Finalists Announced for Rocky Mountain's 2001 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards; Winners To Be Selected At Awards Banquet On June 28.Business Editors DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 11, 2001 Mark Siegel of Ernst & Young today announced the finalists for Rocky Mountain's 2001 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year(R)(EOY EOY Entrepreneur of the Year EOY End-Of-Year EOY Every Other Year (timeshare) EOY Entertainer Of the Year EOY Eyes-On-You ) awards. Winners will be announced at a banquet on Thursday, June 28, at the Adam's Mark Adam's Mark is a chain of five upscale hotels in the United States. The chain was founded in the early 1970s by Fred Kummer and the chain is currently owned by HBE, Inc., which was also founded by Kummer. Hotel. The finalists for the Rocky Mountain EOY awards are: -- J. Ralph Armijo -- Navidec, Inc., Greenwood Village -- Donna Auguste -- Freshwater Software, Boulder -- Scott Carson -- U.S. Medical, Inc., Denver -- Stephen Clarke -- Prime West Development, Inc., Englewood -- Lew Frauenfelder -- Benchmark Storage Innovations, Boulder -- Baryn Futa -- MPEG LA, LLC, Denver -- Patrick Hamill -- Oakwood Homes, Greenwood Village -- Whitney Harnett -- Sterling Memories, Denver -- Joel Hassell -- Intellocity, USA, Inc., Denver -- Gerald Hogue -- Optx Corporation, Denver -- Mark Hopkins -- Peak Industries, Inc., Longmont -- David Hose -- SignalSoft Corporation, Boulder -- David Jacobs -- Spyder Active Sports, Boulder -- Aaron Kennedy -- Noodles & Company, Boulder -- Jacob Milewski and Alex Milewski -- Flubberr Brothers and Beyond, Denver -- Michael Morgan -- StarTek, Inc., Greeley -- James Riopelle -- GeriMed of America, Englewood -- Jason Simms-Lee -- Jason's Creations, Lakewood -- Mark Smith -- East West Partners, Denver -- David Snitman, Kevin Koch and Tony Piscopio -- Array BioPharma Inc., Boulder -- Dean Suposs -- Avert, Inc., Fort Collins -- Gerald Van Eeckhout -- ACT Teleconferencing, Golden -- Steve Volk, President -- Dataplay, Inc., Boulder -- Art Zeile and Joel Daly -- Inflow, Denver Local winners will be eligible for the National Entrepreneur of the Year award, as well as several national EOY category awards. National winners will be announced at Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur Of The Year International Conference in Palm Springs on November 17, 2001. Rocky Mountain's finalists were selected by an independent panel of judges Panel of Judges is an indie pop band from Melbourne, Australia. Members
-- Peter Coors, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Coors Brewing Company -- Dr. Robert H. Deming, Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Toastmasters Manufacturing -- Steve Halstedt, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Centennial Ventures -- Catherine Hapka, Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rhythms NetConnections Rhythms NetConnections Inc. (Former NASDAQ: RTHM) was in the business of providing broadband local-access communication services to large enterprises, telecommunications carriers and their internet service provider (ISP) affiliates and other ISPs. -- Bob Manning Bob Manning (June 1947) is a vocalist now living in Minnesota, United States. Bob began singing Gospel as a child in Virginia, U.S., and followed a stage career to New York City where he worked with among others: Gladys Knight, James Brown, Bo Diddley, Dick Clark, The , Partner, Thoma Cressey Equity Partners -- Rick Patch, Partner, Sequel Venture Partners -- Kathy Simon, Director, University of Colorado University of Colorado may refer to:
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-- Jim Crowe, Chief Executive Officer, Level 3 Communications
Level 3 Communications NASDAQ: LVLT is a communications and information services company headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado, USA. Former Rocky Mountain winners include Joel Appel of Orange Glo International, Larissa Herda of Time Warner Telecom Time Warner Telecom NASDAQ: TWTC is headquartered in Littleton, Colorado. The company provides managed network services, specializing in Ethernet and transport data networking, Internet access, local and long distance voice, VoIP and security, to enterprise , Inc., Samuel Addoms of Frontier Airlines, and the late Michael Chowdry of Atlas Air Inc. Founded and produced by Ernst & Young, the program is nationally sponsored 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 Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. , and the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. The program is sponsored regionally by Marsh and Citigroup Private Bank. Local Sponsors include Bowne, Faegre & Benson, Merrill Lynch, Scherzer & Co. and U.S. Bank. Media Sponsors include AT&T Media Services, Business Wire, and The Denver Business Journal. Entrepreneur Of The Year(R) is a registered service mark of Ernst & Young LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol . About Scherzer & Company For over eight years, Scherzer & Company has been providing specialized business reports to lenders, investment bankers, entrepreneurial companies, law firms, accounting firms and venture capitalists across the country. The company, a long-time supporter of the Entrepreneur Of The Year program, provides background investigations on all EOY award finalists. Says Scherzer & Company, "Judgment of Character is an art -- we provide the brush strokes." About Ernst & Young Ernst & Young, a global leader in professional services, helps clients to quickly and confidently make financial decisions designed to enhance value. Its 77,000 people in more than 130 countries have the industry and financial experience to provide fresh perspectives on operating successfully in the new economy. Ernst & Young offers traditional audit and tax services, as well as customized services in corporate finance, online security, risk management, the valuation of intangibles and e-business acceleration. In addition, legal services legal services n. the work performed by a lawyer for a client. are available in various parts of the world where permitted. A collection of Ernst & Young's latest ideas on the new economy can be found at www.ey.com/thoughtcenter. Ernst & Young refers to the U.S. firm of Ernst & Young LLP and other members of the global Ernst & Young organization. |
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