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Holzworth Selected as Entrepreneur of the Year®
Finalist Fourth Time Running
DURHAM, N.C., May 23, 2003—For the fourth time, Donald A. Holzworth, CEO of Constella Group, Inc., has been selected from several hundred nominations as a finalist in the Carolinas' 2003 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year® awards.
Holzworth was one of nine finalists selected from the Triangle area and one of 24 overall finalists selected this year. He and other finalists from North Carolina and South Carolina will be honored Thursday, June 26 at an awards banquet at the Westin Charlotte. Awards will be presented in eight categories: information technology, business services, hospitality/real estate/construction, health services, biotech/life sciences, networking and communications, retail and consumer products, and consumer services.
"I am honored to be chosen again as a finalist," said Holzworth, who was also a finalist in 1999, 2001 and 2002. "We are making great strides in continuing to gain recognition for the outstanding efforts of our people in building a great organization and in having an expanding impact on global human health. This award validates the work we are doing both inside and outside our great company."
To be nominated for this award, an individual must be an owner/manager of a private or public company who is primarily responsible for the recent performance of the company (or organization) and an active member of top management. An independent panel of judges, representing industries throughout the Carolinas, selected finalists for this year's award.
Other Triangle finalists were:
- Dani Bolognesi, Trimeris, Inc., in Durham
- John Campbell, Campbell Alliance, in Raleigh
- Ping Fu, Raindrop Geomagic, in Research Triangle Park
- John Hemingway, United Emergency Services, Inc., in Durham
- William Hudson, LC Industries, in Durham
- Michael Malone, MJM Investigations, Inc., in Raleigh
- Christy Shaffer and Ben Yerxa, Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc., in Durham
- Robin Smith, Biologics, in Raleigh
The Entrepreneur Of The Year Award program was created in 1996 and is produced by the professional services firm Ernst & Young. It is co-sponsored nationally by Ernst & Young, USA Today and Kauffman Foundation. RBC Centura, Marsh USA, Kilpatrick Stockton and the Triangle Business Journal sponsor the Carolinas' award program.
About Constella Group, Inc.
Constella Group, Inc., changed its name from Analytical Sciences, Inc. (ASI) on May 1, 2003. The company is a leading provider of professional health services worldwide, now celebrating 20 years of enhancing human health through innovative science, technology and knowledge solutions. Constella's three business units—Health Sciences, Biomedical Informatics and Health Strategies—conduct health research and provide a variety of technical, professional and strategic consulting services to help industry and government clients identify and solve problems affecting human health. With Constella as the parent company, the three business units comprise dynamic points of collaboration that build support, create momentum and add value from idea to impact across the full continuum of human health.
The company's 640 employees serve clients from company headquarters in Durham, N.C., and from offices in Atlanta; Austin, Texas; Morgantown, W.Va.; Bethesda, Frederick and Silver Spring, Md., and in Santa Monica, Calif., Herndon, Va., and Boston.
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