EY, the global tax and advisory firm, has named the New Jersey regional finalists for its EY Entrepreneur of the Year award.
The firm, also known as Ernst & Young, said the awards program is celebrating its 30th year in 2016, recognizing entrepreneurs for excellence and extraordinary success.
Winners will be announced at a gala held June 23 in New Brunswick, the firm — which has its main New Jersey office in Iselin — said in its announcement. The New Jersey winners will in turn be eligible for the national Entrepreneur of the Year program.
Those winners will be announced in November.
The finalists are:
-Manoj Agarwal, CEO and president, US Tech Solutions Inc., Jersey City;
-Abby Ayoub, CEO, Optical Academy, Clifton;
-Ron Bergamini, CEO, Action Environmental Group, Teaneck;
-David Berlin, president, Video Corporation of America, Somerset;
-Phil Bomrad, CEO, Albireo Energy LLC, Edison;
-James Bowman, CEO and president, SBS Group, Edison;
-Joseph Butler, CEO, ApTask, Edison;
-Jaswinder Chadha, CEO and president, Axtria, Berkeley Heights;
-Carolyn Clark, co-founder, MedAscent Inc., Parsippany;
-Thomas Coyne, CEO, Coyne PR, Parsippany;
-Giri Devanur, CEO and president, Ameri100, Princeton;
-Bruce Flitcroft, founder and CEO, Alliant Technologies, Morristown;
-John Gallucci, CEO and president, JAG Physical Therapy, West Orange;
-Chester Grabowski, CEO, Harvest Restaurant Group, Morris Plains;
-Adam Grossman, CEO and president, ADMA Biologics Inc., Ramsey;
-Susan Guerin, CEO and president, World Finer Foods LLC, Bloomfield;
-Rita Gurevich, founder and president, SPHERE Technology Solutions, Jersey City;
-Christian Kopfli, CEO, Chromocell Corporation, New Brunswick;
-Andrew Krakauer, CEO, Cantel Medical Corp., Little Falls;
-Steven Lang, CEO and president, DS&D, Somerville;
-Shu-Tung Li, founder and chief scientific officer, Collagen Matrix Inc., Oakland;
-Linda Magnusson-Rosario, CEO, INSYS Group Inc., Rochelle Park;
-Subhash Makhija, co-founder and CEO, GEP, Clark;
-Richard Maser, CEO and president, Maser Consulting P.A., Red Bank;
-Peggy McHale, principal, Consultants 2 Go LLC, Newark;
-Michael McLaughlin, co-founder, MedAscent Inc., Parsippany;
-Krishnan Padmanabhan, co-founder, president and chief operating officer, daVIZta, Bridgewater;
-Michael Ravallo, president, Pinnacle Freight Systems Inc., Edison;
-James Rhee, chairman and CEO, Ashley Stewart Inc., Secaucus;
-James Sapirstein, CEO, ContraVir Pharmaceuticals, Edison;
-Daniel Schildge, CEO, CRP Industries Inc., Cranbury;
-Shari Spiro, president, Ad Magic Inc., Netcong;
-Chris Sullens, CEO and president, WorkWave, Neptune;
-Scott Tarriff, CEO, Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Woodcliff Lake;
-Shekhar Yerramilli, co-founder, chairman and CEO, daVIZta, Bridgewater.
Sponsors of the program include SAP America, Merrill Corporation and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation nationally, and PNC, DLA Piper, Morgan Lewis, Pine Hill Group, Cresa, Empire Valuation Consultants, SolomonEdwards Group and NJBIZ in New Jersey.
