Ernst & Young; has announced the finalists for its OC Entrepreneur of the Year awards.
Represented are many local technology companies but health, finance, construction and education entrepreneurs also are on the list of 30-some hopefuls.
This year’s OC finalists are:
n Richard Amtower, president and CEO, CR Technology Inc.
n William D. Bingham, CEO, Nuforia Inc.
n Raymond E. Dellerba, president and CEO, Pacific Mercantile Bank
n H.K. Desai, chairman, president and CEO, QLogic Corp.
n Michael Dewey, CEO, eBuilt Inc.
n Donald M. Earhart, chairman, president and CEO, I-Flow Corp.
n Paul F. Folino, president and CEO, Emulex Corp.
n Faith Freeman, CEO and Scott Freeman, president, Primal Elements
n Darrin Ginsberg, chairman of the board, E-Commerce Exchange Inc.
n S. Lee Hancock, president and CEO, Go2 Systems Inc.
n Peter R. Homer, president, LoanGenie.comn John N. Le, president and CEO, Loan Trader Inc., n Robert A. Lotter, CEO, R.A. Lotter Financial Group
n James C. Madden V, chairman, president and CEO, Exult Inc.
n David G. Moore, president and CEO, Dennis L. Devereaux, EVP, Human Resources, Frank J. McCord, EVP and CFO, Lloyd W. Holland, EVP, and Paul St. Pierre, EVP Marketing and Admissions, Corinthian Colleges Inc.
n Donald B. Murray, chairman and CEO, Resources Connection
n Richard E. Nicholson, CEO and president, Westcliff Medical Laboratories Inc.
n Steven T. Plochocki, president and CEO, InSight Health Services Corp.
n Kenneth Roath, chairman, president and CEO, Health Care Property Investors, Inc.
n Vincent C. Smith, chairman and CEO, Quest Software, Inc.
n Glenn B. Stearns, president, Carriage Escrow Inc.
n Chad Steelberg, CEO/CTO and Ryan Steelberg, president, Broadband Digital Group, Newport Beach
n William R. Stow, III, president and CEO, StarBase Corp.
n Chris Turner, CEO, Vision Solutions Inc.
n John M. Word, III, president, Word and Brown
n Andrew L. Youngquist, president, Youngquist Construction
