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Award Winners Take Center Stage at CED's Annual Event
CED Presents 17th Annual Entrepreneurial Excellence Awards on Aug. 8
August 8, 2003, Research Triangle Park, NC — The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) honored area entrepreneurs and high-growth companies during the organization's 17th annual Entrepreneurial Excellence Awards & Family Fun Festival on Friday, Aug. 8. An estimated 500 people attended the event, which was held at Raleigh's RBC Center.
Below are this year's award winners:
- Entrepreneurial Excellence Award -- Josh Chodniewicz, Art.com
- Master Entrepreneur -- Dennis Gillings, Quintiles Transnational Corp.
- Outstanding Service to Entrepreneurs -- Samuel M. Taylor, NCBIO
- Exit of the Year -- Inveresk Research Group, Inc.
- Private Company Deal of the Year -- Targacept, Inc.
- Entrepreneurial Inspiration Award -- Ping Fu, Raindrop Geomagic, Inc.
- Growth Company of the Year -- A4 Health Systems, Inc.
- Life Science Services Company of the Year -- Constella Group, Inc.
- Product of the Year -- Trimeris, Inc.
- Technology of the Year -- Ziptronix, Inc.
- Technology Services Company of the Year -- Clarkston Consulting
- Community Service Award -- Heather Hesketh, hesketh.com/inc.
- Technology Horizons Award -- XActional, Inc.
- Spin-Off of the Year -- Oriel Therapeutics, Inc.
- Capital Connection Company of the Year -- Oriel Therapeutics, Inc.
- Chairman's Service Award -- Donovan Moxey, Interactive Multimedia Solutions, Inc.
- Charles Hamner Leadership Award: Fred Hutchison, Hutchison & Mason (Previously awarded on May 21, 2003)
“This year's award winners epitomize the consistent and exceptionally strong contributions entrepreneurs make throughout the community,” said Monica Doss, CED's president. “CED's Entrepreneurial Excellence Awards showcase significant achievements from companies and individuals. In addition, the awards highlight role models for other aspiring entrepreneurs.”
For more details on the event, including profiles and pictures of award winners, visit www.cednc.org/awards.
About CED: The Council for Entrepreneurial Development, located in Research Triangle Park, NC, is a private, non-profit organization formed in 1984 to stimulate the creation and growth of high-impact companies in the greater Research Triangle region. CED provides education, mentoring and capital formation resources to new and existing high-growth entrepreneurs through annual conferences, seminars, workshops and monthly programs on entrepreneurial management and finance. CED is the largest entrepreneurial support organization in the nation with more than 4,000 members representing 1,100 entrepreneurial companies, financiers and professional firms. www.cednc.org
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