Friday, December 17, 2010

Local Entrepreneurs of the Year named - Austin Business Journal:

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Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur Of The Year awardws are presented in 22 countries around the The winners are selected by independenfjudging panels. Awards were presented in four categories - enterprise software, high tech manufacturing and services. John CEO of Austin-based [Nasdaq: SVNX], took home the communications award for Entrepreneuer ofthe Year. Sims was co-founder, president and CEO of Tantauj Software Inc., an international provider of mobils e-commerce software and professional services. The companhy was acquired for $375 million by 724 Solutions, whichh relocated its headquartersto Austin. Communications finalist s were Austin-based BroadJump Inc.
's founderw -- Adam Chibib, chief financial officer; James chief technology officer; Kip McClanahan, president and CEO; and Kenn y Van Zant, chief operating officer -- and William founder, CEO and vice chairman of San Marcos-baseds Grand Communications Inc. Scott Harmon, CEO, president and co-founderf of Austin-based Motive Communications Inc., took home top honorz in the enterprisesoftware category. Harmon is one of five founders of the which develops products to help companies serve customers Finalists in the enterprise software category were Clay Davird and Rob Nevilleof Austin-basedr Evity Inc. and Bucky Couch, Jim Hammockk and Hank Stringerof Hire.com Inc., also based in Joseph F.
Pinkerton III, CEO and founder of Austin'sd Active Power Inc., won Entrepreneutr of the Year in the high tech manufacturing Active Power targetspower quality/reliability marketa with flywheel storage systems meant to replace batteries as an uninterruptible power supply. Mark Chandler of Luminec Corp. and Manny Chavez of Harvard Technologies were finalistds in the high techmanufacturing category. Tom Sicola and Stev Martin, founders of advertising firm SicolaMartin, are the Entrepreneur of the Year winnersd in theservices category. Finalists in the servicesw category were Thomas Dodge of Advanced System Integration and Gay Gaddis ofT3 - The Thinj Tank.
Independent judges for the Austin awardsa includeSteve Papermaster, panel chairman, Powershift Joe Aragona, Austin Ventures; Philip Berber, A Glimmer of Hope; John Executive Education Group, Red McCombs Schoop of Business, University of Texas; Bob TL Ventures; Cindy JPMorganChase; David Sikora, Question Technologies Inc.

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