CEO Chris Poole Wins Entrepreneur Of The Year; Ernst & Young Award Honors Poole's Achievements in Software Industry.Business Editors and High-Tech Writers Elite Information Group (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ELTE ELTE Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest, Hungary) ELTE El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail (US National Park Service) ELTE Ethernet Line Termination Equipment ), a worldwide provider of integrated practice and financial management systems to professional service firms, today announced that chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Chris Poole is the recipient of the Ernst & Young Greater Los Angeles Entrepreneur Of The Year(R) award in the software category. The award, which was presented on June 26 in Hollywood, honors entrepreneurs whose ingenuity, hard work and perseverance have created and sustained successful, growing business ventures. "The Entrepreneur Of The Year award pays tribute to Los Angeles' outstanding business leaders," said Kelly Tien, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Program director for Los Angeles. "These entrepreneurs are true visionaries who have demonstrated unparalleled business acumen." As a result of this honor, Poole is now eligible to join several other regional winners to participate in Ernst & Young's National Entrepreneur Of The Year program. Finalists and winners of the national award will be announced in Palm Springs, on November 23, 2002. "This is a tremendous honor for Chris and a source of great pride for the whole team at Elite Information Group," stated Dan Tacone, Elite's chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . "This award is a reflection of Chris's leadership and expertise, both of which have been major factors in Elite's ongoing success and market expansion. The other candidates for this award were all talented and accomplished executives. We are honored to have been selected from such an impressive group." About the Entrepreneur Of The Year Program The Entrepreneur Of The Year Award program was created and is produced by Ernst & Young and sponsored nationally by USA Today, CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. , The Nasdaq(R) Stock Market, and the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. The program is sponsored regionally by Marsh and Scudder Private Investment Counsel. Local sponsors include Union Bank of California Union Bank of California is one of the 30 largest commercial banks in the United States. It has 327 branches, the majority of which are in San Diego, Los Angeles and Orange Counties. and Wedbush Morgan Securities. Banquet sponsors include Bowne, Capital Resources & Consulting; KNX Radio; Los Angeles Business Journal; Melon 1st Business Bank; Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker; Riordan & McKinzie; and Scherzer & Company. About Elite Information Systems Elite Information Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Elite Information Group, Inc., is a leading provider of integrated practice and financial management systems for professional service firms worldwide. The company has built on its success as the dominant provider of world-class time and billing systems for the legal industry to deliver a variety of products and consulting services to other professional service markets, including, but not limited to, accounting, engineering, marketing and management and IT consulting. More than one-third of the top 1,000 law firms and more than one-half of the top 100 law firms use Elite's practice management systems as ranked by American Lawyer Media ALM (formerly American Lawyer Media), is a leading integrated media company, focused on the legal and real estate communities. ALM owns and publishes 33 national and regional magazines and newspapers focused on the legal and real estate communities, including . Headquartered in Los Angeles, Elite has been named a top-ten software developer by the Los Angeles Business Journal for the second consecutive year. The company employs 365 professionals and has offices worldwide including Los Angeles, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and London. For more information, visit www.elite.com. |
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