EY announces Finalists for the Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2017 Award in the New England Region

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May 24, 2017, 14:05 ET

BOSTON, May 24, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- EY today announced the finalists for the Entrepreneur Of The Year 2017 Award in the New England Region. The awards program recognizes entrepreneurs who are excelling in areas such as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. These business leaders were selected by a panel of independent judges. Award winners will be announced at a special gala on June 27, 2017 at the Marriott Copley Place in Boston.

The finalists are:

Acacia Communications	Raj Shanmugaraj, Benny P. Mikkelsen, Mehrdad Givehchi, Christian J. Rasmussen
Accion Systems	Natalya Bailey
Agios Pharmaceuticals	Dr. David Schenkein
American Well	Roy Schoenberg
Black Duck Software	Lou Shipley
Blueprint Medicines	Jeff Albers
C-4 Analytics	Justin Cook, Michael Weiss
Crane Currency	Stephen P. DeFalco
Crimson Hexagon	Stephanie Newby
Cybereason, Inc.	Lior Div
Definitive Healthcare, LLC	Jason Krantz
Digital Guardian	Ken Levine
East Boston Savings Bank	Richard J. Gavegnano
ezCater	Stefania Mallett, Briscoe Rodgers
Fancypants Baking Co.	Maura Duggan, Justin Housman
Finomial Corporation	Meredith Moss
Globalization Partners	Nicole Sahin
InkHouse	Beth Monaghan
Lovepop	Wombi Rose, John Wise
Magellan Jets	Joshua Hebert
Markforged	Greg Mark
Medrobotics	Samuel Straface
Moderna Therapeutics	Stéphane Bancel
Night Shift Brewing	Rob Burns
Northern Bank & Trust Company	James J. Mawn
Paint Nite	Sean McGrail
Pixability, Inc.	Bettina Hein
Qstream	Duncan Lennox
Quanterix Corporation	Kevin Hrusovsky
Quantopian	John Fawcett
Rocket Software	Andy Youniss
TESARO	Dr. Mary Lynne Hedley, Lonnie Moulder
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated	Dr. Jeffrey M. Leiden
Vets First Choice	Benjamin Shaw
VPNE Parking Solutions	Kevin Leary
Wicked Good Cupcakes, Inc.	Tracey Noonan
Wind River Environmental, LLC	John O'Connell
ZeptoMetrix	Gregory Chiklis
Zerto, Inc.	Ziv Kedem

Now in its 31st year, the program has expanded to recognize business leaders in over 145 cities and more than 60 countries throughout the world.

Regional award winners are eligible for consideration for the Entrepreneur Of The Year national program. Award winners in several national categories, as well as the Entrepreneur Of The Year Overall National Award winner, will be announced at the Entrepreneur Of The Year National Awards gala in Palm Springs, California on November 18, 2017. The awards are the culminating event of the Strategic Growth Forum™, the nation's most prestigious gathering of high-growth, market-leading companies. The Entrepreneur Of The Year Overall Award winner then moves on to compete for the World Entrepreneur Of The Year Award in Monaco in June 2018.

Sponsors

Founded and produced by EY, the Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards are nationally sponsored in the US by SAP America, Merrill Corporation and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.

In the New England region, gold sponsors also include Boston Private Bank, fama PR, Goodwin Procter, the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Nixon Peabody, True Capital, and Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. New England silver sponsors include Chatham Financial, Empire Valuation Consultants, Morgan Lewis, Sullivan & Worcester, and T3 Advisors.

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Entrepreneur Of The Year®, founded by EY, is the world's most prestigious business awards program for entrepreneurs, chosen from an independent panel of judges including entrepreneurs and prominent leaders from business, finance, and the local community. The program makes a difference through the way it encourages entrepreneurial activity among those with potential and recognizes the contribution of people who inspire others with their vision, leadership and achievement. As the first and only truly global awards program of its kind, Entrepreneur Of The Year celebrates those who are building and leading successful, growing and dynamic businesses, recognizing them through regional, national and global awards programs in over 145 cities and more than 60 countries. ey.com/eoy

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