Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Pacific Northwest Software, Biotech Firms Among Fastest Growing

Software and biotech firms dominated a list of Pacific Northwest firms who have been honored as among the fastest growing technology companies in the nation, as part of the Technology Fast 500 list of fastest growing firm compiled by Deloitte. According to the list, released Wednesday, the highest ranking local firm on the list was Bothell-based AVI Biopharma, which returned a 25483% growth rate between 2006 and 2010, making it number 9 in the nation for growth. Other high ranking firm son the list were Seattle's Dendreon, ranked highly at number 12, with 17503% growth; Azaleos, ranked at 28, with 5970% growth; Redmond's Endogastric Solutions, at number 56 with 2198% growth, and Docusign ranked at 58 with 2135% growth rate. Other companies recognize don the list were Seattle Genetics (106, 974%); PowerIt Solutions (119, 902%); Smarsh (151, 675%); Zillow (165, 610%); Clearwire (206, 456%); Winshuttle (231, 391%); Edifecs (254, 347%); 3TIER (276, 317%); A Place For Mom (277, 314%); Intellicheck Mobilisa (296, 289%); eMagin (311, 273%); Itron (334, 251%); EthicsPoint (240, 237%); Sesame Communications (346, 234%); NetMotion Wireless (385, 206%), and FLIR Systems (487, 141%).