Entrepreneurs from Bellevue to Bend have been honored as finalists in the latest EY Entrepreneur of the Year competition for the Pacific Northwest.
The list of 21 finalists was released by EY (formerly known as Ernst & Young), which founded the awards program and has held it for 29 years. The Pacific Northwest entrepreneurs were selected by a panel of independent judges, based on what EY describes as “excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.”
Winners will be announced at an event at the Seattle Sheraton on June 5. The regional competition is followed by a U.S. and then World Entrepreneur of the Year contest.
The 2015 Pacific Northwest finalists:
Avalara, Inc. | Scott McFarlane, Co-Founder & CEO | Bainbridge Island, WA
Avvo | Mark Britton, Founder & CEO | Seattle, WA
barre3 | Sadie Lincoln, Founder & Owner | Portland, OR
Blink UX | Karen Clark Cole, CEO | Seattle, WA
Context Relevant | Stephen Purpura, Founder & CEO | Seattle, WA
Dave’s Killer Bread | John Tucker, CEO | Milwaukie, OR
DiscoverOrg | Henry Schuck, CEO | Vancouver, WA
EagleView Technologies | Chris Barrow, President & CEO | Bothell, WA
ExtraHop Networks | Jesse Rothstein, Co-Founder & CEO; Raja Mukerji, Co-Founder & President | Seattle, WA
Hydro Flask | Scott Allan, President & CEO | Bend, OR
Life Flight Network | Michael Griffiths, CEO | Aurora, OR
Limeade | Henry Albrecht, CEO | Bellevue, WA
Picmonkey.com | Jonathan Sposato, CEO | Seattle, WA
PitchBook | John Gabbert, Founder & CEO | Seattle, WA
SET Creative | Sabina Teshler, Owner & CEO | Portland, OR
SmartRG | Jeff McInnis, President & CEO | Vancouver, WA
Smartsheet | Mark Mader, President & CEO | Bellevue, WA
Treehouse | Ryan Carson, Co-Founder & CEO | Portland, OR
Trupanion | Darryl Rawlings, CEO | Seattle, WA
TUNE | Lucas Brown, Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer; Lee Brown, Co-Founder & Chief Architect | Seattle, WA
ZoomCare | Dave Sanders, M.D., CEO | Hillsboro, OR
[Editor’s Note: EY is a GeekWire sponsor. GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop is one of the judges for this year’s Pacific Northwest Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. PicMonkey CEO Jonathan Sposato is GeekWire’s chairman.]