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Meet the 2025 Greater Philadelphia winners
Congratulations to the Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2025 Greater Philadelphia winners, the shapers of our future! These ambitious visionaries are boldly disrupting markets, revolutionizing industries, and transforming lives, paving the way for a brighter tomorrow.
Aaron Muderick
Founder & President
Crazy Aaron’s
Judee von Seldeneck
Founder and Chair
Diversified Search Group
Art Dodge III
CEO and President
Ecore International
Lee Yohannan
CEO
General Transervice Inc./Rampmaster
Avik De, PhD
Co-Founder and CTO
Ghost Robotics
Gavin Kenneally, PhD
Co-Founder & CEO
Ghost Robotics
David Lasus
CEO
Heart + Paw, LLC
Brenda Chamulak
President & CEO
TekniPlex
Jim Horn
Chairman
The Tri-M Group, LLC
Peter Hotz
President & CEO
vybe urgent care
Perry Steiner
Chairman & CEO
Xactus
Mike Lahiff
Co-Founder and CEO
ZeroEyes, Inc.
Scott R. Elkins
CEO
Zeus Fire and Security
Learn more about our winners
Aaron Muderick | Crazy Aaron’s
Crazy Aaron’s was founded on a passion for putty and a drive to innovate beyond what was available in the market. In 1998, recognizing the potential for advancements in material science, Aaron Muderick set out to improve a classic toy that had remained unchanged since its mass-market debut in 1957. Over the past 25 years, Crazy Aaron’s has grown into an internationally recognized company, producing Thinking Putty®, Land of Dough®, and other innovative play products. With a commitment to quality, creativity, and community, the company proudly manufactures its products in the USA, employing individuals with intellectual and physical disabilities as part of its inclusive workforce. What began as a personal passion has evolved into a globally beloved brand, bringing joy and sensory-rich experiences to people of all ages.
Judee von Seldeneck | Diversified Search Group
DSG Global is a leading executive search and consulting firm delivering exceptional outcomes for its clients. With expert insights and specialization across industries and sectors, DSG Global offer customized strategic support to drive measurable results.
Art Dodge III | Ecore International
Ecore International Inc. is a global leader in the transformational waste industry. Annually Ecore transforms over 450MM lbs. of rubber waste into materials, products and systems that make the planet and people's lives better.
Lee Yohannan | General Transervice Inc./Rampmaster
Rampmaster is the premier manufacturer of aircraft refueling solutions, known in the commercial and general aviation markets for its technical innovation, quality production standards and superior customer service. Since its founding in 1968, Rampmaster has consistently delivered unprecedented product advancements that benefit customers’ airport operations through longer refueler life cycles, significant fuel and maintenance savings, lower EPA emissions and more.
Avik De, PhD and Gavin Kenneally, PhD | Ghost Robotics
Ghost Robotics designs and builds legged robots for government and commercial customers in the world's most harsh environments. Machines that use legs have better mobility over rough terrain than competing wheeled or tracked devices. Ghost's platforms have been used in real-world environments to improve efficiency and save lives.
David Lasus | Heart + Paw, LLC
Founded in 2018, Heart + Paw is reimagining pet care with a full range of services designed to meet the evolving needs of today’s pet parents. From routine wellness and dental care to advanced diagnostics, surgery, grooming, and daycare, Heart + Paw prioritizes a minimal-stress, compassionate approach for every pet. With 28 locations across 10 states, the company integrates cutting-edge technologies, high-quality amenities, and equipment carefully selected based on years of research and practice.
TekniPlex is a global leader in materials science, providing high-performance solutions for healthcare and consumer products. Its innovations enable safer medical treatments, extend food shelf life, and enhance product integrity. TekniPlex’s impact extends across pharmaceutical packaging, personal care solutions, industrial applications, and specialty materials, making it a trusted partner to some of the world’s most recognized brands.
Jim Horn | The Tri-M Group, LLC
The Tri-M Group, LLC specializes in electrical construction, high voltage systems, building automation, energy analytics, security, network infrastructure, and electrical testing. For over 60 years, Tri-M has been providing comprehensive solutions and services to their customers and partners. Tri-M employs over 500 dedicated employee-owners who prioritize safety, quality workmanship, and customer satisfaction. By utilizing the latest technologies and innovations, they design, connect, engineer, install, automate, secure, analyze, test, and maintain the critical infrastructure that businesses need.
vybe urgent care is the leading independent urgent care operator in the greater Philadelphia region. Through its 15 centers and telemedicine services, the company provides a broad range of treatment for injuries and illnesses and provides physical exams and diagnostic testing.
Xactus is the leading data and technology provider of verification solutions for the mortgage market, providing verifications on approximately 30% of all mortgages originated in the US. Delivered by the industry’s first Intelligent Verification Platform, Xactus360 provides mortgage originators with a full suite of data and verification products including tri-merge credit reports, verification of employment, income, and assets, fraud and identity, debt monitoring, tax transcripts, and flood zone determination, among many other data products.
Mike Lahiff | ZeroEyes, Inc.
ZeroEyes delivers a proactive, human-verified visual gun detection and situational awareness solution that integrates into existing digital security cameras to stop mass shootings and gun-related violence.
Scott Elkins | Zeus Fire and Security
Zeus Fire and Security was established in 2022 to build a fully integrated and tech-enabled national network of fire protection and security providers recognized for execution excellence across a variety of service lines and end markets. Zeus operates throughout North America with offices in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin, and Hawaii. Zeus serves all customers from its fully integrated U.L. Listed Monitoring Centers in Pennsylvania and Hawaii.