Art Aylesworth, CEO of Victoria’s Carmanah Technologies, received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award for the Pacific Region.
Category winners were Jim Case of Travelers Leasing Corporation (Business-to-Business Products and Services), Roger Hardy of Coastal Contacts (Business-to-Consumer Products and Services), John DeHart and Ken Sim of Nurse Next Door Professional Homecare Services (Emerging Entrepreneur), Earl Hirtz of CWS Industries (Mfg) Corp. (Manufacturing), Art Aylesworth (Technology and Health Sciences) and Jim Moore of Stork Craft Manufacturing (Turnaround Entrepreneur).