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The Pittsburgh Technology 50 The Pittsburgh Technology Council dinner celebrates the region's top 50 high-technology concerns Saturday, October 21, 2000 By Bob Starzynski, Post-Gazette Staff Writer
If LSS Corp. were to grow its revenue as quickly over the next six years as it has over the past three years, it would dwarf Microsoft.
No, that's not at all likely. But the small 22-person data consulting operation in Green Tree enjoyed a 27,948 percent run up in sales from 1997 to 1999, according to information released at a Pittsburgh Technology Council banquet last night.
LSS was the fastest grower in the smallest category of the Tech Council's annual Pittsburgh Technology 50, which recognizes 50 companies in five categories of size that have blossomed the most in the past three years.
Although it is improbable -- perhaps impossible -- for larger companies to experience the percentage growth that LSS has witnessed, the bigger players have still shown impressive statistics. In the middle range of companies, FreeMarkets Inc. showed the biggest gain, with a 1,070 percent climb in the past three years. Of large companies represented in the Tech Council's list, Marconi Communications led the pack with 566 percent growth.
THE PITTSBURGH TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL'S
$1 MILLION TO $5 MILLION GROSS REVENUE
RANK/NAME
GROWTH
COMPANY PROFILE
1. LSS Corp.
27,948%
Provides consulting services in the data warehousing field.
2. Access Data Corp.
4,978%
Provides consulting and project management and software solutions.
3. eToll Inc.
3,104%
Develops e-commerce software products used by large corporations.
4. Innovate! EC Inc.
763%
Creates e-commerce and value chain solutions.
5. MediaSite Inc.
746%
Makes software and provides services that allow for video to be searchable as text.
6. Lighthouse Interactive
414%
Provides e-business solutions, including commerce, marketing and dot-com development.
7. John Daniel Associates Inc.
401%
Designs and deploys Cognos Business Intelligence applications.
8. pair Networks Inc.
258%
Is host for Web and private data delivery services.
9. CyBerJaz
236%
Offers network solutions, including design, installation, diagnostic, maintenance and training.
10. Pyramid Consulting Group Inc.
Provides information services and computer consulting temporary staffing.
$5 MILLION TO $10 MILLION GROSS REVENUE
RANK/NAME
GROWTH
COMPANY PROFILE
1. Comtel Communications,
706%
Provides cellular telephones, paging equipment and services.
2. Summa Technologies Inc.,
472%
Offers consulting and systems integration services for large companies.
3. creehan, mchenry inc.,
278%
Offers planning and systems development services to the retail and health-care fields.
4. Information Systems Services Inc.
190%
Provides a variety of computer design and development services
5. Vocollect Inc.
133%
Creates wearable voice data collection terminals for industrial workers.
6. Neo Gen Screening Inc.
130%
Delivers advanced screening services for inherited metabolic disorders.
7. RoData Inc.
78%
Provides videoconferencing equipment and data collaboration solutions.
8. America Made Inc.
61%
Manufactures protective polymer linings for hauling applications and related equipment.
9. Ebara Solar Inc.
47%
Develops solar photovoltaic modules based on dendritic web technology.
10. Vitac Corp.
47%
Provides captioning for live television broadcasts and prerecorded programs.
$10 MILLION TO $25 MILLION GROSS REVENUE
RANK/NAME
GROWTH
COMPANY PROFILE
1. FreeMarkets Inc.
1,070%
Conducts reverse online auctions for companies purchasing industrial supplies.
2. Stargate.net Inc.
780%
Provides full-service Internet services to businesses and individuals.
3. Integral Strategies Inc.
292%
Offers software consulting, systems integration and other technology services.
4. TriLogic Corp.
191%
Provides network solutions and systems integration work.
5. Allin Corp.
160%
Develops software and consults, focusing on interactive television and digital photography.
6. Synergistic Technologies Inc.,
109%
Provides digital television and media systems engineering.
7. Tops Staffing LLC
101%
Provides staffing services for all technology and manufacturing disciplines.
8. Nomos Corp.,
100%
Develops radiation therapy solutions and equipment for advanced treatment of cancer.
9. Atlas Software Technologies Inc.
88%
Offers a resource center for individual investors and financial planners.
10. ServiceWare Technologies Inc.
82%
Develops knowledge-based help desk analysis and support software.
$25 MILLION TO $100 MILLION GROSS REVENUE
RANK/NAME
GROWTH
COMPANY PROFILE
1. McKessonHBOC/Automated Healthcare Inc.
210%
Designs and manufactures robotic medication systems for hospitals.
2. Computer Enterprises Inc.,
196%
Provides project management and software consulting services.
3. XiTech Corp.
191%
Offers computer network integration services, client/server solutions, project management.
4. Ubics Inc.
82%
Provides professional services, including client/server design and development.
5. CTR Systems,
73%
Offers time accounting and data collection systems.
6. Compunetics Inc.,
54%
Designs advanced systems for command, control and communications.
7. Microbac Laboratories Inc.
50%
Offers microbiological testing services for food, water, air, fuel, chemicals and waste.
8. intelitran
43%
Provides integration solutions through proprietary software to transit /ridesharing clients.
9. Tollgrade Communications Inc.
34%
Designs electronic equipment used to test telecommunications systems.
10. Ansys Inc.
24%
Provides finite element software for design, analysis and optimization.
$100 MILLION-PLUS GROSS REVENUE
RANK/NAME
GROWTH
COMPANY PROFILE
1. Marconi Communications,
566%
Supplies advanced communications solutions.
2. The IT Group Inc.
197%
Provides services, including environmental consulting, testing and analysis.
3. Rapidigm Inc.
113%
Provides software consulting services, systems design and programming.
4. Hub One Logistics Ltd.
88%
Offers activity-based cost modeling to improve operating efficiency of supply chains.
5. Black Box Corp.
78%
Develops and sells computer communications equipment.
6. Pittsburgh Logistics Systems Inc.
51%
Provides logistics management services for the metals industry.
7. Fiserv Inc.
44%
Offers integrated data processing, information management systems to the financial industry.
8. Medrad Inc.
32%
Manufactures equipment and products to enhance clarity of medical images.
9. Cable Design Technologies Corp.,
32%
Manufactures electronic data transmission cables for telecommunications.
10. Traco
28%
Uses robotics and other techniques to make windows and doors.
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