Vienna, VA – May 7, 2010—MicroTech, a leading technology systems integrator, today announced that President & CEO Tony Jimenez is a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2010 Award in the Greater Washington region.  The awards program recognizes entrepreneurs who demonstrate extraordinary success in the areas of innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. Jimenez was selected by a panel of independent judges as a finalist from nearly 100 nominations.  Award winners will be announced at a special gala event June 24, 2010 at the Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner. 

“To anyone who launches and runs a business, being recognized by Ernst & Young as a top entrepreneur is one of the most prestigious awards there is,” Jimenez said. “MicroTech’s success has come from the hard work and dedication of our many employees who have transformed government technology. And that success is leveraged on a daily basis for our customers in the form of industry experience, technical expertise, and effectively meeting their needs.”  

Jimenez has been the recipient of a number of recent business leader awards including Federal Computer Week’s Federal 100 “Top leaders from government, industry and academia who significantly influence how the Federal government buys, uses or manages Information Technology,” the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) “Veteran Champion of the Year,” the Hispanic Committee of Virginia “Hermes Award,” SmartCEO Magazine’s Smart 100 CEOs, the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce “Corporate Business Advocate of the Year,” the Virginia Hispanic Chamber “Entrepreneur of the Year,” and Latinos in Information Sciences and Technology Association (LISTA) “CEO of the Year.”

Regional award winners are eligible for consideration for the Ernst & Young LLP 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 winner, will be announced at the annual awards gala in Palm Springs, California on November 13, 2010.  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.

 

MicroTechnologies LLC, (d.b.a. MicroTech) is a certified and verified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and a certified 8(a) Small Business, and delivers robust process-driven performance for mission success. MicroTech applies its regimented process, enterprise IT experience, and state-of-the-art engineering solutions to integrate different technologies and create proven results that respond to a client’s strategic needs. MicroTech is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Symantec Managed Services Partner, Tandberg Platinum Partner, Autonomy Added Value Reseller, VMware Professional Partner, EMC Velocity Partner, Citrix Silver Solution Advisor, Adobe Solutions Partner, Polycom Premier Partner, Dell Certified Partner, and IBM Business Partner. MicroTech is Hispanic Business Magazine’s 2009 No. 1 Fastest-Growing Hispanic-Owned Business; Washington Technology Magazine’s 2009 No. 1 Information Technology 8(a) Business, CRN Magazine’s 2009 No. 1 Fast Growth “Unified Communications Solutions Specialist,” and on the Deloitte 2009 Tech Fast 500, the No. 1 Communications / Networking Small Business in the Baltimore – Washington DC metro area. ISO 9001:2008, CMMI Maturity Level 2 rated, and ITIL management qualified, MicroTech is headquartered just outside the Nation's Capital in Vienna, Virginia, with key offices in Richmond, Virginia; Greensboro, North Carolina; Huntsville, Alabama; and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

 

Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur Of The Year® is the world’s most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs. 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. Ernst & Young refers to the global organization of member firms of Ernst & Young Global Limited, each of which is a separate legal entity. Ernst & Young LLP is a client-serving member firm of Ernst & Young Global Limited located in the U.S.