Titan Worldwide

Titan Worldwide’s President and CEO, Donald Allman, Named Ernst & Young Metro New York Entrepreneur Of The Year 2008 Award Winner

Award Recognizes Entrepreneurial Excellence in Media Category

NEW YORK and DARIEN, Conn., June 30, 2008 – Ernst & Young has awarded Don Allman, President and CEO of Titan Worldwide, the Metro New York Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2008 Award in the media category.

According to Ernst & Young LLP, the award recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs who are building and leading dynamic, growing businesses.  Mr. Allman was selected by an independent panel of judges, and the award was presented at a gala event at the Marriott Marquis, Times Square, New York on Thursday June 26.  

Mr. Allman’s career in the advertising industry spans nearly 30 years.  His dynamic vision and passion for advertising, together with a talented team of advertising and sales professionals, has helped Don build Titan to become the fastest growing Out-of-Home advertising company in the U.S.  Since June 2004, Titan has won 13 major-market public Transit Authority advertising contracts in the U.S. Titan’s global footprint also reaches Canada, Ireland and the U.K.

“Being recognized for this prestigious award is very humbling, and I thank everyone at Ernst and Young for this honor,” said Mr. Allman.  “In 2002, our Chairman, Bill Apfelbaum and I set out to grow Titan Worldwide into a significant media force. Since then, we have had the honor of working with an incredible team of professionals to make Titan the leader in Out-of-Home advertising. This award would not be possible without their contributions.”

The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year awards celebrate their 22nd anniversary this year.  The program honors entrepreneurs who have demonstrated exceptionality in such areas as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. 

“Ernst & Young is pleased to honor outstanding business leaders” said Joseph Capparelli, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Program Director for Metro New York”.  “Winners of the Entrepreneur Of The Year award build leading businesses and contribute a great deal to the communities around them.  Their success helps our area grow stronger.”

As a Metro New York award winner, Mr. Allman is now eligible for consideration for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2008 national program.  Award winners in several national categories, as well as the overall national Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award winner, will be announced at the annual awards gala in Palm Springs, California on November 15, 2008.  The awards are the culminating event of the Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum, the nation’s most prestigious gathering of high-growth, market-leading companies.

Sponsors
Founded and produced by Ernst & Young LLP, the Entrepreneur Of The Year awards are pleased to have the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and SAP America as national sponsors. In the Metro New York Area, local sponsors include Platinum Sponsors HSBC, Marsh and Russell Reynolds Associates; Gold Sponsors Curran & Connors and Scherzer International and Silver Sponsors Bowne, WilmerHale and Withum Smith + Brown.

About Titan Worldwide
Founded in 2001 by advertising industry veterans William Apfelbaum, Chairman, and Donald Allman, CEO, Titan Worldwide is a full service, global media company specializing in Out-of-Home advertising

Titan Worldwide provides sales, marketing, creative, research and maintenance of advertising on bus, rail, bulletins, roadside billboards, telephone kiosks, experiential opportunities, street banners, shopping malls, supermarkets and trestles. It also leads the way in the development and successful introduction of market leading digital platforms. Titan Worldwide furnishes global, national and local clients with creative media solutions in the world's top markets including the United States (New York, New Jersey, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Seattle and Minneapolis/St. Paul), Canada, The Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom.

About the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards
Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur Of The Year is the world’s most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs. The award makes a difference through the unique way it encourages entrepreneurial activity among those with potential and recognizes the contribution of people who inspire others with their vision, leadership and achievement. As the first and only truly global award of its kind, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year celebrates those who are building and leading successful, growing and dynamic businesses, recognizing them through regional, national and global awards programs in more than 135 cities in 50 countries.

About Ernst & Young
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