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ID Analytics' Bruce Hansen, Chairman and CEO, Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2007 Award Winner in San Diego
Award Recognizes Entrepreneurial Excellence in Emerging Category
SAN DIEGO, CA, June 14, 2007—ID Analytics, Inc., the leader in Identity Risk Management, today announced that Bruce Hansen, chairman and CEO, received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2007 Award in the Emerging category in San Diego. According to Ernst & Young, the award recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs who are building and leading dynamic, growing businesses. Hansen was selected by an independent panel of judges and the award was presented at an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year gala event at the Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines on June 12, 2007.
"While I am honored to be recognized by San Diego's business community, it's our team's hard work and dedication that have made this achievement possible," said Bruce Hansen, chairman and chief executive officer at ID Analytics, "This award is just another reflection of our company's accomplishments thus far and our continued success as the most innovative company in our industry."
The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year awards program celebrates its 21st anniversary this year and continues to honor entrepreneurs who have demonstrated excellence in such areas as innovation, financial performance, and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.
"Ernst & Young is honored to recognize extraordinary business leaders, such as Hansen, and the companies they have built," said Niki Krutop, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year program director for San Diego.
As a San Diego award winner, Hansen is now eligible for consideration for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2007 national program. Award winners in several national categories, as well as the overall national Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award winner, will be announced at the annual awards gala in Palm Springs, California on November 17, 2007. The national Entrepreneur Of The Year celebration is part of Ernst & Young's Strategic Growth Forum. The overall national Entrepreneur Of The Year award recipient is then considered for the world event held in Monte Carlo.
Sponsors
Founded and produced by Ernst & Young LLP, the Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards are pleased to have Bank of America as the national presenting sponsor, as well as SAP America and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation as national sponsors. In San Diego, local sponsors include Marsh, Scherzer International, Beyster Institute, SAIC, San Diego Daily Transcript, and Townsend, Inc.
About ID Analytics, Inc.
ID Analytics, Inc., the Identity Risk Management company, owns and operates the ID Network®, the nation's only real-time, cross-industry source for indentity information. ID Analytics' clients, which are also ID Network Members, span the financial services, telecommunications, e-commerce, healthcare, utility, retail, government, and consumer sectors. With an exclusive focus on stopping identity fraud, ID Analytics has built proprietary pattern recognition technology within the ID Network to find suspicious behavior patterns across multiple organizations and industries. As a result, ID Network Members lead their industries in preventing identity fraud, protecting consumers, and improving the consumer experience. ID Analytics is host of Identity 2007, the sixth annual Identity Risk Management conference Sept. 17-20. With headquarters in San Diego, Calif., ID Analytics has offices in the US and UK.
About the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards
The Entrepreneur Of The Year® awards program was created and is produced by professional services firm Ernst & Young LLP. As the first award of its kind, the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs who are building and leading dynamic and growing businesses. The program, which celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2006, honors entrepreneurs through regional, national and global award programs in over 125 cities and 40 countries.
About Ernst & Young
Ernst & Young, a global leader in professional services, is committed to enhancing the public's trust in professional services firms and in the quality of financial reporting. Its 114,000 people in 140 countries pursue the highest levels of integrity, quality, and professionalism in providing a range of sophisticated services centered on our core competencies of auditing, accounting, tax, and transactions. Further information about Ernst & Young and its approach to a variety of business issues can be found at www.ey.com/perspectives. Ernst & Young refers to the global organization of member firms of Ernst & Young Global Limited, a U.K. company limited by guarantee, each of which is a separate legal entity. Ernst & Young Global Limited does not provide services to clients. Ernst & Young LLP is a U.S. client-serving member firm of Ernst & Young Global Limited.
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