positive impact they’ve had in Utah and Idaho.”

 

The Utah region finalists for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award in 2009 are:

·         Bette Gibson, Academy for Creating Enterprise

·         Stephen Gibson, Academy for Creating Enterprise

·         Alison Chuntz, Alison’s Pantry

·         Keith Moeller, American Biotech Labs

·         Scott Moeller, American Biotech Labs

·         William D. Moeller, American Biotech Labs

·         Jessica Norie, Artspace

·         Scott Johnson, AtTask, Inc.

·         Jeff Anderson, Audio Enhancement

·         Marc Bingham, Blue Diamond Capital LLC

·         Matthew Heaton, BlueHost

·         Ryan DeLuca, Bodybuilding.com, LLC

·         Andrea Anaya, Career Step

·         Kate Maloney, Costume Craze

·         Charles Freedman, DownEast Outfitters

·         Jonathan Freedman, DownEast Outfitters

·         William Freedman, DownEast Outfitters

·         David Flynn, Fusion-io

·         Rick White, Fusion-io

·         Dallin Larsen, MonaVie

·         Sylvia Medina, North Wind, Inc.

·         Jay Bean, OrangeSoda

·         Douglas Sayer, Premier Technology, Inc.

·         Gary Goodrich, ProPay, Inc.

·         Chris C. Jensen, ProPay, Inc.

·         Richard Sorensen, ProPay, Inc.

·         Kody Bateman, SendOutCards

·         James Higgins, Smile Reminder, Inc.

·         Charley Johnson, SnugZ USA

·         Brandon Mackay, SnugZ USA

·         Steve Bain, Spring Mobile / Simply Mac

·         Jason Ellis, Spring Mobile / Simply Mac

·         Richard Reese, Standard Plumbing Supply

·         Matt Minkevitch, The Road Home

·         Inger Erickson, Uppercase Living

·         Stephanie Geisler, Uppercase Living

·         Jeff Wilson, Uppercase Living

·         David Wadman, Wadman Corporation

·         Robert Pedersen II, ZAGG Inc.

 

Regional award winners will be eligible for consideration in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2009 national program. Winners in numerous national categories, as well as the overall national Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award winner, will be announced at the annual awards gala in Palm Springs, California, on November 14, 2009. The awards are the culminating event of the Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum, the nation’s most prestigious gathering of high-growth, market-leading companies.

 

This year, the Entrepreneur Of The Year awards program celebrates its 23rd anniversary. The program has expanded to recognize business leaders in over 135 cities in 50 countries throughout the world. Awards are given to entrepreneurs who demonstrate extraordinary success in the areas of innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.

 

Sponsors

Founded and produced by Ernst & Young LLP, the Entrepreneur Of The Year awards are pleased to have the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and SAP America as national sponsors.

 

In the Utah region, local sponsors include Deseret News, Digital Bytes Production & Design, Diversified Insurance Brokers, Scherzer International, Spring2 Technologies, Strong & Hanni, The Summit Group Communications, and Utah Business Magazine.


 


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