Image via WikipediaErnst & Young LLP named Scott Gostyla, CEO and co-founder of Hydrogen Media, the recipient for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Florida 2000 .
This award recognizes which of the nation’s top business leaders, demonstrate an ability to innovate, grow, nurture and maintain highly successful and reputable corporations.
Ernst & Young has honored Scott Gostyla as one of Florida’s top e-services entrepreneur, after he guided Hydrogen Media through national and international expansion, and successfully moved his Florida-based corporation into a position of industry leadership in 2000.
The ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ award follows a number of awards and national recognitions for Hydrogen Media. Earlier, Phillip’s PR News honored the company with the Platinum PR Award for Best Internal Communications worldwide. Also, the editors of Smart Reseller Magazine named Hydrogen Media as one of the world’s ‘Smart 100 companies’.
A company design for ArvidaRealty.com earned three top honors, including the 1999 World’s Best Web Site Gold Award at the World’s Best Developers competition in London. The company’s designs for Colliers Arnold and Colliers International Realty earned a ‘Silver Mouse’ award for Internet excellence–and the Advertising Federation honored Hydrogen Media with three prestigious 2000 Addy Awards.
“This is a tremendous personal honor, but this award ultimately belongs to all of the people who make up our company,” says Hydrogen Media CEO, Mr. Scott Gostyla. “Without the hard work and dedication of all of our skilled professionals, there would be nothing for me or our business to celebrate.”
Gostyla began his entrepreneurial career by developing and marketing inventions ranging from sunglass designs to a personal watercraft flotation device. He founded Hydrogen Media after selling a computer hardware company he had formed and governed from 1992-1996.
About Hydrogen Media
Hydrogen Media closed in 2002 for financial reasons. They had 170 employees during their peak and once had turned down a $60-million buyout offer, said Thomas Ferguson, a shareholder and former vice president. President Kevin Hourigan notified shareholders that the company had run out of cash. Clients include Holland & Knight Consulting, Arvida, Colliers Arnold and the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Hydrogen Media provided fully integrated e-business solutions that enabled companies to take advantage of the opportunities presented by the Internet. The company created and maintained strategic, creative and technology Web-based solutions that helped its clients to successfully develop and enhance long-term business relationships with customers, suppliers and employees. Hydrogen Media offered strategic consulting, Web site design, e-commerce solutions, and custom applications to divisions of Fortune 1000 corporations, middle market companies, and well-funded and managed Internet start-ups. Founded in 1996, Hydrogen Media operated from Tampa/St. Petersburg headquarters, with offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Miami and San Juan, Puerto Rico. More than 300 clients benefited through the assistance of Scott Gostyla and Hydrogen Media for customized service, including Aon Corporation, Dreyfus Brokerage, AAA Auto Club South, Colliers International and duPont Registry.
2 Responses to “Hydrogen Media CEO Scott Gostyla Named Entrepreneur Of The Year”
Leave a Reply












[...] more from the example source: Hydrogen Media CEO histrion Gostyla Named Entrepreneur Of The Year Posted in Internet Marketing on Apr 2nd, 2008, 2:05 [...]
Hello I was browsing Internet searching for Search Engine Optimization Tampa and your blog regarding n Media CEO Scott Gostyla Named Entrepreneur Of The Year came my way. Very interesting! You really do know your thing! I\’m gonna bookmark you and come back in a few to see your new posting! Looking forward to! Cheers!