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Holzworth Selected Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist
DURHAM, N.C., June 26, 2002—For the third time, Donald A. Holzworth, President and CEO of Analytical Sciences, Inc. (ASI), was selected from more than 100 nominations as one of 24 finalists for the Carolinas' 2002 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year
® awards.
Holzworth was one of 10 finalists selected from the Triangle area. He and all other finalists from North Carolina and South Carolina were honored June 20 at an awards banquet at the Hilton Charlotte & Towers. Awards were presented in eight categories: Emerging, technology, life sciences, financial services, manufacturing/distribution, real estate/construction, retail and business services.
"It is a great honor to once again be selected as a finalist," said Holzworth, who was also a finalist in 1999 and 2001. "This year we once again entered this competition to bring regional attention to our outstanding work in the life sciences."
To be nominated for this award, an individual must be an owner/manager primarily responsible for the recent performance of a privately held company that is at least two years old. An independent panel of 11 judges, representing industries throughout the Carolinas, selected finalists for this year's award.
Other Triangle finalists were:
- Ernest Baker, Lvl7 Systems in Cary
- Peter Coad, Jr., TogetherSoft in Raleigh
- Neal Hunter, Cree in Durham
- Gary Eichenbaum, Chemcodes in Durham
- Peter Bennett, Divers Alert Network in Durham
- Art Pappas, A.M. Pappas & Associates in RTP
- Joshua Chodniewicz, Art.com in Raleigh
- Thomas Finegan, Clarkston Consulting in Durham
- Michael Malone, MJM Investigations in Raleigh
The Entrepreneur Of The Year Award program was created and is produced by professional services firm Ernst & Young and sponsored nationally by USA Today, CNN, The Nasdaq(R) Stock Market and the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. In the Carolinas, the awards program is sponsored by RBC Centura, Marsh, Inc., Kilpatrick Stockton and the Triangle Business Journal.
Founded in 1983, ASI is an award-winning human health research organization dedicated to enhancing human health through innovative science, technology and knowledge solutions. Headquartered in Durham, N.C., ASI employs about 440 people who conduct research and provide technical and professional services to help government and industry clients identify and solve problems affecting human health.
