Venu Raghavan, President & CEO at Encora, Inc., has been nominated to the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year® 2008 Award in the Emerging category, in Orange County/Desert Cities.
The
Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year awards program celebrates
its 22nd anniversary this year and continues to honor entrepreneurs
who have demonstrated excellence in such areas as innovation,
financial performance, and personal commitment to their businesses
and communities.
In his acceptance speech, Venu Raghavan said, “This award is truly a reflection of the ingenuity, hard work, and consistent innovation of the entire Encora Team, which includes the incredibly strong management team and the fantastic talent of highly skilled product engineers, strong Board and investors and great roster of customers worldwide. We at Encora continue to look forward to bringing growth, innovation, and efficiency to the Software product companies on a global basis”
“Ernst & Young is very proud to support and recognize entrepreneurs through our Entrepreneur of the Year program,” said Kurt Binder, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year program director for Orange County/Desert Cities. “For over 20 years, we have honored those who foster growth and development in our communities. This year’s winners are truly exemplary, and we thank them for the positive impact they have had in our area.”
The Ernst & Young awards dinner was a black-tie, formal event with over 500 members of the Orange County/Desert Cities business community in attendance at the Hyatt Regency, Grand Ball Room. The audience was treated to a video montage of all the entrants, including the video story of how Encora came into existence three years ago and emerged as one of the fastest growing Collaborative Product Development services company.
Sponsors
Founded and produced by Ernst & Young LLP, the Entrepreneur Of The Year awards program is pleased to have the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and SAP America as national sponsors.
In the Orange County/Desert Cities program, sponsors include Marsh, Scherzer International, City National Bank, Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, Strategic Equity Group, Orange County Business Journal, HKA, Inc., and RR Donnelley Financial.
About Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur Of The Year
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About Encora
Encora, the emerging leader in Collaborative Product Development, offers a
portfolio of software product life cycle solutions to SME
Software product companies. Encora provides end-to-end services
to global software product companies which includes product
management, product engineering and professional services,
onsite, nearshore and also through offshore delivery supplemented
by on-site execution. The company is headquartered in Scottsdale,
Arizona with offices in Pittsburgh, Santa Clara, Boston, Bangalore
& Gurgaon in India, Singapore, Malaysia & Australia. For more
information, visit www.encorainc.com
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