Meet the judges
The success of the program relies on the efforts of our independent panel of judges. These past Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award recipients and civic and community leaders devote significant effort to review and deliberate the merits of each nominee. We deeply appreciate their dedication to the program. To learn more about the judges, click here.
Sidd Ahmed
President and CEO
VDart, Inc.
Entrepreneur Of The Year 2017 Southeast winner
Bernie Dixon
Founder and CEO
Launchpad2X
Phyllis Newhouse
Founder and CEO
Xtreme Solutions, Inc.
Entrepreneur Of The Year 2017
US winner
Michael Praeger
Co-founder and CEO
AvidXchange, Inc.
Entrepreneur Of The Year 2018 Southeast winner
Asif Ramji
Chief Growth Officer
FIS
Entrepreneur Of The Year 2017
US winner
Karl Schledwitz
Chairman and CEO
Monogram Foods
Entrepreneur Of The Year 2014 Southeast winner
Theresa Sexton
Partner
Claritas Capital
