Business Leader Honors 2010 Triangle Top 50 Entrepreneurs
Award Honors Successful, Innovative and Philanthropic Entrepreneurs
RALEIGH, NC – Business Leader Media is proud to announce the Triangle’s 2010 Top Entrepreneurs. This year’s winners were chosen based on their demonstrated success in their business and commitment to philanthropic organizations and causes in the Triangle areia.
Winners were honored at an awards luncheon on February 26, 2010 at Events at Newton Square and will be featured in the April issue of Business Leader magazine. The event was hosted by Business Leader Media and sponsored by Vistage International, Graphic Visual Solutions, Sign-A-Rama, and Team Images.
The speaker for the event was Rich Lee, founder and CEO of Hosted Solutions. Lee’s business acumen and strategic vision has helped Hosted Solutions to flourish amidst the most challenging conditions. For the past five years, Lee went on to grow the business in a very strategic, methodical way, acquiring four more data centers and generating annual revenue of $37 million by mid-2008. One of his major accomplishments has been the $144M acquisition of Hosted Solutions by ABRY Partners that has further expanded the scope of its growth.
2010 Triangle Top Entrepreneurs:
- Jim Allen, President - The Jim Allen Group
- Mandy Becker, Owner - Swagger Gifts
- Timothy S. Boyd, President and COO - MediPlay, Inc.
- Doug Brinkley, Principal/Director of Sustainability - Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee Architecture
- Bill Brown, Co-Founder - 8 Rivers Capital
- Betsy Clark, President & CEO - Diamond Water, LLP
- Joe Colopy, Founder & CEO - Bronto Software
- Evelyn Contre, Managing Director, Springleaf Strategies
- Wendy Coulter, CEO - Hummingbird Creative Group, Inc.
- John Crites, President & CEO – AuctionBlox, Inc.
- Paul Dent, Founder & CEO – Hirease
- Paul L. Domanico, Founder and Managing Partner – Innovalyst
- Jason Epstein, Department Head - Renewable Energy Division, Baker Roofing
- Tom Farin, Founder & President – Pegasus Associates Lighting
- W Andy Ferrell, President- Pharmaceutical Calibrations and Instrumentation, LLC
- Don and Lisa Frantz, Owners - Frantz Automotive Center LLC
- Rick French, Chairman & CEO - French/West/Vaughan
- Dustin Hall, Co-Founder - Hall & Burns Wealth Management, LLC
- Bo Holmgreen, President & CEO- Transoft International Inc.
- Debbie Houston, President - Coldwell Banker HP&W Builder Services
- Michael Hubbard, CEO & Media Director - Media Two Interactive
- Montell “Monty” Irvin, President & CEO - Ramey Kemp & Associates
- Valerie J. Jurik, President & CEO - At Home Assessments
- James Karr, President, Veteran’s Pride, Inc.
- Maria & Bob Kingery, Co-Founders - Southern Energy Management
- Tamara Lackey, Photographer - Tamara Lackey Photography
- Andrew Ladner, Founder/Director - US Veterans Corps
- Larry Larson, Founder & CEO - Larry's Beans, Inc.
- Jesse Lipson, CEO – ShareFile
- Brad McCorkle, Founder & President - Local Eye Site, LLC
- Jonathan Munsell, Owner - Restaurant Success System
- Nancy Murray, Founder & CEO - Builders of Hope, Inc
- David Nackashi, CEO & Co-Founder - Protochips, Inc.
- Sharat Nagaraj, President - Celito Communications, Inc.
- Rupesh Narvekar, President, CEO, & Founder - 123 Triad Web Design
- Christopher Newton, CEO and Chairman - Positioning Animals Worldwide, Inc.
- Olalah Njenga, CEO - YellowWod Group
- David O'Connell, President & Co-Founder - Bulk TV & Internet
- Dr. Jean G. Orelien, CEO and President – SciMetrika LLC
- Stacy Patrick, Owner - Your Mobile Technician LLC
- Judy Pickett, President/Owner - Design Lines Ltd.
- Christopher Porter, CEO – Clinipace
- Lorana Price, CEO & Brand Strategist - Holy Cow Branding
- Roy Roberts, President and CEO - Alliance of Professionals & Consultants, Inc.
- Howard Rohm, President & CEO - Strategy Management Group, Inc.
- Michael Rosenberg, President & CEO – Health Decisions
- Greg Rowland, CEO – MindWorks Multimedia
- Chris Saunders, Founder & CEO - Integrated Communications
- Chas Scarantino, Co-Founder & CEO – Magnus Health Portal
- Kevin Schimelfenig, Founder & Managing Partner - SalesForce4Hire
- Michael Schley, Founder & CEO - FM:Systems
- Rik Seymour, Founder and President - 365 Sports
- Teresa W. Spangler, Founder & Managing Partner – PlazaBridge Group, LLC
- Radon Stancil, Co-Owner – Diversified Estate Services
- Lois Stephenson, Owner/President - Building Blocks Child Care and Development Center
- Jay Strickland, CEO – WingSwept
- E. Stephen Stroud, SIOR, Chairman - NAI Carolantic Realty
- Rich Styles, President - Genesis Marketing Partners, Inc
- Jim Tobin, President - Ignite Social Media
- David Turner, President - Summit Consulting Services
- Len Van Zyl, CEO and CSO - ArrayXpress, Inc.
- Thomas Walters , President of Walters Insurance Agency, Inc.
- Sally Webb, CSEP - President/Managing Director - The Special Event Company
- Sue Weems, Founder & Director - Business Leaders Exchange
- Ralph A. Whitehurst, Jr., President - Whitehurst Strategic Partners
- Richard Williams, Founder & President - Connect2 Communications
- Scott Wingo, CEO- ChannelAdvisor
- Sheldon Wolitski, CEO - The Select Group
- Matt Zemon, President & CEO - Element Customer Care and AmericanCSR
Congratulations to our 2010 Top Entrepreneurs!
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