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Florida High Tech Corridor Technology Fast 50 (Tampa)
Posted: 8/2/2002
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Deloitte & Touche LLP |
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LaKeidra Veal |
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4042201526 |
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lveal@deloitte.com |
Specific to Tampa, Florida
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Deloitte & Touche Announces Florida's Fastest Growing Technology Companies in the High Tech Corridor
TAMPA, Fla., August 2, 2002 Deloitte & Touche LLP, one of the nations leading professional services firms, today announced the 2002 Florida High Tech Corridor Technology Fast 50 winners. The Technology Fast 50 program honors the fastest growing technology companies headquartered in Floridas high tech corridor. Rankings are based on revenue growth over a five-year period.
The Florida High Tech Corridor Technology Fast 50 winners in alphabetical order are:
Aerosonic Corporation Clearwater
AirNet Communications Corporation Melbourne
Alcorn McBride Inc. Orlando
Blue Ocean Software, Inc. Tampa
Catalina Marketing Corporation St. Petersburg
Coalescent Technologies Corporation Orlando
Coleman Technologies, Inc. Orlando
Columbia Data Products, Inc. Orlando
Connextions.net, Inc. Orlando
Constellation Technology Corporation Largo
Custom Manufacturing & Engineering, Inc. St. Petersburg
Digital Lightwave Inc. Clearwater
DocuLex, Inc. Winter Haven
Doyen Medipharm, Inc. Lakeland
EMX, Inc. Melbourne
Energy Softworx, Inc. Tampa
FARO Technologies Inc. Lake Mary
Global Information Technology, Inc. Tampa
Gold Standard Multimedia Tampa
Identitech, Inc. Melbourne
ImageLinks, Inc. Melbourne
IntelliNet Technologies, Inc. Melbourne
Jabil Circuit, Inc. St. Petersburg
Jagged Peak Clearwater
Lentek International, Inc. Orlando
Market Technologies Corporation Wesley Chapel
MEDai, Inc. Orlando
Network Specialties, Inc. Tampa
NexTrade Holdings, Inc. Clearwater
Nicholas Data Services, Inc. Clearwater
Ocean Design, Inc. Ormond Beach
Omega Health Systems, Inc. Tampa
OpenNetwork Technologies Clearwater
Pilgrim Software, Inc. Tampa
PPi Technologies Sarasota
Raydon Corporation Daytona Beach
RECOTON Corporation Lake Mary
Reptron Electronics, Inc. Tampa
Riptide Software, Inc. Orlando
Semicondustor Diagnostics, Inc. Tampa
SIMSOL Software, Inc. Orlando
Software Resources, Inc. Longwood
SPEEDCOM Wireless Corporation Sarasota
Sterling Research Group, Inc. St. Petersburg
Stromberg, LLC Lake Mary
Super Vision International, Inc. Orlando
Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated Tampa
Synergon Solutions, Inc. Melbourne
Teltronics, Inc. Sarasota
V_Systems Inc. Satellite Beach
Deloitte & Touche will reveal this years Technology Fast 50 winners rank order at a dinner and awards presentation scheduled to take place at the Tampa Marriott Waterside on September 17, 2002. For additional information regarding the Florida High Tech Corridor Technology Fast 50 program or awards event, contact Sarah McGee at (407) 246-8245 or e-mail her at samcgee@deloitte.com.
Technology Fast 50 Criteria
To qualify for the Florida High Tech Corridor Technology Fast 50, companies must meet the following criteria:
§ Be a technology company, specifically defined as a company that owns proprietary technology, which contributes to a significant portion of the companys operating revenues or devotes a high percentage of effort to research and development of technology.
§ Be in business a minimum of five years with 1997 revenues of at least $50,000 and 2001 revenues of at least $1,000,000.
§ Be a public or private company headquartered in the following 21 counties: Brevard, Citrus, Desoto, Flagler, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lake, Levy, Manatee, Marion, Orange, Osceola, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota, Seminole, Sumter and Volusia. Subsidiaries and divisions are not eligible unless they have some public ownership and are separately traded.
Rising Star Category
Deloitte & Touche also recognizes up to five Rising Star companies. Rising Star nominees must follow the same Florida High Tech Corridor Fast 50 criteria, but are selected based on revenue growth from 1999 to 2001. Companies must be in business for either three or four years.
This years Rising Star winners include in alphabetical order:
Cyberbest Technology, Inc. Apopka
DataMentors, Inc. Tampa
Technologies To Be, Inc. Orlando
Z-Tel Technologies, Inc. Tampa
Sponsors:
The 2002 Florida High Tech Corridor Technology Fast 50 program is presented by Deloitte & Touche in partnership with the Florida High Tech Corridor Council, Maddux Report, Bank of America, City of Tampa, Tampa Bay Partnership, Lakeland Electric, and the University of South Florida.
About Deloitte & Touche
Deloitte & Touche, one of the nations leading professional services firms, provides assurance and advisory, tax, and management consulting services through nearly 30,000 people in more than 100 U.S. cities. The firm is dedicated to helping our clients and our people excel. Known as an employer of choice for innovative human resources programs, Deloitte & Touche has been recognized as one of the "100 Best Companies to Work For in America" by Fortune magazine for five consecutive years. Deloitte & Touche refers to Deloitte & Touche LLP and its related entities. Deloitte & Touche is the U.S. national practice of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu is a Swiss Verein, and each of its national practices is a separate and independent legal entity. For more information, please visit Deloitte & Touches Web site at www.deloitte.com/us.
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