35 entrepreneurs selected as semi-finalists from a pool of more than 160 nominees!
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., September 13, 2013 – The Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship (IECE) at Cal State San Bernardino announced the semi-finalists for this year’s Spirit of the Entrepreneur Awards program. The semi-finalists will attend a reception on October 2 where they will meet and interact with the event judges. Immediately following the reception the judges will convene and select the finalists for the 11th annual awards black-tie gala, which will take place on November 19 at the Ontario Convention Center.
The 2013 Inland Empire entrepreneurial semi-finalists include:
Willa Bagwell - Animal Friends of the Valleys - Wildomar
Jay & Sue Boyd - Boyd Specialties Manufacturing - Colton
Denny Buskirk - PSG Grand Terrace - Grand Terrace
Karen DiCarlo - Santa Claus, Inc. - San Bernardino
Gil & Roland Dickason - H&A Transmissions, Inc. - Rancho Cucamonga
Tony Falco - Accurate Leak Locators, Inc. - Menifee
Chris Francis - Logos Architecture, Inc. - Corona
Dan Hill - Mach One Air Charters, Inc. - Chino
Bruce Himes - Western Water Works Supply Company - Chino Hills
Sam Howard – Argeron, Inc. - Murrieta
Drew Jorgenson - OmniPlatform - Riverside
Bob Kunesh - SacTec Solar, Inc. - Palm Springs
Chris Kuran - Waterstone Faucets - Murrieta
Phil Kurtz - HP Wetmore - Chino
Kevin & Eric Mahaffy & Schmidt - EXQUADRUM, Inc. - Adelanto
Brad McDermith - Computer Options, Inc. - Redlands
Gary & Sally Myers - BMW Management - Temecula
Joan Nguyen - MeriEducation - Riverside
Roger Orton - Globe Plastics - Chino
Donna Purcell - Prestige Mold, Inc. - Rancho Cucamonga
Mike Quraishi - Aladdin Cleaning Services, Inc. - Corona
Adel Sayegh - Universal Surveillance Systems, LLC - Rancho Cucamonga
Bill Scott - Scott Turbon Mixer, Inc. - Adelanto
Biren Shukla - Forum Info-Tech, Inc. - Corona
C.J. & Sarah Sillers - Brewcakes - Redlands
Satya Singh - Food Tech Enterprises - Corona
Sandy Slade - Skillastics - Corona
Linda Smith - Four-D College - Colton
Terrance Stone - Young Visionaries - San Bernardino
John & Steve Suhr & Smith - JS Technologies Inc. - Lake Elsinore
Connie Threlkel - Goodfaith Medical Transportation Co., Inc. - San Bernardino
Moe & Jon Vasquez & Armstrong - Do It American Manufacturing, LLC - Corona
Levi Vincent - PSTalent.com, LLC - Palm Springs
Kostas Vitakis - Vitco Food Services - Fontana
Kim Walden - Budget Transmissions II, Inc. - San Bernardino
