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Ernst & Young Announced Finalists for 14th Annual Entrepreneur of the Year Awards
STAMFORD, CT, June 11, 2001—Ernst & Young LLP announced today the finalists for the 14th Annual Southwest Connecticut/New York Hudson Valley Entrepreneur of the Year®. The awards ceremony will be held June 28, 2001 at the Hyatt Regency in Greenwich, Conn.
The program, sponsored locally by Citibank Private Bank, Curran & Connors, and Marsh USA Inc., honors outstanding founders of fast-growing companies whose ingenuity, hard work, and perseverance have created and sustained successful, growing business ventures.
The finalists for the Southwest Connecticut/New York Hudson Valley EOY awards are:
- Mr. Christopher Miller, President of 6FigureJobs.com, Darien, CT
- Mr. Scott Semel, CEO of Cody-Kramer Imports, Blauvelt, NY
- Mr. Kenton Clarke, President & CEO of Computer Consulting Associates Intl., Inc., Southport, CT
- Mr. Arthur Diedrick, CHM-Development, Conn. Economic Dev. Authorities, Rocky Hill, CT
- Mr. Brad Miller, CEO, Cybergnostic, LLC, Trumbull, CT
- Mr. Athena Loucas, President of Deer-Off, Stamford, CT
- Mr. George Russell, President & CEO
of e-Commerce Solutions Holdings, Stamford, CT
- Mr. Paul Riss, CEO of eLEC Communications Corporation, New Rochelle, NY
- Mr. Dan McClure, CEO of Framework, Inc., Tarrytown, NY
- Mr. Andrew Greenfield, CEO of Greenfield Consulting Group, Westport, CT
- Ms. Eva Baron-Vartian, President of IntelliClaim, Inc., Norwalk, CT
- Mr. Christopher Burnham, Chairman & CEO of InviteUSA.com, Rowayton, CT
- Mr. Gail & John Federici & Frieda, Chairman of John Frieda Professional Hair Care, Wilton, CT
- Mr. Craig Schiff, President & CEO of OutlookSoft, Stamford, CT
- Ms. Stephanie Adams, Mr. Matthew Carlson, Mr. Christian Jepsen, Mr. Niklas Munck, VPs - Marketing Communications., Strategic Planning, Business Development, & Director-Strategic Sales of Pangea Ltd., White Plains, NY
- Mr. Russ Hawkins, President & CEO of Paragon Networks International, Brookfield, CT
- Mr. Robert Lederer, President of Prime Resources Corp., Bridgeport, CT
- Mr. Stanley Moskowitz, President & CEO, QuesTech Financial, Danbury, CT
- Mr. Scott Howard, President of Revonet, Inc., New Canaan, CT
- Dr. Shaula Yemini, President and Founder of System Management ARTS (SMARTS), White Plains , NY
- Mr. Arthus Tauck, Ms. Robin Tauck and Mr. Peter Tauck, Chairman, & Co-Presidents of Tauck World Disney, Westport, CT
- Mr. Peter Shah, President & CEO of Union Telecom, White Plains, NY • Mr. Edwin McLaughlin, CEO of United Systems Integrators Corporation, Stamford, CT
Southwestern Connecticut/New York Hudson award recipients will be selected by a panel of independent judges, including Christine DiBona, managing director, Marsh USA Inc., Stamford CT; Lawrence E. Dwyer, Jr., president, Westchester County Association Inc., White Plains, NY; Peter Keller, vice president, Citibank Private Bank, Stamford, CT; Jack Meehan, president, Aztec International, LLC, S. Norwalk, CT; Frank Morse, chairman, Connecticut Venture Group, Southport, CT; Elaine Pullen, chairman, Connecticut Technology Council, Hartford, CT; Richard Sandberg, chairman, Lifecodes Corporation, Stamford, CT; and Joseph Small, managing director, NASDAQ, New York, NY. The winners are eligible to compete for the Year 2001 National Entrepreneur of the Year, held each November in Palm Springs, California.
The 2000 Southwest Connecticut/New York Hudson Valley awards recipients included Kenneth Saverin of Enterprise Mortgage Acceptance Company, Westport, CT, Rocco Commisso of Mediacom Communications, Middletown, NY, Bryan Murphy and Gus Conrades of Wrenchead.com, White Plains, NY, Bill Daugherty and Jonas Steinman of iWon.com, Irvington, NY John Engel of e-Media, New Canaan, CT, Dr. Santanu Das of TranSwitch Corporation, Shelton, CT and Constance Galley of Mercator Software, Wilton, CT, Leonard A. Trugman of Del Global Technologies, Valhalla, NY, and Joseph R. Lagana, U.S. Information Systems, Inc., Nyack, NY.
Founded and produced by Ernst & Young, the program is and nationally sponsored by USA Today, CNN, the Nasdaq Stock Market, and the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Recipients of the Entrepreneur Of The Year award become lifetime members of the Entrepreneur Of The Year Hall of Fame. All of the National Entrepreneur Of The Year award winners and finalists will be announced and honored at a gala during the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year International Conference in Palm Springs, Calif. on November 15-18, 2001.