Jon E. Kirchner, chairman and CEO, DTS Inc.
Winner – Technology Combining a competitive nature, a talent for teamwork and a desire to make a lasting impact in the audio technology industry, Jon E. Kirchner, chairman and CEO of DTS Inc., has dedicated himself to delivering best-in-class audio solutions. Kirchner has built an attractive, scalable, high-margin IP licensing business model that is sustained […]
Richard Degner, president and CEO, Global Geophysical Services
Oil Field Technology – Award Recipient Richard Degner had achieved more than many people do in an entire lifetime when he took a chance on launching Global Geophysical Services. He had spent 17 years working at an industry leader in geophysics before leaving to form PGS Onshore, the land and transition zone division of Norwegian […]
How Sharon Anderson Wright revived Half Price Books' lackluster sales
Early last summer, Half Price Books, Records, Magazines Inc.’s revenue started flattening out noticeably. Many of the Dallas-based chain’s 115 stores were recording lower-than-usual sales increases. Others stores were staring at a flat line, and a few stores were even seeing sales dip a bit. Sharon Anderson Wright, the company’s president and CEO, says the […]
Heidi Golledge, president and CEO, CyberCoders
FINALIST – Business Services Heidi Golledge president and CEO CyberCoders Heidi Golledge had every reason to be skeptical about the world when she lost her father. Truth be told, she never even got a chance to meet her father and has no idea what happened to him. He was a U.S. Marine pilot in the […]
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Robert A. Valente, RAV Financial Services LLC
John H. Weber, president and CEO, Remy International Inc.
Turnaround – Winner John Howard Weber’s entrepreneurial prowess and ability to make tough decisions are credited with turning around Remy International Inc. — a turnaround that saved 6,500 jobs. Joining the Pendleton, Ind.-based company as president and CEO in 2006, he put both his reputation and personal capital on the line to save the heavily […]
Nicholas Berchtold, president, Chemical Associates
FINALIST: Energy, Resources and Clean Technology Chemical Associates was formed in 1980 as a supplier of biologically derived organic chemicals. Ever since then, the business has been working to be a leader in the supply of the highest quality replenishable resources in the world. The business opportunity for the company was and remains the replacement […]
Charles Elliott, President and CEO, Lake Court Medical Supplies Inc.
Semifinalist, Distribution Charles Elliot founded his own company in 1991 — basically by selling a wheelchair out of the trunk of his station wagon. From there, he operated as its sole employee in a Detroit-warehouse, doing everything from unloading trucks to product sales and customer service. The president and CEO of Lake Court Medical Supplies […]
Jesse Stein, founder, SportsMemorabilia.com
FINALIST – Retail and Consumer Products Jesse Stein founder SportsMemorabilia.com Jesse Stein has always been a self-made entrepreneur. At age 6, he carried around a briefcase just like his businessman grandfather. At 10, he’d collect tips from serving drinks to party guests. And by 15, he mowed lawns, sold luggage and cold-called for the Dean […]
Five strategies from Fay Sharpe on maintaining foreign trademark registrations
Colleen Flynn Goss, Fay Sharpe LLP