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Ahura Scientific Founder, Daryoosh Vakhshoori, Named Ernst & Young 2007 Entrepreneur of the Year
Innovative Spirit Drives Rapid Growth; Builds Leadership in Security and Pharmaceutical Industries
Wilmington, MA—June 19, 2007— Ahura Scientific, Inc., a leader in handheld systems for chemical identification, today announced that the company’s founder and president, Dr. Daryoosh Vakhshoori, has been honored with a 2007 Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award by Ernst & Young. Selected from a field of more than 80 nominees, Dr. Vakhshoori was recognized for his entrepreneurial leadership and technological innovation.
Headquartered in Wilmington, MA, Ahura Scientific is a rapidly growing manufacturer of handheld optical systems for chemical identification and authentication. Under the leadership of Dr. Vakhshoori, Ahura Scientific has designed, developed and successfully launched products unlike any in the marketplace, putting the power, reliability and accuracy of large, expensive, lab-based instruments in portable, easy-to-use systems designed for field use. With customers in the homeland security, pharmaceutical, industrial and medical markets, Ahura Scientific’s products—FirstDefender and TruScan—are widely-deployed across the globe.
“This is truly an honor for me. The success of Ahura Scientific is a team effort and I’m proud to be honored as a representative of such an incredible group,” said Dr. Daryoosh Vakhshoori, founder and president of Ahura Scientific, Inc. “To me, entrepreneurial spirit is more than just a good idea; it’s taking the spark of a concept and building the team that will nourish the spark and persevere to bring the concept to life. The Ahura Scientific team exemplifies this spirit of entrepreneurism and I look forward to our continued success.”
Dr. Vakhshoori joins an illustrious list of previous Entrepreneur Of The Year® award recipients including Pierre Omidyar of eBay, Inc.; Sergey Brin and Larry Page of Google, Inc.; and Howard Schultz of Starbucks Corp.
The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® recognizes the leaders and visionaries who are creating and building world-class businesses. Awards are given to entrepreneurs who have demonstrated excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance, and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.
Ahura Scientific has been honored with numerous other prestigious awards including an R&D Magazine R&D 100; the Industrial Design Society of America Award for Excellence in Industrial Design; the SBANE 2007 Innovation Award; and the Frost & Sullivan 2006 Chemical Detection Industry Innovation & Advancement of the Year.
About the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards
The Entrepreneur Of The Yearâ
awards program
was created and is produced by professional services firm Ernst
& Young LLP. As the first award of its kind, the Ernst &
Young Entrepreneur Of The Yearâ
Award recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs who are building and
leading dynamic and growing businesses. The program, which celebrated its 20th
anniversary in 2006, honors entrepreneurs through regional,
national and global award programs in over 125 cities and 40
countries.
About Ahura Scientific, Inc.
Ahura Scientific, Inc. develops rugged, ultra-compact, field-enabled optical systems for the immediate identification and authentication of liquid and solid chemical substances. Customers include the homeland security, life sciences, industrial and medical markets. Manufactured in the USA in an ISO 9001-certified facility, the company's products offer exceptional portability and unparalleled performance.
More information at www.ahurascientific.com.
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