Who are Ottawa's young business stars of 2007?
By Ottawa Business Journal Staff
Mon, May 7, 2007 12:00 AM EST
They include seven company presidents and one director of fun. Their expertise spans technology to glass block windows. Their volunteer efforts vary from chairing major charity events to coaching little league baseball.
And they have one thing in common – they are 2007 recipients of the Ottawa Business Journal's Forty Under 40 Award.
For the tenth time, the OBJ has recognized 40 recipients for an award that recognizes business accomplishments, professional expertise and community involvement.
The judging panel included OBJ publisher Michael Curran and OBJ editor Leo Valiquette and three guest judges that are to be congratulated for their efforts: Stephen Daze, director of OCRI's Entrepreneurship Centre; Robin McIntyre, regional president for Rogers Cable, and Cellwand president Nick Quain.
Each judge individually assessed the nominations, which were graded using a 40-point scale – 20 points for business achievements, 10 points for expertise and 10 points for charitable work.
"The nominations are absolutely fascinating," says Mr. Curran, who has chaired the selection committee for seven years. "I spent about 12 hours this year reading the submissions. You get a very clear sense of the entrepreneurial spirit in the city. The level of ambition and expertise makes me feel optimistic about the city's future. This is an impressive group of people."
The 2007 Forty Under 40 recipients will be celebrated at an awards gala June 21 at the Hilton Lac-Leamy Hotel. The event will raise money for cancer care priorities at the Ottawa Hospital Foundation. Profiles of each recipient will be published in OBJ's June 18 issue.
More information on the event can be found at www.fortyunder40.com
2007 Forty Under 40 recipients
Alykhan Abdulla, Kingsway Health Centre
Stuart Ash, Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
Shannon Bain, A-Channel Television
David Baker, European Glass & Paint Co.
Jennifer Batley, Walker Information
Brian Bost, KPMG LLP
Steve Carkner, Panacis Medical Inc.
Jonathan Cogan, Market Object
Todd Coopee, Industrial Media Inc.
Dr. James Daniel, Carling Laser Clinic
Tracy Darling, Alcatel-Lucent Canada Inc.
Kevin d'Entremont, CMP Media
Michael Dimitriou, Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton LLP
Paul Doucet, EnabledSuccess Inc.
Marwan Forzley, MODASolutions
Todd Jolliffe, Glass Blocks Solutions
Dinesh Kandanchatha, Protus IP Solutions
Jean-Yves Martineau, Cactus Commerce Inc.
Naomi Morisawa, De Koven Morisawa De Koven Professional Corp.
Tricia Morrison, Tricia Morrison Occupational Therapy Professional Corp.
Gordon Murray, Golder Associates Ltd.
Phil Nguyen, Black Belt Excellence Inc.
Colin Peden, Executive Fitness Leaders Inc.
Joseph Peters, Ascentum Inc.
Darryl Praill, Organisation Metrics Inc.
Genevieve Rochon, Courtyard Restaurant & Mamma Grazzi's Kitchen
Dean Ross, Fitness Depot Ottawa
Adrian Salamunovic, DNA11
Kelly Sample, Kelly Santini LLP
Mark Saunders, Saunders Farm
Marc Seaman, Microsoft Canada
Dr. Ronald Seatter, Westboro Health Professionals
Kent Smith, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Robert Smith, Greenmelon Inc.
Richard Stanton, neuroLanguage Corp.
Ian Sterling, Doherty & Associates
Debbie Trenholm, The Savvy Grapes Inc.
Paul Winterhalder, bitHeads Inc.
Allan Zander, Sciemetric Instruments
Wojo Zielonka, Hydro Ottawa Holding Inc.
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