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Intertech Flooring’s Bill Imhoff Receives E&Y Entrepreneur of Year Award for Community Impact

Sylvia and Bill Imhoff

(June 4, 2007 - AUSTIN, Texas) - Bill Imhoff, president and CEO of full-service commercial flooring company Intertech Flooring, has been awarded the 2007 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Community Impact in the Austin Region.  

According to Ernst & Young, the awards program was designed to recognize outstanding entrepreneurs on a regional, national and global level who are building and leading dynamic, growing businesses. This is the first time Ernst & Young has recognized an individual for the Community Impact award.

An independent panel of judges selected Imhoff for the Community Impact Award in recognition of his career-long commitment to workforce development. In 1991, Imhoff established Intertech Flooring's Apprenticeship Program for Certified Flooring Mechanics. It is the only one of its kind in the floor covering industry nationwide that can assist young workers in getting a college education and creating the foundation for a lifelong career. In 2003, Imhoff secured the program’s selection as the core curriculum for an Austin Community College two-year associate degree program, a first in the flooring industry. In San Antonio, it is administered through Saint Phillips College.

“When we set up our training program 16 years ago, it was an attempt to be able to keep up with the demands of our great customers,” Imhoff said. “What in fact we found was that the investment in our people created a culture of excellence in our firm that is the essence of who we are today.

Back Row, from left to right: Bill Embrey, Jon Barton, Grant Imhoff, Carl Schneider,
Mark Jones, Tom Brennan, Terry Bessire. Front Row, from left to right: Bill Imhoff
and Dixon Matlock.

“Workforce development works. I believe in it, and know it pays big dividends,” said Imhoff, who also chairs the 27-member board of directors of WorkSource, – the Greater Austin Area Workforce Board. WorkSource is one of 28 regional workforce boards established by the Texas Legislature in 1995. As chairman, Imhoff plays a key leadership role in setting policy and directing a $35 million annual budget for workforce programs in the Austin area.

The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards program celebrates its 21st anniversary this year. Awards are given to entrepreneurs who have demonstrated excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance, and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. Regional award winners are eligible for consideration for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2007 national program. 

For more information contact:
Intertech Flooring: , 512.385.4574
, 512/461-3159;

Intertech Flooring (www.intertechflooring.com) is one of the country’s leading providers of commercial flooring products, installation, maintenance and design consultation services to clients throughout Texas and the Southwest. The company was established in 1988 in Austin, and opened a San Antonio location in 1992. Intertech expanded again in 2007 with the opening of a third location, in Mission, Texas.

Ernst & Young (www.ey.com), a global leader in professional services, is committed to enhancing the public’s trust in professional services firms and in the quality of financial reporting. Its 114,000 people in 140 countries pursue the highest levels of integrity, quality, and professionalism in providing a range of sophisticated services centered on our core competencies of auditing, accounting, tax, and transactions.