2008 Winners

Innovation of the Year

Darryl Barlett, General Manager
k-Space Associates, Inc.

Main Street USA – Best Small Business

Misty Delegato, Owner
Relevar Home Care, LLC

Government Contracting Award

Matt Davis, President/CEO
Armor Express, Inc.

Young Entrepreneurs of the Year

Rishi Narayan, Owner
Ryan Gregg, Owner
Underground Printing

Small Business Counselor of the Year

James Rowley, Counselor
SBTDC at Delta College

Minority Small Business Champion of the Year

Raymond Lozano, Executive Director
Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Jeffrey Butland Family-Owned Business of the Year

Robert Roth, President/CEO
RoMan Manufacturing, Inc.

Financial Services Champion of the Year

Michael A. Semanco, President/COO
Hennessey Capital, LLC

Small Business Person of the Year

Stephen A. Lowisz, President/CEO
Qualigence, Inc.

SBTDC Service Excellence & Innovation Center Award

SBTDC Region 5
SBTDC at Delta College

Michigan 50 Companies to Watch Winners

Accuri Cytometers Inc.
Adams Building Contractors Inc.
Alliance Technology Solutions LLC
Allis Information Management Inc.
Altus Systems Inc.
Amherst Partners LLC
Ash Stevens Inc.
BaabaaZuzu
Baseline Tennis
Certified Restoration Drycleaning Network (CRDN)
Compendia Bioscience
D&D Logistics LLC
Dexter Research Center Inc.
Emcor Inc.
Encore Automation LLC
Extreme Tool and Engineering Inc.
Falcon Road Maintenance Equipment Inc.
Food For Thought Inc.
Grand Traverse Pie Co.
Halo Group LLC
Icon Creative Technologies Group
iDashboards
ImageSoft Inc.
Jacobsen/Daniels Associates LLC
JB Cutting Inc.
K & F Electronics Inc.
K-Space Associates Inc.
LLamasoft Inc.
MachineTools.com
Mavcon Inc.
MIST Innovations Inc.
Modern Fire & Security Systems Inc.
Molecular Imaging Research Inc.
Motawi Tileworks Inc.
New-Tech, a division of Zeigler Enterprises Inc.
Omni Tech International Ltd.
Patriot Services Corporation
PMV Technologies LLC
Portable Church Industries Inc.
Pro Services Inc.
ProNAi Therapeutics Inc.
RTI Laboratories Inc.
Secure-24 Inc.
StelterPartners LLC
Teoma Systems Inc.
The DECC Co. Inc.
TreeHouse Toys & Books Inc.
Trubiquity
Workforce Strategies Inc.
Zoup! Fresh Soup Co. LLC