Ernst & Young to announce Atlantic region winners Oct. 1

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By Yvon Gauvin
Times & Transcript staff

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HALIFAX - Several New Brunswick individuals including two from Metro Moncton are in the running for Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards this year.

Ernst & Young announced the Atlantic provinces finalists this week with the Atlantic division winners to be announced at a banquet Oct. 1 and the overall winners at a banquet Nov. 24.

"By embracing the entrepreneurial spirit, this year's finalists are growing businesses, creating jobs and building communities despite daunting economic challenges," says Joyce Hoeven, partner and Atlantic director of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards. "Entrepreneurs who seize the opportunities that arise in adversity can ignite a spark, and propel our economy forward."

Innovation stimulates economic growth, she said, and that means there is no time like a downturn to take advantage of entrepreneurial thinking.

A recent Ernst & Young survey indicates 93 per cent of respondents said they are expanding their customer base and entering new markets despite the economic downturn.

The categories include business to business, business to consumers, manufacturing, financial and professional services, entrepreneur and social entrepreneur.

Finalists from Metro Moncton and region are George Donovan of Gogii Games, Moncton; Daniel Vienneau of Nanoptix Inc., Dieppe and Normand Caissie of Imperial Manufacturing Group, Richibucto.

Other finalists are Rod Kerr of Frontier Technologies, Dartmouth, N.S.; Andrew Bell of Bell Group of Companies, St. John's; Steven Kay of The Orb Factory Ltd., Halifax; Ivan Cassell and Luke Reynolds of Western Petroleum Newfoundland Ltd., Harbour Grace, N.L.; David Wilson of Wilson Group of Companies, Truro, N.S.; Sidney Hynes of Oceanex Inc., St. John's, N.L.; Susan Helliwell of PRAXES Emergency Specialists Inc., Halifax; Luke Conrad of Cartoon Conrad Productions Inc., Lower Sackville, N.S.; Moya Cahill of PanGeo Subsea, St. John's; Jay Aird and Mike Beauchamp of Volt Media Ltd., Halifax; Steven Kelley of Charlottetown Metal Products Ltd., Winsloe, P.E.I.; Jason Dawe and Dean Pelley of Mad Rock Marine Solutions Inc., St. John's; Keith Newhook of AMC Brokerage Ltd., Mount Pearl, N.L.; Glen McMinn and Peter Wuensch of Breakhouse Inc., Halifax; Fred Wade of Fireworks F/X Inc., Grand Pré, N.S.; Rodney Colbourne, Steve Green and Steve MacDougall of OTS Offshore Technologies Services Ltd., Sydney, N.S.; William Gale of Business Community Anti-Poverty Initiative, Saint John; Keith Hamilton and Rosemary Hamilton of Laing House, Halifax, and Geoff Eaton of Young Adult Cancer Canada, St. John's.

Ernst & Young is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services.