BroadSoft, Inc., a leading provider of VoIP software applications, announced that Michael Tessler, co-founder, president and CEO, received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2006 Award in the Emerging category in Greater Washington, D.C. According to Ernst & Young, the award recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs who are building and leading dynamic and growing businesses. Michael Tessler was selected by an independent panel of judges, and the award was presented at an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 20th anniversary gala event on June 22, at The Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner, Virginia.

"I'm honored to receive this award, and pleased to accept it on behalf of the entire BroadSoft(R) organization, including all our employees worldwide," said Tessler. "The BroadSoft family, growing larger daily but still a family, has earned this award by executing on their innovative ideas with hard work, dedication, and focus. We look forward to the opportunities ahead."

BroadSoft's IMS-compliant BroadWorks platform provides a comprehensive range of VoIP applications, including hosted PBX, IP Centrex, mobile PBX, business trunking and residential broadband services fully integrated into a single VoIP application platform. BroadWorks provides these applications with the reliability, redundancy, scalability and regulatory capabilities required to deliver carrier-class service.

The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year awards program celebrates its 20th anniversary this year and continues to honor entrepreneurs who have demonstrated excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance, and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. "Ernst & Young is proud of its history in recognizing these outstanding leaders and their companies," said Jeff Fialko, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year program director for Greater Washington.

As a Greater Washington award winner, Michael Tessler is now eligible for consideration for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2006 national program. Award winners in several national categories, as well as the overall national Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award winner, will be announced at the annual awards gala in Palm Springs, California on November 18, 2006. The overall national Entrepreneur Of The Year award recipient is then considered for the world event held in Monte Carlo.