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ONPATH Technologies announced that CEO Brian McCann is an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2011 Greater Philadelphia Award finalist. According to Ernst & Young LLP, the awards program recognizes entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance, and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. McCann was selected as a finalist by a panel of independent judges. Award winners will be announced at a special gala event on 15 June, 2011, at the Loews Hotel, Philadelphia.

"ONPATH is a company built on the principals of Growth, Innovation, and TEAMwork," said Brian McCann, CEO of ONPATH. "These ideals have helped to fuel our success as an exciting organization delivering scalable connectivity and monitoring solutions that customers are using to solve significant challenges in the areas of Test Automation, Network Monitoring, Cyber Security and Cloud Networking. The innovation our Team creates is what is driving our customer satisfaction and business growth. As an entrepreneur and our leader, I am excited to accept this recognition as an accomplishment of our amazing TEAM at ONPATH."

The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Program celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. The program has expanded to recognize business leaders in more than 140 cities and more than 50 countries throughout the world.

Regional award winners are eligible for consideration for the Entrepreneur Of The Year National Award. Award winners in several national categories, as well as the Entrepreneur Of The Year overall National Award winner, will be announced at the annual awards gala in Palm Springs, California, on November 12, 2011. 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, which will be held November 9–13, 2011.

Sponsors

Founded and produced by Ernst & Young LLP, the Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards are pleased to have the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation as a national sponsor.

In Greater Philadelphia, local sponsors include SAP; ParenteBeard LLC; Sovereign Santander; Ballard Spahr LLP; Morgan Lewis; Pepper Hamilton LLP; Jefferson Wells International; Murray, Devine & Company; NSM Insurance Group; SolomonEdwardsGroup LLC; Merrill; and Philadelphia Business Journal.