Winners were recognized tonight at Portland's downtown Hilton Hotel during the 18th annual awards ceremony, and were selected from finalists in the following categories:
2011 OEN Development Stage Winner and Finalists
Good Clean Love, Wendy Strgar, Founder — Winner
Gamma Therapeutics, David Eastman, CEO — Finalist
No Skinny (Expressive Labels), Chris Teeuwen, CEO — Finalist
2011 OEN Working Capital Winner and Finalists
Elemental Technologies, Sam Blackman, CEO — Winner
Jama Software, Eric Winquist, CEO — Finalist
Pulse Health, Chris Marsh, CEO — Finalist
2011 OEN Growth Stage Winner and Finalists
Avnera, Manpreet Khaira, CEO — Winner
EthicsPoint, Mark Reed, CEO — Finalist
Full Sail Brewing, Irene Firmat, CEO — Finalist
Grape Solar, Inc., Ocean Yuan, CEO — Finalist
2011 OEN Individual Achievement Finalists
Sam Blackman, Elemental Technologies — Winner
Chris Marsh, Pulse Health — Finalist
Robert Judge, Wellpartner — Finalist
2011 OEN Lifetime Achievement Recipient
Gerry Langeler, OVP Venture Partners2
About Oregon Entrepreneurs Network
Founded in 1991, celebrating 20 years of service to entrepreneurs, the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network (OEN) is a 501c3 non-profit corporation and the largest entrepreneur assistance organization in Oregon and Southwest Washington. OEN fosters the flow of entrepreneurial ideas, services, and capital to entrepreneurs and helps connect emerging Northwest businesses to growth-stimulating expertise and valuable resources. OEN is a people-oriented network that helps cultivate, nurture and develop emerging businesses and entrepreneurs. Our network of members and breadth of services, offers business education, access to capital networks, support and contacts who can mentor and nurture startup companies’ growth and development. OEN also helps small and midsized companies develop and implement strategies for community involvement that jointly meet the goals of the company, the passions of the employees and the needs of the community via its program, EFNW. For more information on OEN and its programs visit www.oen.org.
