Next I.T. President and CEO Fred Brown
Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year®
2008 Award Finalist in the Pacific Northwest
Spokane, Wa. (May 14, 2008) Next I.T. Corporation today announced that President and CEO Fred Brown is a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2008 Award in the Pacific Northwest. According to Ernst & Young LLP, the awards program recognizes entrepreneurs who demonstrate extraordinary success in the areas of innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities Brown was selected as a finalist from nearly 60 nominations by a panel of independent judges. Award winners will be announced at a special gala event on June 13, 2008 at the Seattle Sheraton Hotel & Towers.
"I am honored to be considered for this prestigious award among some of the best and brightest in business today," said Brown.
Brown founded Next I.T. Corporation to achieve his vision of personalizing technology. Next I.T.'s ActiveAgent™ technology is changing the way humans interact with technology. Instead of humans adapting to technology, the technology adapts to humans getting smarter over time since it learns through human interaction and training. Using a combination of information retrieval, natural language processing and customer experience technologies, ActiveAgent provides incredible accuracy by understanding user intent and providing tailored responses to each probable situation, differentiating it from all other platforms. ActiveAgent made its national debut in 2006 with SGT STAR on the U.S. Army’s Web site www.goarmy.com and most recently launched Jenn on Alaska Airlines’ www.alaskaair.com site.
The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year awards program celebrates its 22nd anniversary this year. The program has expanded to recognize business leaders in over 135 cities in 50 countries throughout the world.
Regional award recipients are eligible for consideration for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year national program. Award winners in several national categories, as well as the overall national Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award recipient, will be announced at the annual awards gala in Palm Springs, California on November 15, 2008. The awards are the culminating event of the Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum, the nation’s most prestigious gathering of high-growth, market-leading companies.
Sponsors
Founded and produced by Ernst & Young LLP, the Entrepreneur Of The Year awards are pleased to have the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and SAP America as national sponsors.
In the Pacific Northwest, sponsors include Scherzer International, Puget Sound Business Journal, The Big Picture Film and Video Arts, and The Summit Group Communications.
About Next I.T. Corporation
Next I.T. Corporation is an innovator in simplifying the communication between people and computers. The company's core platform, ActiveAgent™, accurately understands and interprets natural language questions and delivers exact results across multiple service channels such as the Web, contact center, intranet, and mobile devices. For more information on Next I.T., please visit www.NextIT.com.
About Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur Of The Year
Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur Of The Year is the world’s most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs. The award makes a difference through the unique way it encourages entrepreneurial activity among those with potential and recognizes the contribution of people who inspire others with their vision, leadership and achievement. As the first and only truly global award of its kind, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year celebrates those who are building and leading successful, growing and dynamic businesses, recognizing them through regional, national and global awards programs in more than 135 cities in 50 countries.
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