PORTLAND, OR--(Marketwired - May 9, 2014) - EY today announced that Luke Kanies, founder and CEO of Puppet Labs, is a finalist for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™ 2014 Award in the Pacific Northwest Region. 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. Award winners will be announced at a special gala event on June 20, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency Bellevue, Bellevue, Washington.
"Our goal at Puppet Labs is to help organizations build adaptive, agile infrastructure so that IT teams can deliver business-changing software faster than ever," said Luke. "I'm privileged to work with such an amazing team whose hard work, dedication and creative thinking have enabled us to consistently exceed the expectations of our customers and deliver on our goal of reducing the cost of technological change."
Puppet Labs is the early pioneer and market leader in IT automation. Its flagship software, Puppet Enterprise, helps automate the configuration and ongoing management of machines and the software running on them, so that organizations can spend less time fighting fires and more time deploying great software. Thousands of companies, such as Bank of America, Red Hat, salesforce.com and Twitter, rely on Puppet Labs software, services and support to effectively manage more than 10 million systems and devices worldwide.
Now in its 28th year, the program has expanded to recognize business leaders in more than 145 cities in more than 60 countries throughout the world. Regional award winners are eligible for consideration for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year National program. Award winners in several national categories, as well as the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year National Overall Award winner, will be announced at the annual awards gala in Palm Springs, California, on November 15, 2014. The awards are the culminating event of the EY Strategic Growth Forum®, the nation's most prestigious gathering of high-growth, market-leading companies.
Sponsors
Founded and produced by EY, the Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards are sponsored in the United States by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and SAP America. In the Pacific Northwest, regional sponsors include Merrill Corporation, Perkins Coie LLC, Scherzer International, The Big Picture Video Film & Arts, Puget Sound Business Journal and Union Bank.
About Puppet Labs
Puppet Labs, Inc. is the leader in IT automation. Puppet Labs software provides system administrators the operational agility, efficiency and insight they need to proactively manage dynamic infrastructure, scaling from tens of servers to thousands, both on-premises and in the cloud. Thousands of the world's leading organizations use Puppet Labs software to configure and manage their IT infrastructure, including Citrix, eBay, NYSE, Cisco WebEx, Salesforce.com, Bank of America and PayPal. Based in Portland, Oregon, Puppet Labs employs more than 290 people. The company is backed by investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Google Ventures, VMware, Cisco, True Ventures, Radar Partners, and Emerson Street Partners. To learn more, please visit PuppetLabs.com.
About EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™
EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™ is the world's most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs. The unique award makes a difference through the way it encourages entrepreneurial activity among those with potential and recognizes the contribution of people who inspire others with their vision, leadership and achievement. As the first and only truly global award of its kind, Entrepreneur Of The Year celebrates those who are building and leading successful, growing and dynamic businesses, recognizing them through regional, national and global awards programs in more than 145 cities in more than 60 countries.
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