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Erin Murphy
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September 4, 2007
Chamber Announces Winners of 2007 ‘Small Business Of The Year’ Awards
CHAMBER ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF 2007 ‘SMALL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR’ AWARDS
Cafco Construction Management Inc., The Piantedosi Baking Company, and
Dr. Ian Lane
Davis
to be honored at October 18 Luncheon
Boston
,
Mass.
(2007) – The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce today announced the winners of its 2007 Small Business of the Year (SBOY) Awards. Cafco Construction Management Inc. was named the ‘Small Business of the Year.’ The Piantedosi Baking Company will receive the ‘Business Excellence Award’ and Dr. Ian Lane Davis, CEO & Founder of Mad Doc Software, LLC, will be honored with the first-ever ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ award.
This year’s SBOY Awards Luncheon will be held at the Sheraton Boston on October 18, 2007 at 12 p.m. Sue Morelli, President & CEO of Au Bon Pain, will be the event’s featured speaker, and Anthony Silva of WBZ-AM 1030 will be the Master of Ceremonies.
Now in its 23rd year, the Chamber’s SBOY Awards recognize the entrepreneurial achievements of Greater Boston’s smaller for-profit companies who have gross revenues over $1 million and display strong financial performance, achievement in management, workplace excellence, product innovation, and community and social responsibility.
“This year’s recipients are an excellent representation of how the
Massachusetts
small business community thrives on innovation and technology, but still maintains a culture of tradition,” said Paul Guzzi, President & CEO of the Chamber. “Each company harbors a strong commitment to delivering quality products and services in their respective industries and we look forward to honoring them on October 18.”
This year’s Small Business of the Year, Cafco Construction Company Inc., is a Boston-based construction management and general contracting firm specializing in a variety of development ventures. For nearly 20 years Cafco has built a solid reputation in the construction industry with a unique customer-driven approach and has been trusted with the construction needs of the best and brightest of
New England
.
Receiving this year’s Award for Business Excellence is The Piantedosi Baking Company, a third generation family-owned business. A turn-of-the-century horse and buggy distributor turned national commercial bread operation, Piantedosi offers its customers big company capabilities with small company attention. The company operates with the goal of being the premier bread-baker of the
U.S.
and employs more than 200 people from 19 different countries.
Dr. Ian Lane
Davis
, CEO & Founder of Mad Doc Software, LLC, will be honored with the first-ever Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Dr. Davis is widely acknowledged as one of the top artificial intelligence experts in the video game industry and has consulted some of the world’s leading game developers, including Microsoft Game Studios, Disney Interactive, and Universal Games. He founded Mad Doc in 1999, and the company is now responsible for more than 10 million units in the game
market worldwide.
Winners were selected from a large pool of qualified applicants that was first narrowed down to nine semi-finalists, from which a group of finalists was selected. The SBOY selection committee made site visits to the finalists to gain first-hand knowledge of their operations. Previous winners of the SBOY Awards include Stacy’s Pita Chip Company, Finagle a Bagel, Boston Duck Tours, Gentle Giant Moving Company, Nantucket Nectars, and
J.P. Licks.
The Greater Boston Chamber is a broad-based association representing more than 1,700 businesses of all sizes from virtually every industry and profession in our region. At the crossroads of business and government, Chamber members work together to ensure the long-term advancement of Greater Boston as one of the world’s great metropolitan regions.