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Business Leader Media Announces Triangle Entrepreneur of the Year
Posted: 01-11-2008 : RALEIGH, N.C.
RALEIGH, N.C. – Business Leader magazine has announced Richard and Susan Casey as the 2007/2008 Triangle Entrepreneur(s) of the Year. Business Leader magazine is also proud to announce 24 local entrepreneurs as our 2007/2008 Triangle Impact Entrepreneurs.
Square 1 Bank is a commercial bank serving entrepreneurs and venture capital firms. The company opened its doors on Aug. 8, 2005, after raising $105 million and now has 10 offices throughout the country and an asset value of $1 billion. The Caseys were chosen from over 150 nominations submitted to the magazine.
The Entrepreneur of the Year and Impact Entrepreneurs will be honored at a Gala on March 3, 2008, at the North Raleigh Hilton. The event will begin at 7:30 p.m.
Business Leader magazine’s 2007/2008 Impact Entrepreneurs for the Triangle are:
- Sepi Asefnia, president – SEPI Engineering Group, Inc.
- Bob Brauer, CEO and founder – StrikeIron Inc.
- John J. Campbell, founder, chairman and CEO – Campbell Alliance
- Joe Colopy, CEO – Bronto Software
- Dr. Joseph DeSimone, founder and chief scientific officer – Liquidia Technologies Inc.
- Pete Durand, CEO – Integrian Inc.
- Mitchell Fluhrer, principal – Fluhrer Reed PA
- Jerry Heneghan, founder and CEO – Virtual Heroes Inc.
- Kent Hudson, CEO and co-founder – SchoolDude.com
- Richard E. Jenkins, senior partner and founder – Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P.A.
- Lou Jurkowski, CEO and managing principal – BJAC pa
- Moise A. Khayrallah, Ph.D., president and CEO – Addrenex Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- Rich Lee, founder and CEO – Hosted Solutions
- Billy Marshall, CEO and founder – rPath
- John R. Plachetka, Pharm.D., president, CEO and chairman – POZEN Inc.
- Banning Reed, principal – Fluhrer Reed
- Jeff Reedy, co-founder, president and CEO – Overture Networks
- Mike Schley, founder and CEO – FM:Systems Inc.
- Christy L. Shaffer, Ph.D., president and CEO – Inspire Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- P. Kay Wagoner, Ph.D., president and CEO – Icagen Inc.
- Steve Wiehe, president and CEO – SciQuest
- Jeff Williams, CEO – Clinipace Inc.
- Tim Wilson, president – Corporate Facility Services
- Scott Wingo, president, CEO, board member and co-founder – ChannelAdvisor
“Congratulations to our 2007/2008 Entrepreneur of the Year and Impact Entrepreneurs in the Triangle,” said Vera Simms, publisher of Business Leader magazine. “This award recognizes their tremendous achievements and the contributions their companies have made to the Triangle business community.”
Business Leader Media awards its Entrepreneur of the Year and Impact Entrepreneurs annually in the Triangle, Triad and Charlotte. A Triangle Entrepreneur of the Year has been chosen since 1995.
About Business Leader Media:
Business Leader Media is the #1 way to own this market. Founded in 1989, Business Leader’s publications, Web sites and events are the #1 place for business profiles, business news, leadership profiles, and topical business resources. The company publishes monthly business magazines in the Triangle, the Triad and Charlotte, as well as nationally through newsstand distribution.
About Business Leader in the Triangle:
Business Leader Media publishes Business Leader magazine, The Park Guide, Triangle Real Estate, Women in the Triangle, and the Corporate Relocation Guide in the Triangle and operates a local business newswire at http://www.raleighdurham.com. The company hosts over 30 local business events each year, including the annual Women Extraordinaire, Movers and Shakers, Business Champions, and Triangle Hall of Fame Award Ceremonies and two monthly breakfast speaker series.
For more information, visit http://www.BusinessLeaderMedia.com.
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