Wednesday, April 30, 2008
- Tim Wall
Element Fusion owners Justin Cowan and Ryan Whitaker have been selected as nominees for the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year award for 2008. This prestigious award honors business leaders at the regional, national, and global level. Oklahoma City is located in the Southwest Area North region of the US which includes North Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma. Previous Southwest Area North winners include Michael Dell of Dell Computers, Herb Kelleher of Southwest Airlines, and Norman Brinker of Brinker International.
Nominees for the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year award must be owners/managers of public or private companies who are primarily responsible for the recent performance of their companies. They must also be active members of top management at their companies, which must have been in business for at least two years.
Judging for the competition will commence on May 6th, 2008. A group of finalists for the Southwest Area North region will be selected. From there, regional winners will be named who then compete for the national award. Then, national winners advance to the global level.
As a part of the selection process, representatives from Ernst and Young have personally interviewed Cowan and Whitaker and collected extensive information about their work and the business of Element Fusion.
"We are excited to be a part of this process," said Cowan. "It's an honor to be recognized alongside so many other great companies."