INDIAN
AMERICAN IS 'SMALL BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR'
Indo-Asian News Service (29 April 2007)
New
York, USA: Indian American businessman Jay Reddy has received the
State Small Business Person of the Year award in this year's Small
Business Administration's (SBA) nationwide search. Virginia-based
Reddy, Chairman and CEO of ProLogic, Inc., received the award April
24 at a glittering ceremony held in Washington. Reddy got the award
for West Virginia. Reddy, born in south India, attended Virginia
Tech, and earned a master's degree from West Virginia University.
He has been residing in the US state for 16 years.
Reddy
formed ProLogic, an IT firm, in 1995 and steadily built it into
a successful business, providing quality software development, IT
products and systems integration and engineering. With SBA's help,
Reddy won several federal contracts leading to a 400 percent increase
in employment and a 600 percent rise in revenues in the last four
years, according to SBA. ProLogic's total revenue is over $25 million.
"This
is the first time a West Virginia company has made it to the list,
which reflects positively on the leadership at ProLogic and also
on West Virginia and the technology corridor as a whole," said
Judy McCauley, district director of SBA's West Virginia office.
Reddy
said: "From simple beginnings and a dream to become a successful
business, ProLogic has become home to over 230 skilled and valuable
employees. This recognition is a validation of the hard work and
effort our employees have put forth, not just in 2004 but over the
10-year history of the company."
The
event was attended by Senator John Kerry, chairman, US Senate Committee
on Small Business and Entrepreneurship and Matt Kistler, senior
vice president, marketing, research and insights, Sam's Club.
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