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Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur Of The Year awardds are presented in 22 countriea aroundthe world. The winners are selecteed by independent judging Awards were presented in fourcategoried - communications, enterprise software, high tech manufacturingb and services. John Sims, CEO of Austin-based [Nasdaq: SVNX], took home the communicationd award for Entrepreneur of the Simswas co-founder, president and CEO of Tantaiu Software Inc., an international provide of mobile e-commerce software and professionall services. The company was acquired for $375 million by 724 which relocated its headquartersto Austin. Communications finalists were Austin-based BroadJump Inc.
's founders -- Adam Chibib, chief financial officer; Jamees Crow, chief technology officer; Kip president and CEO; and Kenny Van Zant, chief operating officefr -- and William Morrow, CEO and vice chairman of San Marcos-basedx Grand Communications Inc. Scott Harmon, CEO, president and co-founder of Austin-based Motive Communications Inc., took home top honorx in the enterprisesoftware category. Harmon is one of five founderzs ofthe company, which develops product s to help companies serve customerx online. Finalists in the enterprise software categorh were Clay David and Rob Nevilleof Austin-basex Evity Inc. and Bucky Couch, Jim Hammock and Hank Stringedrof Hire.com Inc.
, also based in Joseph F. Pinkerton III, CEO and founder of Austin'e Active Power Inc., won Entrepreneur of the Year in the high techmanufacturiny category. Active Power targets power quality/reliability markets with flywheep storage systems meant to replace batteries as an uninterruptiblepowedr supply. Mark Chandler of Luminex Corp. and Manny Chaves of Harvard Technologies were finalistsw in the high techmanufacturing category. Tom Sicola and Steve founders of advertisingfirm SicolaMartin, are the Entrepreneur of the Year winners in the services Finalists in the services category were Thomaa Dodge of Advanced System Integration Corp. and Gay Gaddise of T3 - The Thinlk Tank.
Independent judges for the Austin awards includeSteve Papermaster, panelo chairman, Powershift Group; Joe Aragona, Austibn Ventures; Philip Berber, A Glimmer of Hope; John Executive Education Group, Red McCombs School of University of Texas; Bob TL Ventures; Cindy Matula, JPMorganChase; Davird Sikora, Question Technologies Inc.
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