Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2010 award recipients in Utah Region announced Salt Lake City, Utah, 3 June 2010 – Ernst & Young LLP is pleased to announce the award recipients of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® award in Utah Region. This group of leading entrepreneurs was selected by an independent judging panel made up of regional business, academic and community leaders. The winners were revealed at a gala event on 2 June at the Salt Palace Convention Center.
“Ernst & Young believes in the power of entrepreneurship,” said David Jolley, Ernst & Young LLP Entrepreneur Of The Year Program Director for Utah Region. “These Entrepreneur Of The Year award winners are best in class, and we are proud to honor their outstanding success.”
The Utah Region winners for the Ernst & Young LLP Entrepreneur Of The Year award in 2010 are: - Preston Cochrane, President and CEO, AAA Fair Credit Foundation
- Todd Pedersen, CEO, APX Alarm Security Solutions Inc.
- Rob Moore, President and COO, Big-D Construction Corp
- Kate Maloney, CEO, Costume Craze
- Burt Matthews, President, Grant Victor
- Tim Matthews, CEO, Grant Victor
- Jacque Butler, CEO, MedQuest Solutions
- Rich Hanks, Chairman and President, Mindshare Technologies, Inc.
- John Sperry, CEO, Mindshare Technologies, Inc.
- Chet Linton, CEO, School Improvement Network
- Cory Linton, Vice President, School Improvement Network
- Curtis Linton, Vice President, School Improvement Network
- Robert Pedersen II, President, CEO, and Co-Founder, ZAGG, Inc.
The Entrepreneur Of The Year® program honors entrepreneurs regionally in June, leading up to the national awards in November. Additionally, venture-backed companies that win an Entrepreneur Of The Year® award regionally are also eligible for the Venture Capital Award of Excellence on a national level. The overall national US winner then moves on to compete for the World Entrepreneur Of The Year title in June of 2011.
This year, the Entrepreneur Of The Year awards program celebrates its 24th 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. Entrepreneurs are nominated and evaluated by those in each region, including local business, academic and community leaders.
All regional honorees are invited to the national Entrepreneur Of The Year® gala, hosted by Jay Leno, on November 13, 2010 in Palm Springs, California. The gala is the culminating event of the Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum®, the nation’s most prestigious gathering of high-growth, market-leading companies. For more information on the Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum, please visit www.ey.com/us/strategicgrowthforum
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 Automatic Data Processing, Inc., Black Oak Capital Partners, Deseret News, Digital Bytes Production & Design, Diversified Insurance Group, Scherzer International, Spring2 Technologies, Strong & Hanni Law Firm, The Summit Group Communications and Utah Business Magazine.
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About Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur Of The Year®
Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur Of The Year® is the world’s most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs. The award makes a difference through the unique way it encourages entrepreneurial activity among those with potential and recognizes the contribution of people who inspire others with their vision, leadership and achievement. As the first and only truly global award of its kind, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® celebrates those who are building and leading successful, growing and dynamic businesses, recognizing them through regional, national and global awards programs in more than 135 cities in 50 countries.
About Ernst & Young
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