Curt Nelson Named as Finalist
Date: 6/11/2001
Finalists Announced for San Diego's 2001 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards
Winners To Be Selected At Awards Banquet On June 13
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 2001--Niki Krutop of Ernst & Young today announced finalists for San Diego's 2001 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® (EOY) awards. Winners will be announced on the evening of Wednesday, June 13, at the Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines.
The finalists for the San Diego EOY awards are:
CONSUMER AND BUSINESS PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
·Michael Searles, Factory 2-U Stores, Kearny Mesa
·Phil Baker and Bob Olodort, Think Outside, Carlsbad
·Jackie Townsend, The Townsend Agency, Sorrento Valley
HEALTH SCIENCES
·Stuart Collinson and Harry Stylli, Aurora Biosciences, Carmel Valley
·Michael Perry and Rhonda Rhyne, CardioDynamics, Sorrento Valley
·Jay Short, Diversa Corporation, Sorrento Valley
HIGH TECHNOLOGY
·Eric Wenaas, Jaycor, Carmel Valley
·Edwin Lester, Maxim Systems, San Diego
·Gary Gist, Palomar Technologies, Vista
REAL ESTATE/CONSTRUCTION
·Douglas Austin, Austin Veum Robbins Parshalle, Downtown San Diego
·Stuart Tanz, Pan Pacific Retail Properties, Vista
·Dickerson Wright, U.S. Laboratories, Clairemont
SOFTWARE/INTERNET SERVICES
·Stephen Gardner, Peregrine Systems, Carmel Valley
·Curt Nelson, Silicon Space, Downtown San Diego
·John Carrington, Websense, Sorrento Valley
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
·Kenneth Kalb, Continuous Computing, Sorrento Valley
·Harvey White, Leap Wireless, Sorrento Valley
·Hiep Pham, Widcomm, Sorrento Valley
Winners will be eligible for the National Entrepreneur of the Year award, as well as several national EOY category awards. National winners will be announced at a gala event in Palm Springs, Calif., at the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year International Conference on November 17, 2001.
San Diego finalists were selected by an independent panel of judges, including:
·Richard Allen, CEO, The Allen Group
·Bob Beyster, Chairman and CEO, SAIC
·Marsha Chandler, Senior Vice Chancellor, University of California, San Diego
·Mark Dankberg, Chairman, President and CEO, ViaSat, Inc.
·George DeVries, President and CEO, American Specialty Health Plans
·Harry Gruber, CEO, Kintera, Inc.
·Jessie Knight, President and CEO, San Diego Chamber of Commerce
·Ralph Rubio, President and CEO, Rubio's Restaurants, Inc.
·Bill Stensrud, Partner, Enterprise Partners
·Massih Tayebi, Chairman, Wireless Facilities, Inc.
·Steve Weber, President, San Diego State University
·Julie Wright, President and CEO, Economic Development Corporation
Founded and produced by Ernst & Young, the program sponsored by USA Today, CNN, the Nasdaq Stock Market, and the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. The program is sponsored locally by SAIC, Marsh, Citigroup Private Bank, KPBS, KFMB-TV, The San Diego Daily Transcript, and The T Sector Magazine.
Recipients of the Entrepreneur Of The Year award become lifetime members of the Entrepreneur Of The Year Hall of Fame. More information about the awards program can be found on the Ernst & Young web site at www.ey.com/eoy.
Entrepreneur Of The Year® is a registered service mark of Ernst & Young LLP.
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