23 Entrepreneurs Named Finalists For Ernst & Young Award
Ernst & Young today announced the finalists for its Entrepreneur Of The Year Award in the Central Midwest region. According to the accounting firm, its award program is meant to recognize high-growth entrepreneurs for outstanding innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.
Ernst & Young named 23 finalists from the Central Midwest region, which includes Missouri and Kansas:
- Aegion – J. Joseph Burgess (St. Louis)
- ARC Physical Therapy + – Matthew Condon (Overland Park, Kan.)
- Artur Express – Tomasz Tokarczyk and Artur Wagrodzki (St. Louis)
- Cambridge Engineering – John Kramer (Chesterfield)
- Coolfire Media – Jeffrey Keane (St. Louis)
- Executive AirShare – Robert Taylor (Kansas City)
- Gallus BioPharmaceuticals. – Mark Bamforth (St. Louis)
- GL Group Inc – Gary Jaffe (St. Louis)
- Jack Cooper Holdings – Tony Michael Riggs (Kansas City)
- Juggle – Stephanie Leffler and Ryan Noble (Swansea, Ill.)
- NPC International – James Schwartz (Overland Park, Kan.)
- Pivot Employment Platform. – Cary Daniel (Overland Park, Kan.)
- Sioux Chief Manufacturing – Joseph Ismert (Peculiar)
- Specialty Fertilizer Products – Dr. John Sanders (Leawood, Kan.)
- Sporting Club – Robb Heineman (Kansas City)
- Suhor Industries – Joseph Suhor (Overland Park, Kan.)
- Switch: Liberate Your Brand – Mike O’Neil, Kevin Quigley and John Nickel (St. Louis)
- Technology Group Solutions – Lenora Payne (Lenexa, Kan.)
- Technology Partners – Lisa Nichols (Chesterfield)
- Terracon – David Gaboury (Olathe, Kan.)
- TradeWind Energy – Rob Freeman, Matt Gilhousen and Geoff Coventry (Lenexa, Kan.)
- Trinity Products – Robert Griggs (O’Fallon)
- UnitedLex – Daniel Reed (Overland Park, Kan.)
