Ernst & Young announced May 4 the Entrepreneur Of The Year 2015 Greater Washington finalists. The group was selected by an independent judging panel of previous award winners and regional business leaders. The winners will be revealed at the annual black-tie awards gala on Thursday, June 18, at The Ritz-Carlton, in Tysons Corner.
The finalists include:
- Anthony Bruce, Applied Predictive Technologies
- Greg J. Baroni, Attain
- Brandon Bloodworth, Barbaricum
- Michael Ortner, Capterra
- Craig P. Abod, Carahsoft Technology Corp.
- Will Boland, Michael Bor and Aaron Montgomery, CarLotz, Inc.
- Oliver T. Carr III, Carr Properties
- Ike Grigoropoulos, Dimitri Moshovitis and Ted Xenohristos, Cava Mezze
- Abhi Shah, Clutch Group
- Y. Michele Kang, Cognosante
- Matthew M. Dorman, Credible Behavioral Health Software
- Anthony Smeraglinolo, Engility Corporation
- Tom Matzzie, Ethical Electric
- Richard D. Calder Jr., GTT Communications Inc.
- Pallabi Saboo, Harmonia Holdings Group, LLC
- Art Richer, immixGroup Inc.
- Denis McFarlane, Infinitive
- Kevin MacDonald, Kit Check Inc.
- Michael Tinsley, NeoSystems Corp.
- Sandeep Somaiya, NETE
- Mehul Sanghani, Octo Consulting Group Inc.
- Tobin Moore and Adam Vitarello, Optoro
- Barry Roman, Reliant Asset Management LLC
- David Link, ScienceLogic
- Mark Segal, Shady Grove Fertility
- Shervin Gerami, TeleWorld Solutions, Inc.
- José Andrés, ThinkFoodGroup
- Allen Gannett, TrackMaven
- Rodney J. Rogers, Virtustream
- Mark Drever, Xcelerate Solutions
“It is a genuine honor and a privilege to even receive the nomination,” NETE Managing Director Sandeep Somaiya said. “It is extremely humbling and inspiring to be selected as a finalist in the presence of such distinguished entrepreneurs and outstanding business leaders.”
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