The Ottawa Business Journal revealed on Wednesday this year's winners of

the Forty Under 40 award, chosen by an independent panel for their commitment to

professional excellence and contributions to the community.

The 40 executives and entrepreneurs will be honoured at a gala dinner at the

Ottawa Congress Centre on April 30, from 6 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. They will also be

profiled in a special edition of the OBJ to be published on April 30.

"The Ottawa Business Journal is pleased to continue the tradition of honouring 40

individuals who have achieved notable success and demonstrated strong

leadership. This year's winners are among our community's elite and we are

pleased we could recognize their achievements," said Mark Sutcliffe, president and

publisher of the OBJ.

The winners are: Eugen Bacic (Texar Corp.), Ronald Blair (Dragonwave Inc.), John

Borsten (Empire Grill/ Zak's Diner), Stephen J. Bruder (Time iCR, Time Cellular),

Tom Bursey (Alan Davis Executive Search), Patrick Coady (KPMG LLP), David

Coomber (Tropic Networks Inc.), Sean Costello (Online Technical Solutions),

Cynthia Elderkin (Gowlings), Hugh Gorman (Oxford Properties Group Inc.), Mikael

Grave (Webmotion Inc.), James K. Harmon (Ray & Berndtson/Robertson

Surrette),

Doug Hyde (Crossdraw Inc.), Marc Lafontaine (Sportable), Paul R. Laham

(Northern Micro Inc.), John C. Leroux (John Leroux's World KarateFIT Centre), Paul

Loucks (Halogen Software), Peter Low (StartingStartups LP), Luc Lussier (Lumic

Electronics), Darin McCorriston (Thunderbird Sports Management), Gordon

McMillan (McMillan), Joy Noonan (Heenan Blaikie), Nancy J. Rector (Deloitte

&

Touche, LLP), Chantal M. Richer (Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall),

Debi

Rosati

(Celtic House International), Nathan Rudyk (InterNetivity, Inc.), Ken Schultz

(SiberCore Technologies), Randi Shinder (Youtopia.com Inc.), Jim Skippen

(Mosaid Technologies Inc.), Sam Spataro (TechStar Telecom), Susan St. Amand

(Sirius Financial Services), Daniel Trepanier (Quake Technologies Inc.), Eli Turk

(Alcatel), Marcus Van der Pas (Tulips and Maple Inc.), Brad Wallace (IMS Inc.),

Michael Weider (Watchfire Corp.), Dan Wilton (Magma Communications), Bruce

Wolfgram (J.J. Barnicke Ltd.), Randy Woods (Buystream Inc.), Paul Yuck (Priority

Management).