Top entrepreneur finalists named

April 18, 2007
By Carey Hamilton
The Salt Lake Tribune

Ernst & Young LLP on Tuesday announced the finalists for its Entrepreneur of the Year 2007 award in Utah. The 25 finalists were selected from 60 nominations from an independent panel composed of area business leaders.

Award winners will be announced June 7 at the Salt Palace Convention Center.
Utah region award winners will be eligible for Ernst & Young's national entrepreneur program. Winners in several national categories, as well as the overall national award, will be announced at the annual awards in Palm Springs, Calif., Nov. 17.

The Utah region finalists are:
American Name Services, Jill Grammer-Williams
Best Vinyl, Vance Barrett
Body Firm Aerobics, Scott Felsted
Career Step, Andrea Anaya
Costume Craze LLC, Kate Maloney
Del Sol, Jefferson Pedersen
Dental Select, Brent Williams
Direct Pointe, Michael Proper
Eclipse Aviation Corp., Vern Raburn
Firstline Security, Trevor Keyes and Wright Thurston
GoEngineer, Ken Coburn
Interbank FX, Todd Crosland
K-TEC/Blendtec, Thomas Dickson
Mediconnect Global, Amy Rees Lewis
Metro Ready Mix LLC, John Dunn
Mindshare Technologies, Richard Hanks and John Sperry
Namifiers LLC, Bryan Welton
Provo Craft and Novelty, James Thornton and Robert Workman
QuickKutz, Eric Ruff
Ralph Wadsworth Construction, Kip Wadsworth
Summit Electric Supply, Victor Jury
SunFirst Bank, John Allen
VitalSmarts L.C., Mike Carter, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Kerry Patterson and Al Switzler
WesTech Engineering, James Larsen
Won-Door Corp., Ronald Smart.