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    Finalists announced in Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Awards

    Thirty business leaders in Florida have been selected as finalists for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2012 Florida awards. These finalists and the Lifetime Achievement Award recipients will be honored at a black-tie awards gala nquet on Thursday, June 14 at the Hilton Orlando. The finalists are:

    Finalists for Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2012 Florida awards
    Lifetime achievement honorees: Corporate Innovator: Distribution and Manufacturing:

    William D. Morean
    Chairman

    Timothy L. Main
    CEO
    Jabil
    St. Petersburg


    Hannes Hunschofsky
    President
    HOERBIGER Corporation of America, Inc.,
    Pompano Beach

    Jordan Zimmerman
    Founder and Chairman
    Zimmerman Advertising
    Fort Lauderdale

    R. Charles Murray
    CEO
    PPi Technologies Group
    Sarasota

    Amin Rahman Ramjee
    CEO
    BEL USA LLC
    Medley

    Janna Ronert
    CEO
    Marc Ronert
    President
    Image International Manufacturing, Inc.
    Lantana

    Emerging: Financial Services: Health Care:

    Bobby Harris
    President and CEO
    BlueGrace Logistics
    Riverview

    Jorge A. Plasencia
    Chairman and CEO
    República
    Miami

    Jose Prendes
    CEO
    PureFormulas.com
    Miami

    Albert Crawford
    Chairman and CEO
    Robert T. Castro
    President
    Eric R. Castro
    COO
    Bankers Healthcare Group, Inc.
    Southwest Ranches

    Thomas John Jerger, Jr.
    President
    American Traditions Insurance Co. and Modern USA Insurance Co.
    Pinellas Park

    David Miller
    CEO and Cofounder
    Michael Miller
    Chief Marketing Officer and Cofounder
    Brightway Insurance
    Jacksonville

    Michael M. Earley
    Chairman and CEO
    Metropolitan Health Networks, Inc.
    Boca Raton

    Richard L. Sanchez
    President and CEO
    Advantica
    Clearwater

    Shari Dingle Sandifer
    Founder and CEO
    Avant Healthcare Professionals
    Casselberry

    Real Estate and Construction: Retail and Consumer Products: Services:

    Michael I. Kaufman
    President and CEO
    Kaufman Lynn Construction
    Boca Raton

    Craig Perry
    President and CEO
    Centerline Homes
    Coral Springs

    Charles Puccini
    President and CEO
    Bauer Foundation Corp.
    Odessa

    Oscar Horton
    President and CEO
    Sun State International Trucks, LLC
    Tampa

    Rhonda Shear
    President
    Shear Enterprises, LLC
    St. Petersburg

    Jesse Stein
    Founder
    SportsMemorabilia.com
    Coral Gable

    David Clarke
    CEO and Cofounder
    BGT Partners
    Hallandale Beach

    Steven A. MacDonald
    Chairman and CEO
    myMatrixx
    Tampa

    Harvey L. Massey
    Chairman and CEO
    Massey Services, Inc.
    Orlando

    Technology: ? ?

    Carol Craig
    Founder and CEO
    Craig Technologies
    Melbourne

    John Duffy
    Founder and CEO
    3Cinteractive
    Boca Raton

    Will Fleming
    CEO
    MotionPoint Corporation
    Coconut Creek

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    Source: Ernst & Young