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CORP! Magazine Announces 2008 Entrepreneurs of Distinction and Customer Service Heroes

Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:30am EDT
CORP! Magazine Announces 2008 Entrepreneurs of Distinction and Customer
Service Heroes
Honorees to be Recognized at Aug. 26 Event and in Next Issue

WARREN, Mich., July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Corp! magazine will feature two
groups of notable business professionals in the July/August 2008 issue of the
Michigan publication, profiling Entrepreneurs of Distinction and Customer
Service Heroes.
    Each Entrepreneur of Distinction demonstrated impressive business
activities, major accomplishments, special skills and innovative approaches.
The Entrepreneur of Distinction Awards was sponsored by Comcast Business
Class. Honorees included:
    -- Ren Carlton, DAS Professional Services in Troy
    -- Daniel Cobb, Daniel Brian & Associates, in Rochester
    -- Donald Coleman, GlobalHue in Southfield
    -- David Dorner, DornerWorks, Ltd. in Grand Rapids
    -- David Farber, Detroit Popcorn Factory, in Redford Township
    -- Mindi Fynke, EHIM, Inc. in Southfield
    -- Barbara Hendrickson, Design Incentives, in Livonia
    -- Steve Kopitz, Summit Sports, Inc. in Bloomfield Hills
    -- Mark Manquen, Cornerstone Group in Troy
    -- Matthew Mosher, Mosher & Associates in Birmingham
    -- Kevin Phillips, LTI Information Technology in Ann Arbor
    -- Madhava Reddy, HTC Global Services, Inc.  in Troy
    -- Kevin Schnieders, Educational Data Systems, Inc. in Dearborn
    -- Ron Shahani, Acro Service Corp. in Livonia
    -- Rupesh Srivastava, Youngsoft, Inc. in Wixom
    -- Carla Walker-Miller, Walker-Miller Energy Services, LLC in Detroit
    -- Lisa Wehr, Oneupweb in Traverse City
    -- Leon Yulkowski, Total Door in Pontiac


    Customer Service Heroes were selected based on their proven dedication to
service and personal accounts from their customers. The 2008 Customer Heroes
were:
    -- Andrew Androff, Professional Movers Incorporated in Walled Lake
    -- Cornelius Chatman, ECS Partnership McDonald's in Detroit
    -- Tonya Counts, NLM in Detroit
    -- Paul DePasquale, Image One Computer Services in Oak Park
    -- Lee Dispenza, Blockbuster, Inc. in Oakland Township
    -- Angela Dortch, Detroit Door & Hardware Company in Madison Heights
    -- Pam Ervin, Michigan First Credit Union in Lathrup Village
    -- Kim Kramer, Mulligan Home Improvement in Farmington
    -- Linda LoCicero, StaffPro America, Incorporated in Southfield
    -- Jeanette Nowacki, Hagerty Insurance Agency in Traverse City
    -- Theresa Rigato, Clarkston State Bank
    -- Bobbie Yerebeck, Citizens Bank in Flint


    The Entrepreneurs of Distinction and Customer Service Heroes will be
honored at a breakfast celebration on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008 at the MSU
Management Education Center in Troy from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m.
    Tickets for the event are $25 each or tables of eight for $175. Exhibit
booths are available for $100 and include two breakfast tickets. The event
features breakfast, networking, exhibit booths and awards presentation. For
information, tickets and sponsorship opportunities, visit
http://corpmagazine.com or call 586-393-8815.
    The mission of Corp! magazine, founded in 1998, is to inform, intrigue and
entertain business owners and top level executives by providing business
features, news and profiles with a Michigan emphasis.
SOURCE  Corp! magazine

Jennifer Kluge or Ed Deeb, +1-586-393-8815, Sue Voyles, +1-734-667-2005, all
for Corp! magazine



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