LOCAL JOB-MAKERS MAKE AWARDS LIST.Byline: Jason Takenouchi Staff Writer Executives from Greater San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. area companies dominate the list of nominees for the Los Angeles area's Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. The awards, now in their 13th year, are designed to celebrate entrepreneurship and recognize business leaders and companies that are creating jobs in the community, said Jim Peters, director of the awards program. The entrepreneurs were selected from among 90 nominees across the region. Winners in each category - including business services, e-software, entertainment, financial services and others - will be announced at a June 29 banquet and will be eligible for national awards. Local finalists announced Wednesday include: --Stephen G. Berman, president and 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. of JAKKS Pacific, Inc., a Malibu-based toy company. --John Paul Beltran and Richard Hirsh, co-chief executive officers of Calabasas-based John Paul Richard, Inc., a retail apparel firm. --Ronald T. Burr, president and chief technology officer of Westlake Village-based NetZero, Inc., a free Internet service An ISP that provides access to the Internet without charge to the user. The service is supported by advertising which appears on a special version of the user's browser and cannot be eliminated. NetZero (www.netzero. provider. --Michael Cavanagh, president and owner of Burbank-based 3 Point Digital, a firm that specializes in postproduction work for feature films and television. --L. Michael Cutrer, president 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. of North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Scientific, Inc., a Chatsworth-based manufacturer of radioactive sources for use as standards in the environmental, industrial and medical sectors. --Howard J. Levine, president and CEO of Calabasas Hills-based ARCS Commercial Mortgage Co., LP, a commercial lender. --John Reardon, president and CEO of Santa Clarita-based Valencia Bank & Trust, a fast-growing bank with branches in the Santa Clarita and Antelope valleys. --Leonard D. Schaeffer, chairman and CEO of WellPoint Health Networks, Inc., a Thousand Oaks-based managed care company. --Leo S. Spiegel, chairman, president and CEO; Andrew Swart swart adj. Archaic Swarthy. [Middle English swarte, from Old English sweart.] Adj. 1. , founder and vice president of engineering; and David Farber, founder and CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. of Sandpiper sandpiper, common name for some members of the large family Scolopacidae, small shore birds, including the snipe and the curlew. Sandpipers are wading birds with relatively long legs and long, slender bills for probing in the sand or mud for their prey—all Networks, Inc., a Thousand Oaks-based Internet content delivery network service. --Jeffrey Brewer, executive chairman of GoTo.com, a Pasadena-based Internet marketplace firm. --Jon Faiz Kayyem, president and CEO of Pasadena-based Clinical Micro Sensors, Inc., a developer of low-cost DNA testing DNA testing Analysis of DNA (the genetic component of cells) in order to determine changes in genes that may indicate a specific disorder. Mentioned in: Acoustic Neuroma, Retinoblastoma, Von Willebrand Disease . --R. Anthony Smith, president and CEO of Pasadena-based Security Finance Associates, a security alarm firm. --Ronald F. Valenta, president of Mobile Storage Group, Inc., a La Crescenta-based firm that rents and sells storage containers. --Lester A. Walker, CEO, and David Marder, executive vice president, of DocuSource, a Chatsworth-based document management, printing and reproduction company. |
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