Finalists for Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards Announced in New England - Winners to Be Announced at the Awards Banquet on June 23rd.BOSTON Boston, town, England Boston, town (1991 pop. 26,495), E central England, on the Witham River. Boston's fame as a port dates from the 13th cent., when it was a Hanseatic port trading wool and wine. Having recovered from a decline in the 18th and 19th cent. -- Professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. firm Ernst & Young LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol announced today the finalists for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur entrepreneur (än'trəprənûr`) [Fr.,=one who undertakes], person who assumes the organization, management, and risks of a business enterprise. Of The Year(R) Awards 2005 in New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. . The 27 finalists were selected from 72 nominations by a panel of independent judges comprised of area leaders from business, academic and civic organizations. Winners will be announced at an awards banquet A banquet is a large public meal or feast, complete with main courses and desserts. It usually serves a purpose, such as a charitable gathering, a ceremony, or a celebration. Sometimes a banquet consists of only desserts, but it is advisable to include main courses as well. on June 23rd at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel The Plaza Hotel in New York City is a landmark 19-story luxury hotel with a height of 250 feet (76 m) and length of 400 feet that (122 m) occupies the west side of Grand Army Plaza, from which it derives its name, and extends along Central Park South in Manhattan. . The New England finalists for Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards are: Michel Coutu Jean Coutu Group (USA) - Brooks Pharmacy Todd Cozzens Picis Neal Creighton GeoTrust, Inc. Errol De Souza Archemix Corp. Michael Duffy OpenPages Scott Friend ProfitLogic Scott Griffith Zipcar, Inc. Peter Gyenes Ascential Software Corp. Peter Hayden Equal Logic, Inc. Stephen Kaufer tripadvisor, Inc. Robert Keane VistaPrint Stephen Killeen WorldWinner Michael Loberg NitroMed, Inc. John Maraganore Alnylam Pharamceuticals John McEleney SolidWorks Corporation Joanna Meiseles Snip-its Corporation Gretchen Monahan Gretta Enterprises George Mueller Color Kinetics Incorporated Paul Mustone Reflex Lighting Group Sherri Oberg Acusphere, Inc. Prasad Putta OATSystems Sushil Tuli Leader Bank, N.A. Michael Walsh Ocean Properties, Ltd. A.J. Wasserstein ArchivesOne, Inc. J. Mark Waxman CareGroup Healthcare System Andrew Welcher Windward Petroleum Gerald Wesel Ellacoya Networks, Inc. New England winners will be eligible for consideration for the Entrepreneur Of The Year 2005 national program. Winners in several national categories, as well as the overall national Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year, will be announced at the annual awards gala in Palm Springs, Calif., in November 2005. For reservations for the awards banquet on June 23rd, contact Amy Flannery of Ernst & Young at (617) 859-6476 or amy.flannery@ey.com by June 13th. Tickets are $175.00 per person. For more information about the awards program, visit www.ey.com/us/eoy. About The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year(R) Program The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Program was created and is produced by professional services firm Ernst & Young LLP. As the first award of its kind, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs who are building and leading dynamic and growing businesses. The program honors entrepreneurs through regional, national and global award programs in over 100 cities and 35 countries. About Ernst & Young Ernst & Young, a global leader in professional services, is committed to restoring the public's trust in professional services firms and in the quality of financial reporting. Its 100,000 people in 140 countries pursue the highest levels of integrity, quality, and professionalism professionalism the upholding by individuals of the principles, laws, ethics and conventions of their profession. in providing a range of sophisticated services centered on our core competencies A core competency is something that a firm can do well and that meets the following three conditions specified by Hamel and Prahalad (1990):
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