EY announces Finalists for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2016 Award in the New England Region

BOSTON, May 24, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- EY today announced the finalists for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2016 Award in the New England region. This year marks the 30^th anniversary of the awards program. The award recognizes entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. These business leaders were selected by a panel of independent judges, and Award winners will be announced at a special gala on June 23, 2016 at the Boston Marriott Copley Place.

The finalists are:  
Roy Schoenberg - American Well 
Matt Stevens - AppNeta 
Lou Shipley - Black Duck Software 
Justin Cook - C-4 Analytics 
Michael Weiss - C-4 Analytics 
Langley Steinert - CarGurus 
Sean Clarke - Clarke Distribution   
Mike Heffernan - Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. 
Rob Waldron - Curriculum Associates 
Lior Div - Cybereason, Inc. 
Dave MacKeen - Eliassen Group 
Stefania Mallett - ezCater 
Christian Dumontet - Foodler 
Maxim Lobovsky - Formlabs 
Steve Kokinos - Fuze 
Nicole Sahin - Globalization Partners 
Pat Petitti - HourlyNerd 
Peter Maglathlin - HourlyNerd 
Rob Biederman - HourlyNerd 
David Nahabedian - Integration Partners Corporation 
Bart Graf - Integration Partners Corporation 
Rob Weisberg - Invaluable 
Nathan Eagle - Jana 
Tom Coburn - Jebbit 
Frederick Goff - Jobcase 
Grace Ray - Living Proof 
Raj Aggarwal - Localytics 
Peter Bauer - Mimecast Limited 
Sean McGrail - Paint Nite 
Joseph Keefe - Pax World 
Eran Yaniv - Perfecto Mobile 
Chris Rondeau - Planet Fitness 
Daphne Zohar - PureTech Health 
Michael Butler - Radius Bank 
Vess Bakalov - SevOne 
Tanya Bakalov - SevOne 
Shabbir Dahod - TraceLink, Inc. 
Dana Ehrlich - Verde Farms 
Tracey Noonan - Wicked Good Cupcakes, Inc. 
Amanda Klane - Yasso, Inc. 
Drew Harrington - Yasso, Inc. 
Greg Chiklis - ZeptoMetrix

Now in its 30th year, the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Program has expanded to recognize business leaders in over 145 cities in 60 countries throughout the world. 

Regional award winners are eligible for consideration for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year national program.  Award winners in several national categories, as well as the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Overall National Award winner, will be announced at the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year National Awards gala in Palm Springs, California on November 19, 2016. The awards are the culminating event of the Strategic Growth Forum, the nation's most prestigious gathering of high-growth, market-leading companies.  The US Entrepreneur Of The Year Overall Award winner then moves on to compete for the World Entrepreneur Of The Year Award in Monaco, June 2017.

Sponsors 
Founded and produced by EY, Entrepreneur Of The Year is nationally sponsored nationally by SAP America, Merrill Corporation and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.  In addition, Merrill Corporation is the official and preferred data partner of the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year^® Awards as a global leader in secure content sharing, regulated communications and compliance services. Merrill Corporation's DataSite is used to facilitate the judges' independent review of nominations.  In New England, gold level sponsors also include Fama PR, Goodwin Procter, Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Nixon Peabody LLP, and The True Capital. Silver level sponsors include Chatham Financial, Empire Valuation Consultants, Morgan Lewis, and T3 Advisors.

About EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 
EY Entrepreneur Of The Year is the world's most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs. The unique award 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 award 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 more than 145 cities in more than 60 countries.

About EY's Strategic Growth Markets practice  
EY's Strategic Growth Markets (SGM) practice guides leading high-growth companies. Our multidisciplinary teams of elite professionals provide perspective and advice to help our clients accelerate market leadership. SGM delivers assurance, tax, transactions and advisory services to thousands of companies spanning all industries. EY is the undisputed leader in taking companies public, advising key government agencies on the issues impacting high-growth companies and convening the experts who shape the business climate. For more information, please visit us at ey.com/us/strategicgrowthmarkets, or follow news on Twitter @EY_Growth.

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