It’s one of the most coveted honors in business: EY announced Monday the 2022 finalists for New Jersey for its Entrepreneur of the Year honor.

The finalists were selected by a panel of independent judges based on their demonstration of long-term value through entrepreneurial spirit, purpose, growth and impact, among other core contributions and attributes.

Regional award winners will be announced in June.

With that, a look at the list:

• Manish Krishnan, CEO, Advanced Technology Consulting Service, Montvale;
• Gillian Bleimann and Kim Bleimann, CEO and chairman, Berje Inc., Carteret;
• Thomas Jacob, CEO, Blue Sea Products LLC, Perth Amboy;
• Steve Kohn, president, Broadway Industries, Monroe Township;
• Emre Imamoglu, CEO, Cibo Vita, Totowa;
• Bob Janacek, CEO, DataMotion, Morristown;
• Alexander Duran, CEO, Duran Entities (restaurants), northern New Jersey;
• Joe Mastrangelo, CEO, Eos Energy Enterprises, Edison;
• Dylan Runne, CEO, Fenom Digital, Red Bank;
• Patrick Ryan, CEO, First Bank, Trenton;
• Dhana Kumarasamy, CEO, Fulcrum Digital, Jersey City;
• Kenneth Pasternak, chairman/CEO, KABR Group, Ridgefield Park;
• Arnold Kamler, chairman/CEO, Kent International Inc., Parsippany;
• Michael Schabel, CEO, Kiswe, New Providence;
• Danai Brooks, CEO, Komline-Sanderson Corp., Peapack;
• Adriana Carrig, CEO, Little Words Project, Caldwell;
• Robert Rapuano, CEO, Ned Stevens, Fairfield;
• Ronak Shah, CEO, Obvi, Kearny;
• Raj Patil, CEO, Orion Innovation, Edison;
• Samuel Gutmann, CEO, OwnBackup, Englewood;
• Bharat Rana, CEO, ProSmile, Toms River;
• Adela Sering, CEO, Seven Seven Softwares Inc., Rockaway;
• Vishal Patel, CEO, Shrinaji LLC, New Brunswick;
• Srinivas Penumella, CEO, Spruce Technology Inc., Clifton;
• J. Fonseca, CEO, Fonseca Group, New Brunswick;
• John Beacham, CEO, Toorak Capital Partners, Summit.

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