{"id":12347,"date":"2025-06-17T20:37:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T20:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noxgroup.us\/?p=12347"},"modified":"2025-11-19T19:29:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T19:29:40","slug":"greg-ayres-named-2025-ey-entrepreneur-of-the-year-for-pacific-southwest-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noxgroup.us\/new\/greg-ayres-named-2025-ey-entrepreneur-of-the-year-for-pacific-southwest-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Greg Ayres Named 2025 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year for Pacific Southwest Region"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Nox Group is proud to announce that our President & Chief Operating Officer,\u00a0Greg Ayres<\/a>, has been named an\u00a0Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2025 Pacific Southwest Award<\/a>\u00a0winner!<\/p>

This prestigious recognition is a testament to Greg\u2019s bold leadership and the transformative growth Nox Group has experienced under his guidance. Since joining the enterprise, Greg has helped position Nox Group as a national leader in mission critical infrastructure, spanning data centers, advanced manufacturing facilities, and water\/wastewater treatment plants. Through our four operating companies Corbins<\/a>,\u00a0<\/b>RMCI<\/a>,\u00a0<\/b>Nox Innovations<\/a>, and\u00a0<\/b>Construction Labels<\/a>\u00a0we manage the full lifecycle of large-scale industrial construction projects across the country.<\/p>

The EY Entrepreneur Of The Year award is a highly respected honor for entrepreneurs and leaders of high-growth companies. Selected by an independent panel of former winners, CEOs, and business experts, honorees are assessed based on their impact, innovation, and long-term value creation.<\/p>

\u201cIt is humbling to be recognized alongside some of our region\u2019s most visionary business leaders. This honor truly puts into perspective just how far Nox Group has come,\u201d Greg said. \u201cIn a short time, we have scaled nationwide to take on some of the most complex, high-stakes projects in the country. Through it all, we\u2019ve never lost sight of our culture that prioritizes people above all else. I\u2019m proud of what we\u2019ve built and even more excited for what comes next.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Words From Our Leadership<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\u201cGreg has a really unique way of building relationships, whether he is in an executive meeting or out in the trenches with the field, you always feel like you\u2019re talking to a human being. He can adapt to wherever he goes and his discipline to never settle for mediocrity has set the standard for us all.\u201d \t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChad Schultz, Senior Vice President of Strategic Growth<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\"He\u2019s the type of leader who puts everyone else around him before himself, every time. He\u2019s never pulled me aside to teach me those soft skills of \u201cHey this is how you do it\u201d, he has literally led by example.\"\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrett Lytle, Senior Vice President <\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\"Working with Greg is like pouring fuel on a fire. As an enterprise we really started focusing on our industrial pursuits and Greg has really brought an intensity and focus to this. We\u2019ve experienced tremendous growth with Greg at the helm of Preconstruction and Operations. He knows how to solve our customer\u2019s problems and rally the team to deliver.\"\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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It takes a team to build something great. Hear from those who\u2019ve built alongside Greg.\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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As a Pacific Southwest award winner, Greg advances for consideration of the Entrepreneur Of The Year 2025 National Awards. Winners will be announced this November at the Strategic Growth Forum, one of the nation\u2019s premier events for market-leading companies. From there, the national overall winner will go on to compete for the EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year Award in June 2026.<\/p>

Greg\u2019s recognition<\/a>\u00a0is not only a celebration of how far we have come, but a powerful reminder of where we are going. As we scale nationally, we are intentional in how we grow by staying grounded in our values, and putting our people first always.<\/p>

Our future is bold, full of purpose, and our next milestones are already in motion with Greg\u2019s vision.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Nox Group is proud to announce that our President & Chief Operating Officer,\u00a0Greg Ayres, has been named an\u00a0Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2025 Pacific Southwest Award\u00a0winner! This prestigious recognition is a testament to Greg\u2019s bold leadership and the transformative growth Nox Group has experienced under his guidance. Since joining the enterprise, Greg has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-connect"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noxgroup.us\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noxgroup.us\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noxgroup.us\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noxgroup.us\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noxgroup.us\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/noxgroup.us\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noxgroup.us\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noxgroup.us\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noxgroup.us\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noxgroup.us\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}