Ernst & Young LLP has announced the 32 semifinalists for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2012 Award in the Greater Los Angeles area. Ernst & Young‘s awards program recognizes entrepreneurs and leaders who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.
The semifinalists are:
- Daniel Yomtobian, Founder & CEO, Advertise.com
- Mike Zhang, CEO, Airsoft Megastore
- Ernesto Gutierrez, President & CEO, Allied Industries, Inc.
- Jeffrey Clark, President & CEO, Anthony International
- Linda Stone, President & CEO, APR Consulting, Inc.
- David Hagan, President & CEO, Boingo Wireless, Inc.
- Michael Burdiek, President & CEO, CalAmp Corp.
- James Cameron, Co-Chairman and Vince Pace, Co-Chairman,
Cameron Pace Group - David Overton, Chairman & CEO, The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated
- Justin Choi, President & CEO, Cie Digital Labs
- Andrew Puzder, CEO, CKE Restaurants, Inc.
- David Malone, President & CEO, Community Bank
- Alex Bouzari, CEO and Co-Founder, DataDirect Networks (DDN)
- Ronald Miller, Managing Director, Disability Group, Inc.
- Jon Kirchner, Chairman & CEO, DTS, Inc.
- Jeff Stibel, Chairman & CEO, Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp.
- Alex Kazerani, Chairman & CE and James Segil, President, EdgeCast Networks
- Simon Bax, CEO, and Bill Tillson, President & COO, Encompass Digital Media, Inc.
- Aaron Broder, CEO & Co-Founder and Brian Fitzgerald, President & Co-Founder, Evolve Media Corp.
- Dan Engel, CEO & Co-Founder, FastSpring
- Patricia Watts, President & CEO, FCI Management Consultants
- Emelio Castaneda, President, Field Fresh Foods, Inc.
- Sunnie Kim, President & CEO, Hana Financial, Inc.
- Philip Cummins and Lee Maen, Partners, Innovative Dining Group
- Saskia Chiesa, President & CEO, International Checkout Inc.
- Bob Brisco, CEO & Director, Internet Brands
- Cesar Garcia, President, Chairman & CEO, Iris International, Inc.
- Eduard Jaeger, Founder & Head of Business Development and Scott Jarus, Chairman & CEO, Ironclad Performance Wear
- Alan Zafran, Partner, Luminous Capital
- Allen DeBevoise, Chairman & CEO, Machinima, Inc.
- Pervez Pyarali Delawalla, CEO, Net2EZ Managed Data Centers, Inc.
- Michael Sheldon, President & CEO, Network Hardware Resale, LLC
- Peter Dameris, President & CEO, On Assignment, Inc.
- Tim Cadogan, CEO, OpenX
- Josh Meyers, CEO, People Media
- Josef Gorowitz, CEO, Prodege, LLC
- Amar Shokeen, President & CEO, RJT Compuquest, Inc.
- Loren Bendele, CEO, Savings.com
- John C. Spesak, President & CEO, Security Industry Specialists, Inc.
- Nathaniel J. Victor, CEO, Sonic Electronix, Inc.
- Jack Evans, Jr., CEO, Total Airport Services, Inc.
- Rick Eiserman, CEO, Trailer Park
- Randy Bishop, CEO, and Ken Button, President, Verengo Solar Plus
