Winners-for-Ernst-&-Young-Entrepreneur-Of-The-Year-2008-Award-in-the-Rocky-Mountain-Region-announced - Ernst & Young - United States

Denver, Colorado, 20 June 2008 — Ernst & Young LLP is pleased to announce today the winners for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award in the Rocky Mountain Region. This group of exceptional 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 Thursday, 19 June 2008 at the Belmar Center.

“We heartily congratulate this year’s winners on their success,” said Jim Wilson, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Program Director for the Rocky Mountain Region. “The Entrepreneur Of The Year award recognizes all of the hard work, ingenuity and care these leaders have put into building and improving their businesses and communities. This group of winners is truly remarkable for all that they have accomplished.”

The Rocky Mountain Region winners for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award in 2008 are:

• Yvon Pierre Cariou
  President, CEO and Director, Dynamic Materials Corporationa
• Joe Assell
  President, CEO and Co-Founder and Mike Clinton, COO and Co-Founder, GolfTEC Enterprises, LLC
• Karl Maier
  CEO and Founder, Market Force Information
• Roy Moore
  CEO and Founder, Maverick Ranch Natural and Organic Meats
• Dan King
  CEO, Co-Founder and Director and Scott King, Vice President, Co-Founder and Director, ReadyTalk
• Michael Cappello
  CEO, S. A. Robotics
• Andrew Todd
  President and CEO, Xanterra Parks and Resorts, Inc.

Regional award winners will be eligible for consideration in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2008 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 15 November 2008. The awards are the concluding event of the 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 22nd 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 as a national sponsor. Rocky Mountain Region sponsors include Marsh and Scherzer. Local sponsors include Faegre & Benson, Clifton Gunderson, LeGrand Hart and the Denver Business Journal.

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.

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