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News Release – Innovate E-Commerce Co-Founders Named Finalists in Ernst & Young "Entrepreneur of the Year" Competition PITTSBURGH, PA –The co-founders of business-to-business e-commerce consulting firm Innovate E-Commerce have been named finalists in the Western Pennsylvania 2001 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year® Awards. William Claire, co-founder and CEO, and Karen Puchalsky, co-founder and President, are among the 29 finalists for the award. Winners will be announced Friday, June 29 at an awards banquet at the Westin Convention Center in Pittsburgh. "The Entrepreneur of the Year program recognizes entrepreneurs who have demonstrated excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance, and personal commitment to their businesses and communities," said Jim Williams, managing partner of the Pittsburgh office of Ernst & Young, who announced the finalists. "We are pleased to recognize all of these notable and worthy entrepreneurs." Local award winners become eligible for the National Entrepreneur of the Year award, as well as other national category awards. All National Entrepreneur Of the Year finalists and award winners will be announced in November in Palm Springs, Calif., at the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of the year International Conference. "This award caps a year of growth and solidification for Innovate E-Commerce," said Karen Puchalsky, co-founder and President. "We have strengthened our foothold as specialists in the tough stuff – the most demanding enterprise-wide e-commerce initiatives – and our billings have grown steadily despite turbulence elsewhere in the technology arena. We attribute much of our success to a business model that combines entrepreneurial spirit and vision with solid, tried-and-true business ethics and practices. We are honored to be recognized by Ernst & Young and we salute our fellow entrepreneurs, with whom we share a unique and inspiring bond." About Innovate E-Commerce Consultants in B2B e-commerce, Innovate specializes in the tough stuff – the most demanding enterprise-wide e-commerce initiatives that result in dramatic strategic advantages, typically for manufacturers and e-government sectors. The firm's business solutions include strategic planning, environmental readiness assessments, customer relationship management (CRM), supply-chain management (SCM), knowledge management, business process optimization, outsourcing, payment processing technologies and audit and control technologies. Within the past year, the firm acquired a division of Borden Inc., of Columbus, Ohio, and was named a Pittsburgh Tech 50 award winner for its stellar growth over three years. The company recently launched
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