Winners Announced for Rocky Mountain's 2001 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.Business Editors DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 2001 Rocky Mountain's top entrepreneurs were honored this evening at the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year(R) awards banquet. Of the 23 companies named as finalists, eight received the prestigious title of "Entrepreneur Of The Year." The award recipients, by category, are: Consumer Products & Manufacturing Aaron Kennedy, President -- Noodles & Company, Boulder Emerging Steve Volk, President & CEO -- Dataplay, Inc., Boulder Health Sciences Gerald L. Hogue, President -- Optx Corporation, Denver Real Estate/Construction Mark L. Smith, CEO -- East West Partners, Denver Services Michael Morgan, President & CEO -- StarTek, Inc., Greeley Software & Internet Solutions J. Ralph Armijo, President & CEO -- Navidec, Inc., Greenwood Village Technology & Communications Gerald D. Van Eeckhout, CEO -- ACT Teleconferencing, Inc., Golden Young Entrepreneur Jason Simms-Lee, President -- Jason's Creations, Lakewood The banquet, held 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 in Denver, marks the end of an intensive search to identify and recognize Rocky Mountain's outstanding entrepreneurs. Now in its thirteenth year in the region, the 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. The Rocky Mountain award recipients are now eligible to participate in the National Entrepreneur Of The Year awards program, which will culminate at a black-tie awards gala in Palm Springs, California Palm Springs is a famed Riverside County, California desert resort city, approximately 110 miles (177 km) east of Los Angeles and 140 miles (225 km) northeast of San Diego. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 42,807. , on November 17, 2001. The 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, Toastmaster Manufacturing -- Steve Halstedt, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Centennial Ventures -- Catherine Hapka, President, Angel Fire Partners -- Bob Manning, Partner, Thoma Cressey Equity Partners -- Rick Patch, Partner, Sequel Venture Partners -- Kathy Simon, Director, University of Colorado Robert H. and Beverly A. Deming Center for Entrepreneurship -- Richard Stone, President, Alliance Commercial Partners -- Jim Crowe, Chief Executive Officer, Level 3 Communications The program is founded and produced by Ernst & Young LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol and nationally co-sponsored by USA Today USA Today National U.S. daily general-interest newspaper, the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s. , 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. , CNNfn, Nasdaq and the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership. The program is sponsored regionally by Marsh and Citigroup Private Bank. Local Sponsors include Bowne, Faegre & Benson, Gartner Solista, Merrill Lynch Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MER TYO: 8675 ), through its subsidiaries and affiliates, provides capital markets services, investment banking and advisory services, wealth management, asset management, insurance, banking and related products and services on a global basis. , 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. About Scherzer & Company For over eight years, Scherzer & Company has been providing specialized business reports to lenders, investment bankers, entrepreneurial companies, law firms This list of the world's largest law firms by revenue is taken from The Lawyer and The American Lawyer and is ordered by 2006 revenue:[1]
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