Date: April 29, 2009

w3r Consulting' Keith Echols Selected as a finalist for the 2009 Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Award

DETROIT – Keith Echols, Executive Vice President of w3r Consulting, was selected as a finalist for this year's Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Award.  Mr. Echols indicated that “It is a tremendous honor to be nominated and associated with other leading entrepreneurs from this region.”  The finalist will be named at a  black tie awards banquet on June 11, 2009.        

Mr. Echols brings close to two decades of experience in the successful delivery of services in  the information technology industry.  Mr. Echols united with w3r in 1998, from the Microsoft Corporation three years after the organizations founding  to provide greater technical depth.   Mr. Echols’ primary responsibility at w3r Consulting  is on strategy, fulfillment, solution development and quality of service.

w3r Consulting has been a privately held Technology consulting firm for 14 years.  Combining many years of diverse industry experience and exposure, w3r Consulting views each of their customers individually, tackling challenges and recommending solutions that meet both their current and future needs for both infrastructure and integration services and support.  w3r Consulting is a respected member of the Michigan Minority Business Development Council (MMBDC), the Chicago Minority Development Council (CMBC), the South Central Ohio Minority Business Council (SCOMBC), the New York & New Jersey Minority Supplier Development Council (NYNJMSDC) ) and the Minority Supplier Development Council of PA-NJ-DE (MSDC).