Ernst & Young has unveiled its list of top entrepreneurs from the Central Plains region. And all but one come from North Texas.
EY announced 11 winners in a celebration at Omni Dallas on June 25. The annual Entrepreneur of the Year Central Plains Award includes companies across North Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas with businesses spanning biotechnology and skin care products to artificial intelligence and IT solutions.
Morgan Watson, EY’s Central Plains program director, kicked off the event in a room “filled with innovative thinkers and transformational leaders representing nearly every sector in the region.”
The 2022 winning entrepreneurs were selected from 46 Entrepreneur of the Year finalists. They’ve “shown us that ambition, courage, ingenuity, and empathy are key to driving change,” Watson says.
“The entrepreneurs and their teams are making significant and lasting contributions to our communities and our economy at large,” he said at the event. “That’s exactly why we’re here.”
Selected by a panel of judges based on things like entrepreneurial spirit, purpose, growth, and impact, the awards highlight “entrepreneurs building a more equitable, sustainable and prosperous world.”
Joe Urso | ActivePure Technologies LLC
ActivePure Technologies (Dallas) After acquiring Electrolux North America in 1998, Urso transformed the company into ActivePure Technologies, an industry leader in generating healthy indoor environments.
Barbara Smith | Commercial Metals Company
Commercial Metals Company (Irving) The steel and metal manufacturer’s products are used in every structure that you enjoy in your daily life, according to Smith, who is president and CEO. We like to say at CMC, “we build the world every day,” she said.
Daniel McCarthy | The Music Bed LLC
FM (Fort Worth) FM is a family of brands in the creative industry, including content licensing brands Musicbed and Filmsupply, which are primarily aimed at licensing content to other creatives around the world. McCarthy started his entrepreneurial journey as a creative himself. Today, the CEO leads one of the leading licensing companies in the world.
Nanoscope Therapeutics (Bedford) CEO and Co-Founder Bhattacharya leads Nanoscope, a biotech and gene therapy company focused on developing sight-restoring optogenetic therapies for “the millions of patients blinded by retinal degenerative diseases” that have no cure.
“We all are working towards ensuring we will restore vision for all these patients,” Bhattacharya said. The scientist takes inspiration from her dad. He always told me, “when we leave this world, the only thing we leave behind are our footsteps … I hope today I’m holding on to your advice.”
Neighborly (Waco) Bidwall is president and CEO of Neighborly, a marketplace for home services.
Recuro Health (Richardson) Recuro is a digital health company offering services like virtual care and at-home testing. Its “brand new technology that we call digital medical home,” CEO Gorton says. “We catch things before they become expensive and dangerous.”
Maria Carell | Revision Skincare & Goodier Cosmetics
Revision Skincare and Goodier Cosmetics (Irving) Carell is CEO of Revision, a developer and manufacturer of topical products and over-the-counter pharmaceuticals.
Kishore Khandavalli | RiseIT Solutions, Inc.
RiseIT Solutions (Addison) “I’ve been on my journey as an entrepreneur for the last 24 years,” says Khandavalli. “Believe in yourself,” says the CEO, who helms the technology services and software development firm.
Many people will “second-guess you as an entrepreneur,” Khandavelli said. “What you plan to do, what you’re trying to do. The naysayers are “always there, but when you wake up in the middle of the night, wondering whether you’re going to make payroll the next day or are they going to get the next contract? … Don’t give up and you will be there.”
ShiftKey (Irving) ShiftKey, a human resources software company founded in 2016, is a scheduling and credential management platform focused on the health care industry. Ellis is president and CEO.
Utility Concierge (Farmers Branch) Abshire founded Utility Concierge to “help people when they’re moving to a new home make all their selections and connections for all remote services with one simple phone call.” The company connects homebuyers with utilities and other home services.
Worlds (Dallas) CEO Copps leads Worlds, a spatial artificial intelligence firm creating digital models of real-world environments. With three successful exits from startups under his belt, Worlds emerged from stealth in 2020 with $10 million in Series A funding.
“The thing that I’m most proud of is on multiple occasions I’ve created a place where people are really challenged to be the best they can be,” Copps said.
The winners will now be considered by another panel of judges for the Entrepreneur of the Year 2022 National Awards, which includes innovators from more than 60 countries.
Here’s the full list of the program’s 46 finalists from 38 companies that were announced in April.
Quincy Preston contributed to this report.
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