Business Leader Media will honor the top entrepreneurs of the region for the 14th consecutive year at the Top 50 Entrepreneurs Awards.

Tracy Myers, owner of Frank Myers Auto Maxx in Winston Salem and one of this years winners, has issued a public  invitation to meet and network with him and the rest of the recipients at a special awards ceremony held on February 24, 2010 at the Bryan Park Conference Center, 6275 Bryan Park Road, Greensboro.  The award ceremony will highlight the achievements of our winners as well as provide significant time for all attendees to network with each other and the winners.  Last year’s event included 500 attendees.

The Keynote Speaker for the event will be Adnan M. Mjalli, Ph. D., President and CEO of TransTech Pharma. Dr. Mjalli is an internationally recognized expert in drug discovery and development of new medicines in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. Dr. Mjalli is the founder, Chairman of the Board, President & CEO of TransTech Pharma, Inc., a clinical-stage drug discovery and development company and currently serves as Chairman of the Board of PharmaCore a drug discovery tool company, having previously been its founder, President and CEO.

Dr. Mjalli obtained his Ph.D. in medicinal chemistry in 1989 from the University of Exeter, UK. His postdoctoral work was carried out at the University of Rochester. Dr. Mjalli has held various positions of increasing responsibility in research and senior management at several pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies including Merck & Co., Inc. and Ontogen Corporation. He is the author of more than 40 scientific papers, four book chapters and an inventor on more than 700 patents and patent applications.

Dr. Mjalli has raised more than $120M for TransTech Pharma and PharmaCore, and more than $200M in revenue for TransTech.  

To register for the event, visit www.BusinessLeader.com/Triad-Top50