Chief Honor

By KAREN KAPLAN

July 6, 1998 12 AM PT

Peerless Systems Corp. President and Chief Executive Ed Gavaldon won the 1998 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Award for the Greater Los Angeles technology category.

Soon after joining El Segundo-based Peerless in 1995, Gavaldon took the company public and produced seven consecutive profitable quarters. The company--which provides software-based embedded imaging systems to makers of printers, copiers, fax machines and scanners--has increased its staff 60% since January 1997.

Gavaldon was one of nine winners from a pool of 100 nominees, and he will now compete against winners from other cities for national recognition. The award was presented two weeks ago at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

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Karen Kaplan

Karen Kaplan covers science and medical research for the Los Angeles Times. She has been a member of the science team since 2005, including 13 years as an editor. Her first decade at The Times was spent covering technology in the Business section as both a reporter and editor. She grew up in San Diego and is a graduate of MIT and Columbia University.

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