24 business leaders with companies located in the Carolinas have been selected by an independent judging panel for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2011 Carolinas awards. These 23 finalists and youth honoree, along with The Lifetime Achievement Honoree, James E. Rogers, will be honored at a black-tie awards gala on Thursday, 9 June at the Westin Charlotte in uptown Charlotte, North Carolina.
| Lifetime achievement honoree |
| | Jim Rogers
Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer
Duke Energy
Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Finalists |
| | Abe Reichental
President and Chief Executive Officer
and Chuck Hull
CTO, EVP & Founder
3D Systems Corporation
Rock Hill, South Carolina
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| Burney Jennings Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Biscuitville, Inc.
Greensboro, North Carolina |
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| Ted Rollins
Co-Founder
and Michael Hartnett
Co-Founder
Campus Crest Communities
Charlotte, North Carolina |
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| William McMahon
President and Chief Executive Officer
CoaLogix, Inc.
Charlotte, North Carolina |
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| Tom Coble
President and Chief Executive Officer
Coble Trench Safety, Inc.
Greensboro, North Carolina |
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| Terry Brown
Chief Executive Officer
Edens & Avant
Columbia, South Carolina |
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| Dale Freudenberger
President and Co-Founder
FLS Energy
Asheville, North Carolina |
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| Madhu Beriwal
President and Chief Executive Officer
IEM
Durham, North Carolina |
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| Steve Parker Jr.
Managing Partner & Co-Founder
and Jeff Adelson-Yan
Co-Founder
Levelwing
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina |
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| Neal Fowler
Chief Executive Officer
and Joseph DeSimone
Founder, Professor at UNC-CH and NC State
Liquidia Technologies Inc.
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina |
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| W. Richard Staub III
President and Chief Executive Officer
Novella Clinical Inc.
Durham, North Carolina |
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| Gary Robinette
President and Chief Executive Officer
Ply Gem Holdings, Inc.
Cary, North Carolina |
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| Colin Shannon
President and Chief Executive Officer
PRA International
Raleigh, North Carolina |
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| Ric Elias
Chief Executive Officer and Founder
Red Ventures
Fort Mill, South Carolina |
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| Jesse Lipson
Chief Executive Officer
ShareFile
Raleigh, North Carolina |
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| Richard Byrne
Chief Executive Officer
TowerCo
Cary, North Carolina |
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| Peter Gasca Jr.
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
and Rhett Power
Co-Founder and President
Wild Creations
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina |
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| Stephen Light
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
Xerium Technologies, Inc.
Raleigh, North Carolina |
| Youth entrepreneur of the year |
| Jerome Smalls
The Handykid
Charleston, South Carolina |
