Turkish Businessman Receives Award In U.S.

IZMIR - A Turkish entrepreneur has been presented with the "Commercial Leader of the Year in America" award.
Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK) - Turkish-U.S. Business Council (TAIK) President, Ferit Sahenk, gave Serhat Pala, the owner of TestCountry in the United States, the award in an annual conference organized by the American Turkish Council, American Turkish Society and TAIK in the United States.
Pala established his company "TestCountry" in his home garage in 2001. The company grew 10 fold in the past three years. TestCountry`s revenues reached 2.5 million USD in 2007.
TestCountry was the 239th fastest growing company in the U.S. in 2007. Monthly Inc. magazine presented Pala with the "Fastest Growing Company Award" in Chicago.
Thirty-five-year-old Serhat Pala has been living in San Diego for the past decade.
TestCountry was founded to develop direct-to-patient technology-based solutions to address one of the most pressing issues in healthcare today; the inability of consumers and to obtain fast, convenient and confidential information about their health via instant or convenient lab based testing solutions.
TestCountry also provides a wide range of services to assist in the development, and continuous improvement of corporate drug testing programs - ranging from instant drug and alcohol tests, to helping to implement a complete corporate drug testing program. The company serves a wide range of clients nationally and internationally including the construction, manufacturing, retail, transportation, education, securities, high tech, medical and general services industries.
TestCountry markets its diverse health testing devices over the internet.
Pala is a graduate of the Bosphorus University in Istanbul with a degree in economics. He studied business administration as a graduate student in the United States.
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