BizTimes Media announced its annual IQ and Bravo! Entrepreneur awards last week, which recognized several Milwaukee area financial services firms.
The IQ Awards honor southeastern Wisconsin companies that are generating innovative products, services or processes. BizTimes will present IQ awards to Brookfield-based Fiserv Inc. and Oak Creek-based GetMOR Enterprises LLC for their financial product innovations.
Other companies winning IQ awards include Advanced Waste Services Inc., Bruno Independent Living Aids Inc., My Health Direct Inc., Racine Federated Inc., Strattec Security Corp., TherapEase Cuisine Inc., Uihlein Electric Company Inc., and Vibrant Graphics.
The Bravo! Entrepreneur Awards honor southeastern Wisconsin business leaders who are boldly leading their companies with vision and innovation. This year, the event will include David Spano, founder and president of Brookfield-based Annex Wealth Management LLC.
Other recipients of the Bravo! Entrepreneur Award this year include Jim Lindenberg, former owner of World Class Wire & Cable and current owner of the Milwaukee Wave; Manuel Perez, president and co-owner of Milwaukee-based JNA Staffing; Tom Savio, owner of New Berlin-based Caliendo-Savio Enterprises Inc.; Tim Omer, president of Richfield-based DCI Cheese Company; Robert Gross, president and CEO of Brookfield-based Gross Automation; Jane Cooper, founder, president and CEO of Milwaukee-based Patient Care; Harris Turer, owner of the Milwaukee Admirals Hockey Club; Susan Haise, owner of Milwaukee-based Neroli Salon & Spa; Norm Yerke, owner of Waukesha-based New Life Ventures LLC.; Norine Carlson-Weber, founder of Milwaukee-based Alpha Source Inc.; Steven Marcus, chairman of The Marcus Corp., was previously announced as the recipient of the 2010 Bravo! Entrepreneur Lifetime Achievement Award.
The awards will be presented at a luncheon on Thursday, April 29, at the sixth annual BizTech Conference & Expo to be held at Wisconsin State Fair Park.
The BizTimes awards program will feature opening remarks by Wisconsin Secretary of Commerce Richard Leinenkugel, and a speech about the importance of developing and nurturing a corporate culture of innovation by Fiserv Inc. CEO Jeff Yabuki. The program will conclude with Marcus receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award.
To register to attend the awards luncheon, visit www.biztimes.com/bravo.
The BizTech Conference & Expo is the largest business-to-business conference in the state. For additional information, visit www.biztimes.com/expo.
