Entrepreneur of the Year Awards

Entrepreneur of the Year Awards - Wednesday, October 19th, 2011

The annual Entrepreneur of the Year Awards Evening continued the tradition of honouring the success of Douglas College Self Employment Alumni. More than 400 guests were present at the gala event.

And the winners are...

Overall Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Sponsored by: Coast Capital Savings
Winner: Dr. Cobi Slater of Essential Health Natural Wellness Clinic

Consulting Award
Sponsored by: Business in Vancouver Media Group
Winner: Chris Zhang of Sager Education Inc.

Construction and Manufacturing Award
Sponsored by: The Now Newspaper
Winner: Charles Baverstock of Stonebridge Operations Inc.

Global Award
Sponsored by: Executive Hotels and Resorts
Winner: David Wong of DK Wong and Associates Inc.

High Tech Award
Sponsored by: TouchSquid Technology Inc.
Winner: Fabio Milano of RDS Support Inc.

Home Based Award
Sponsored by: City of Coquitlam
Winner: Pamela Gervacio of Design 2 Print

Perseverance Award
Sponsored by: Alliance Printing
Winner: Judy Hamilton of TerraTap Technologies Inc.

Retail Award
Sponsored by: Staples Business Depot
Winner: Laramie Tan-Amit of Jeepney Mart

Service Award
Sponsored by: City of New Westminster
Winner: Terryl Plotnikoff of Canadian Mattress Recycling Inc.

Youth Award
Sponsored by: Canadian Youth Business Foundation
Winner: Sanjana Khaira of Sanjana Khaira Law Corporation

A big thank you to our sponsors...

Many thanks to our Alumni Sponsors...

Rockingham Engineering

Event Photos:

Rosa Portrait Studio has posted the event photographs to their website. To Save, Email or Print a photo: Right click on the large photo, click on "open image in new window", then right click on this image.

To request photographs in a higher resolution, email Rosa directly at rosa@rosaportraitstudio.com. Please email the 4 digit number, at the bottom left of the screen for any photo that you would like emailed in high resolution. Remember to limit the number, as these are large files to email. For a small fee you can have Rosa burn them all to a dvd for you or print them professionally.

Post-Event Media:

Post-Event Ad (pdf)

Langley Advance (pdf)

Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows Times (pdf)

NEXT Post Event Ad (pdf)

North Shore News (pdf)

The New Canadians Article

The NOW - Burnaby (pdf)
The NOW - Coquitlam (pdf)

The Record - New Westminster (pdf)

The Times - Abbotsford (pdf)

TouchSquid blog

Tri-City News