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The Ernst &Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards Program - Southeast Area -Florida - Ernst & Young - United States

2010 lifetime achievement honoree and award finalists

Growing a company from concept to industry leader requires a special breed of individual: someone who doesn’t believe those who say it can’t be done, someone who sees opportunity in every problem, someone who won’t take “no” for an answer. They’re called entrepreneurs.

Each year the most successful and innovative entrepreneurs vie for the most prestigious honor in this class: the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Award. From a field of nearly 100 nominations, the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award program proudly salutes the 2010 Florida finalists and lifetime achievement honoree. These entrepreneurs most successfully embody these qualities and spirit. The lifetime achievement honoree and award finalists for the 2010 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Florida awards are listed below. You may view the 2009 award recipients here.

Lifetime Achievement award recipient
Lewis Hay III
Chairman and CEO 
NextEra Energy, Inc. (formerly FPL Group, Inc.)
Juno Beach
  Distribution, Manufacturing and Defense
Neal Asbury
CEO 
The Legacy Companies
Ft. Lauderdale
Gregory Celestan
Chairman and CEO 
Celestar Corporation
Tampa

Alberto Daire
President and COO 
David Hernandez
CEO
Liberty Power
Ft. Lauderdale

 

  Emerging
Ron Brittian
Chairman and CEO 
AuthenWare Corporation
Miami
Chad W. Dudeck
President and CEO 
Geo-Logical, Inc.
Port Richey

Bob Moore
Chairman and CEO 
iGPS
Orlando

 

  Financial Services
Mike Gottfried
Chief Operating Officer 
Manish Gupta
Chief Technology Officer
Pete Kirtland
President 
James Olson
Chief Marketing Officer
ASPire Financial Services
St. Petersburg

Peter R. Kassabov
Chairman and CEO 
Digital Risk, LLC
Maitland

 

Kirk Moquin
CEO
Mark Thompson
CEO 
Enhanced Recovery Corporation
Jacksonville
Health Services
Dr. A.K. Desai
Chairman
CEO and President
Universal Health Care Group, Inc.
St. Petersburg
Jason Patchen
CEO 
American Healthcare Holdings, Inc.
Tampa

Ron Roma
CEO/Owner 
Healthesystems, LLC
Tampa

 

Marketing, Media and Entertainment
David Clarke
Founder and Managing Partner
BGT Partners
Miami

Benjamin C. Fertic
CEO 
World Triathlon Corporation
Tampa

 

Joy Gendusa
CEO 
PostcardMania
Clearwater
Real Estate and Construction Services
Marc Ganzi
CEO 
Global Tower Partners
Boca Raton
Chaim Katzman
Chairman 
Gazit Globe
North Miami Beach
Jose Morales CEO 
J2 Engineering, Inc.
Tampa

 

Retail, Consumer Products and Hospitality
Christian de Berdouaré
Founder and CEO
Chicken Kitchen USA, LLC
North Miami Beach
Brian Wheeler
Founder and CEO
Tijuana Flats Burrito Co.
Maitland

Marcelo Young
Founder and CEO
Transnational Foods Inc.
Miami

 

Services
Matt Connell
President
Total Military Management, Inc.
Jacksonville
Michael K. Ferris
President and CEO 
Valet Waste
Tampa

Darryl Shaw
CEO 
Dr. Neil Shaw
Chief Medical Officer 
BluePearl Veterinary Partners
Tampa

 

Technology
Carol M. Craig
Founder and CEO
Craig Technologies
Cape Canaveral
Daniel J. Devine
CEO 
Compass Knowledge Group
Orlando
Manuel D. Medina
Chairman and CEO 
Terremark Worldwide, Inc.
Miami

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