ACME Business Consulting Adds Oregon's Fastest-Growing Private 100 to Mounting List of Awards.Inclusion Marks the Second Consecutive Year ACME Has Been Named to the List, Moving up 29 Spots in 2007 to No. 18 PORTLAND, Ore. -- At a reception last night sponsored by the Portland Business Journal, ACME Business Consulting was named 18th among Oregon's Fastest Growing Private 100 Companies. This is ACME's second year on the list, rocketing from No. 47 in 2006 up to No. 18 this year. "Many of the folks at ACME have called Oregon home for their entire lives, and we're proud to be acknowledged as an important part of the business community here," said David Kelleher, principal and co-founder of ACME. "Both the Fastest-Growing acknowledgement and SBA SBA abbr. Small Business Administration Noun 1. SBA - an independent agency of the United States government that protects the interests of small businesses and ensures that they receive a fair share of government naming us 2007 Oregon Small Business People of the Year are great validation for the type of company we are building. We set out to prove that we could run a consulting business with world-class talent tackling complex business problems for global companies, right here in our own backyard. Five years into it, looks like we were right." Each of the Fastest-Growing Private 100 Companies must be located in Oregon or Clark County, Washington Clark County is a county located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Washington, across the Columbia River from Portland, Oregon. Clark County was the first county of Washington, named after William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. , and be a privately held, independent, for-profit corporation, proprietorship or partnership. The company must also have had revenues of at least $500,000 in 2003 and have shown revenue growth over the past three years. ACME's growth rate in 2006 was an astounding a·stound tr.v. a·stound·ed, a·stound·ing, a·stounds To astonish and bewilder. See Synonyms at surprise. [From Middle English astoned, past participle of astonen, 205%. About ACME Founded in 2002 by principals Scott Demorest, David Kelleher and Peter Lizotte, ACME Business Consulting, LLC, helps clients complete critical projects that advance, improve and streamline an organization's ability to do business. Unlike traditional consulting firms, ACME teams are comprised of only senior-level consultants with Big 5 and Fortune 500 experience. ACME's clients include Auctionpay, HSBC HSBC Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation HSBC Humane Society of Broward County (Florida) HSBC Humane Society of Bay County (Bay County, Michigan) , NetIQ, Bonneville Power Administration The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) is a U.S. self-financed federal agency which transmits and sells wholesale electricity in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and western Montana. The BPA is part of the U.S. Department of Energy, and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon. , FEI FEI Fédération Équestre Internationale. , Hollywood Entertainment Corp., Dotster, Planar Systems, Rejuvenation, Respironics, RMLS RMLS Regional Multiple Listing Service RMLS Reusable Military Launch System .com, Serena Software, Tripwire, TriMet, Vesta Corporation, ATI Wah Chang, WebTrends and Housing Authority of Portland. Find out more about ACME at www.acmebusinessconsulting.com. |
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