How to choose the right wealth advisory services firm to meet your needs
Norman M. Boone, Founder and President, Mosaic Financial Partners Inc.
How mid-sized businesses can profit big from clean technology
Gary Price, Tax Partner, Sensiba San Filippo, LLP
How to balance security and convenience by protecting your bank accounts from fraud
Barry Langer, First Vice President, Customer Relations Manager, California Bank & Trust
Jerry Lasco, founder and CEO, Lasco Enterprises LLC
Consumer Products & Services, Finalist Jerry Lasco did not come to the restaurant business by spending hours in the kitchen watching his grandmother make her famous secret recipe lasagna. He was a pilot in the U.S. Air Force and then for Continental Airlines. The work provided the opportunity for a lot of travel and a […]
How economists use sports to study market efficiencies and test business theories
Dr. Stephen Shmanske, Professor Emeritus of Economics, California State University, East Bay
Dr. Daphne Preuss, founder and CEO, Chromatin Inc.
Private Equity/ Venture Capital — Finalist Like many entrepreneurs, Dr. Daphne Preuss started with a seed of an idea. The difference? Her idea also started with a seed. Preuss launched Chromatin Inc. in 2000 while working as a professor at the University of Chicago. Her research focused on synthetic biology technology to create customized feedstock […]
Introduction: 2012 Gulf Coast Area Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year®
Each year in June, Ernst & Young celebrates entrepreneurial leaders across the country as part of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year awards. This year marks the 26th year in which Ernst & Young has recognized those leaders. Over the years, we’ve learned that entrepreneurial leaders are a little different from the rest […]
Alan Smith, CEO, QR Energy LP
Exploration & Production, Finalist After building two companies from 2003 to 2008, Alan L. Smith went to work for the private equity firm that originally backed him, Quantum Energy Partners. In 2009, after two years as a private equity investor, Smith was asked to take over Quantum Resources, a direct investment oil and gas fund […]
June Ressler, founder and CEO, Cenergy International Services LLC
Logistics & Industrial Services, Award Recipient As the CEO of Cenergy International Services LLC, a company she created in 1996, June Ressler leads with her head, closely followed by her heart. While her training as an attorney has enabled Ressler to manage complex contracts and contractor liability protection for Cenergy’s workplace solutions for some of […]
The 2012 World Class Customer Service Awards (Northeast Ohio)
Companies who consistently demonstrate that they deliver world-class customer service