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Business Champions 2014
Company Business Description
Local
employees 2014 Senior Executive Year Founded Nominator (or self)
ACT Group
20 Commerce Drive
Cromwell, CT 06416
860-632-9294; www.goactgroup.com
Provider of customizable document
solutions
33
Cindi Gondek
Principal and CFO
1974 Self
Advanced Technology Consulting
36 Judge Lane
South Windsor, CT 06074
860-432-3200; www.4atc.com
Independent telecom agency and
consulting firm
4
Darren DeMartino
Co-Founder and Managing
Partner
1999 Self
All-Star Driver
395 West Avon Road
Avon, CT 06001
860-631-4280; www.all-stardriver.com
Family owned drivers education company 5
Brandon Dufour
General Manager
2009 Self
Amenta Emma Architects
242 Trumbull Street, Suite 201
Hartford, CT 06103
860-549-4725; www.amentaemma.com
Full-services architectural design firm 27
Anthony Amenta
Founding Principal
1985 Self
AmRide, LLC
1880 Silas Deane Highway, Suite #205
Rocky Hill, CT 06067
855-426-7433; www.amride.com
Personal driver service 15
Rene Rodriguez
President
2011 Self
Andrea Obston Marketing Communications, LLC
3 Regency Drive, Suite 202
Bloomfield, CT 06002
860-803-1155; www.aomc.com
Public relations firm 7
Andrea Obston
President
1982
reSET-Social
Enterprise Trust
BETA Group, Inc.
1010 Wethersfield Avenue, Suite 305
Hartford, CT 06114
860-513-1503; www.beta-inc.com
Employee-owned engineering and
construction services firm
17
Najib O. Habesch
Senior Vice President
1982 Self
BL Companies
355 Research Parkway
Meriden, CT 06450
203-630-1406; www.blcompanies.com
Employee-owned engineering firm 150
Carolyn N. Stanworth
President & CEO
1986 r kids, Inc.
Cabrera Services Inc.
473 Silver Lane
East Hartford, CT 06118
860-569-0095; www.cabreraservices.com
Radiological science, engineering, and
remediation company
12
Lorenzo Cabrera
Chairman of the Board
1994 Grant Thornton, LLP
CareCentrix
20 Church Street
Hartford, CT 06103
860-466-7800; www.carecentrix.com
Home health benefit management provider 350
John Driscoll
CEO
1996 Self
Clarus Marketing Group
100 Rosscommon Drive
Middletown, CT 06457
860-358-9198; www.clarusmarketing.com
Internet marketing services company 53
Tom Caporaso
CEO
2001 Self
Connecticut Wealth Management, LLC
30 Waterside Drive, Suite 100
Farmington, CT 06032
860-470-0290; www.ctwealthmgmt.com
Financial planning and investment advisory
firm
13
Kevin C. Leahy
President & CEO
2010 Self
Conning & Company
One Financial Plaza
Hartford, CT 06103
860-299-2201; www.conning.com
Asset management & risk management
provider
225
Woody E. Bradford, CFA
President & CEO
1912
United Way of Central
and Northeastern
Connecticut
CyVek, Inc.
2 Barnes Industrial Road, South
Wallingford, Ct 06492-2432
203-679-0395, ext. 16; www.cyvek.com
Private biotech company 26
Per Hellsund
CEO & President
2010 Connecticut Innovations
E.A. Quinn Landscape Contracting Inc.
109 Commerce Street
Glastonbury, CT 06033
860-633-0115; www.eaquinn.com
Landscaping services company 48
Ed Quinn
Founder & CEO
1984 Self
EasySeat Tickets
140 Whiting Street, Suite 1C
Plainville, CT 06062
860-357-5715; www.easyseat.com
Online ticket brokerage company 12
David Evans
CEO & President
2005
Whiting Property
Management, LLC
ebm-papst Inc.
100 Hyde Road
Farmington, CT 06032
860-674-1515; www.ebmpapst.com
Manufacturer of fans, motors and air
technology.
300
Bob Sobolewski
President & CEO
1963 The Pita Group
Energy Efficiencies Solutions
398 Palisado Avenue
Windsor, CT 06095
860-580-9076; www.eesgogreen.com
Full service energy conservation company 25
Leticia Colon de Mejias
CEO
2010 Self
Ethos Wealth Management
423 Main Street, Unit 105
Hartford, CT 06103
860-216-3948; www.ethoswealthmgmt.com
Independently owned and operating wealth
management firm
1
Nicholas Kolitsidas
Managing Director
2011 Montanez Consulting
Private companies nominated for 2014 Business Champions awards
(Nominees listed in alphabetical order)
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