Innovate E-Commerce Co-Founders Named Finalists in Ernst & Young `Entrepreneur of the Year' Competition.Business & High-Tech Editors PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 25, 2001 The co-founders of business-to-business e-commerce consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a Innovate E-Commerce have been named finalists in the Western Pennsylvania Western Pennsylvania consists of the western third of the state of Pennsylvania in the United States. Pittsburgh is the largest city in the region, with a metropolitan area of about 2.4 million people, and is the cultural center for Western Pennsylvania. 2001 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year(R) Awards. William Claire, co-founder 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. , and Karen Puchalsky, co-founder and President, are among the 29 finalists for the award. Winners will be announced Friday, June 29 at an awards banquet at the Westin Convention Center in Pittsburgh. "The Entrepreneur of the Year program recognizes entrepreneurs who have demonstrated excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance, and personal commitment to their businesses and communities," said Jim Williams Jim or Jimmy Williams can refer to: In American football:
Local award winners become eligible for the National Entrepreneur of the Year award, as well as other national category awards. All National Entrepreneur Of the Year finalists and award winners will be announced in November in Palm Springs, Calif., at the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of the year International Conference. "This award caps a year of growth and solidification for Innovate E-Commerce," said Karen Puchalsky, co-founder and President. "We have strengthened our foothold as specialists in the tough stuff -- the most demanding enterprise-wide e-commerce initiatives -- and our billings have grown steadily despite turbulence elsewhere in the technology arena. We attribute much of our success to a business model that combines entrepreneurial spirit and vision with solid, tried-and-true business ethics business ethics, the study and evaluation of decision making by businesses according to moral concepts and judgments. Ethical questions range from practical, narrowly defined issues, such as a company's obligation to be honest with its customers, to broader social and practices. We are honored to be recognized by Ernst & Young and we salute our fellow entrepreneurs, with whom we share a unique and inspiring bond." About Innovate E-Commerce Innovate E-Commerce Inc. was founded in 1997 by William Claire and Karen Puchalsky, both esteemed e-commerce experts with experience from corporations leading the technology revolution, including Hewlett-Packard, Digital Equipment and Sterling Commerce. Consultants in B2B e-commerce (Business to Business Electronic-COMMERCE) Refers to one business selling to another business via the Web. See e-commerce. , Innovate specializes in the tough stuff -- the most demanding enterprise-wide e-commerce initiatives that result in dramatic strategic advantages, typically for manufacturers and e-government sectors. The firm's business solutions include strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. , environmental readiness assessments, customer relationship management (CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. ), supply-chain management (SCM (1) (Software Configuration Management, Source Code Management) See configuration management. (2) See supply chain management. ), knowledge management, business process optimization, outsourcing, payment processing technologies and audit and control technologies. Within the past year, the firm acquired a division of Borden Inc., of Columbus, Ohio, and was named a Pittsburgh Tech 50 award winner for its stellar growth over three years. The company recently launched a new website at www.innovateec.com. |
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